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Rapper Cassper Nyovest to perform at Israel Apartheid Week. PICTURE: E! AWARD-winning rapper Cassper Nyovest , is set to perform at an #IsraeliApartheidWeek  (IAW) concert on Friday 10 March at Wits University in Johannesburg . The Doc Shebeleza hitmaker real named Refiloe Maele Phoolo, will be joined by artists Nomsa Mazwai, Ginger Breadman, the Tshwane South College Choir and others in the event that is said to be a “Palestine solidarity concert” which has seen the likes of Simphiwe Dana, Stogie T (Tumi Molekane), Reason, JR, Lebo Mashile and HHP, performing in the past. Tickets for the March 10 concert which starts at 7pm are on sale for R20 at the BDS SA offices (5th Floor, Mishumo House, Braamfontein in Joburg. Click here for more info.  

Simpiwe Dana honoured as woman of the year. PICTURE: SUPPLIED SINGER Simphiwe Dana has just been inducted into one of the most-coveted lists as she’s been named the 2016 Woman of the Year by the internationally acclaimed magazine New African Woman . “Apart from being a phenomenal artist, Simphiwe use her public platform to address socio-political ills and renders a voice to the voiceless. When a South African university protest demanding free education turned violent in the face of police resistance, she joined their cause without any hesitation and spoke out,” writes New Africa Woman magazine. Dana joins the likes of the inimitable Esther Mahlangu, the unstoppable Lupita Nyongo and the triumphant Caster Semenya amongst other notable Africans who are making a big difference in the world and leaving an indelible mark. “This year, she was appointed a stakeholder in the Arts sector to help foster ways that can help advance the African Union’s Agenda 2063. And she was one...