The highly talented, Mpheni-based Black Moon Ligevhenga is currently cooking up a storm in a package of three singles that will be released this month.

“For us, the youth in the township, music has become a culture from which we cannot be separated. Our life is music, and music is our life.”

A local gospel artist, Rofhiwa Mamuremi, affectionately known as Cyril, from Thohoyandou Block J, is making his mark in the music industry.

Many Xitsonga music lovers agree that veteran Xitsonga musician Prince Rhangani's new album, which was released on 31 October, is about to create an “earthquake” in the music industry this festive season.

Local hip-hop artist Henny Chauke, affectionately known as Henny C in music circles, is on cloud nine after winning the best producer award during the Limpopo Music Awards (LIMA) held at Meropa Casino Hotel in Polokwane a fortnight ago.

“This is the type of the music that the whole world has been waiting for,” was the reaction of reggae music lover Phillip Tshililo after listening to the newly released debut album of Ras Willie (real name Wilson Dzebu) that hit the shelves last Friday.

As part of the celebration of the 2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages, as declared by the United Nations, a group of six young, up-and-coming poets have put together an anthology of poems entitled I ndlopfu ya hina.

Thabelo Khakhu, or Thabie K, who is now famously known as Thabza Majaivane from Tshithuthuni village, has climbed a step up the ladder of success after releasing his first gospel album, entitled vhado dzhena na? He also released a special “thank you” song to show appreciation to the local community radio stations for playing his music.

Over the past two decades, female rappers have come and vanished without a trace in the music industry. The young Millicent Makhanani Rikhotso wants to change this, hoping to write a different story with her voice.

For the 23-year-old Nkateko Mayimele poetry is the food for her soul as much as it serves as a mode of expressing her innermost feelings.