CSA & IKS win Music Cities International Placemaking Award
Concerts SA and IKS Cultural Consulting Win International Placemaking Award at the 2026 Music Cities…
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South-Ex Project
🎷 SOUTH-EX PROJECT 🎷 About South-Ex is a project conceived by COSCAP (Copyright Society of…
JAZZ MONTH CELEBRATIONS WITH SACO AND CONCERTS SA
🎷 A Night of Sound, Insight, and Solidarity with SACO and Concerts SA – Celebrating…
2024 LOBBYING & ADVOCACY: A GLOBAL JOURNEY OF NETWORKING AND PARTNERSHIP
The IKS team travelled the globe in 2024 to secure networks and lobby and advocate…
Remembering Timmy Kwebulana (1941-2024)
Picture: IMDb On Thursday, 19 September 2024, we lost a towering figure in both South…
Getting & Spending: South African Jazz Musicians’ Earnings and Expenditure 2020 – 2023
Research Report prepared by IKS Consulting for Pro Helvetia November 2023
A Recipe For International Jazz Festival Reciprocity
The World Jazz Network (WJN) held its first conference in 2020 when Jazz NL…
Concerts SA mourns the loss of Madosini
It is with deep regret that we confirm the passing of Latozi “Madosini” Mpahleni: a…
Global Music Awards-SA Bronze Finalist
Cherry Pill Music Productions | Jul 22, 2022 Local violinist Kristel Birkholtz has scooped…
Monica Gruschka-Seeber 1942 – 2022
On my death No funeral, please. Simplest coffin the funeral parlour can provide (one step…
Tips On Writing – Tseliso Monaheng
My name is Tseliso Monaheng. I pawn words and pimp phrases for a living. …
How to Fix a Broken Industry: A South African Hip Hop Case Study – Tseliso Monaheng
Rouge’s New Era Sessions was one of the best out in 2018, but the South…
How Freelancers Pay Rent: A Commoner’s Perspective – Tseliso Monaheng
It’s been five years. Anxiety attacks are a daily occurrence. I have learned a few…
5 Cliches About Surviving and Thriving in the Music Game that are True – Eeshaam September
Music and the industry around it generates billions of monies every year. It is highly…
Unlocking the Hidden Power of Messaging Apps – Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi
Sub-Saharan African artists are using messaging apps to upend traditional music distribution. Messaging apps’ ability…
How to Build an Audience as a Musician – Teboho Mochaoa
As an upcoming musician/performing artist, building an audience can surely be challenging. Undoubtedly, there’s an…
Winds of Change at the Samro Foundation
Prof Zaidel-Rudolph saluted Andre and the SAMRO Foundation team for their ‘unbelievable vision, selfless music…
SAMRO Foundation bids farewell to André le Roux and board
“I have seen the organisation grow from strength to strength. Every institution has dips, every…
Farewell to Sibongile Khumalo, Mother of South African Song
As an all-round music industry professional, she perfected the production skills that supported her label,…
MIAF introduces Revenue Streams for African Musicians project
The African music sector continues to be affected by a lack of reliable statistics and…