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Brenda Fassie
lifestyle

Gemma did not know about her blood relation to Brenda Fassie

Brenda Fassie
Music

‘Brenda Fassie’s back’: Tweeps react to Gemma Fassie’s video

Bongani Fassie
Celeb News

Bongani Fassie ‘fears for his life’ amid legal battle

Brenda Fassie
Celeb News

Gemma did not know about her blood relation to Brenda Fassie

Brenda Fassie
Music

‘Brenda Fassie’s back’: Tweeps react to Gemma Fassie’s video

Bongani Fassie
Celeb News

Bongani Fassie ‘fears for his life’ amid legal battle

Beyoncé
Celeb News

Queen Bey bares all! Beyoncé shows off hot body in racy album artwork

By Naledi de Wee01-07-2022 11:36

Body chains, heels and a glowing horse was all Beyoncé needed for the artwork of her new album, ‘Renaissance Act I’. Take a look…

Beyoncé
Music

Honouring Brenda Fassie? Beyoncé’s album to feature SA pop references

By Naledi de Wee24-06-2022 19:04

‘There will be references to South African pop music,’ said a source about Beyoncé’s upcoming album, ‘Renaissance’.

Beyonce Break my Soul Brenda Fassie
Celeb News

Did Beyoncé ‘channel’ Brenda Fassie’s look on ‘Break My Soul’ cover?

By Nokwanda Ncwane21-06-2022 15:22

Tweeps are convinced that Beyoncé channelled SA’s legendary pop star Brenda Fassie on the cover of her new single, ‘Break My Soul’.

Chicco
Celeb News

‘Man is evil’: Tweeps blast Chicco Twala over upcoming Brenda doccie

By Naledi de Wee12-05-2022 14:55

Tweeps claim they will not be watching Netflix’s upcoming doccie on the late Brenda Fassie, which will be helmed by Chicco Twala.

Chicco Twala will produce a Netflix doccie on Brenda Fassie, but what of her son Bongani Fassie?
Celeb News

Chicco Twala to helm Brenda Fassie film, but what of her son Bongani?

By Megan van den Heever11-05-2022 22:19

Chicco Twala is set to helm a Netflix documentary film on the late singer Brenda Fassie, who died in 2004.

Music is Forever
Music

‘Music is Forever’: Gallo Remixed reimagines classic local hits [listen]

By Naledi de Wee17-12-2021 13:08

‘Music is Forever’ is an EP that sees some of Africa’s rising stars pull classic tracks from Gallo Record Company’s rich archives to create remixes of them.

Mpho Sebina
Music

Mpho Sebina stuns on remake of Brenda’s ‘Too Late For Mama’ [watch]

By Naledi de Wee19-11-2021 17:17

Botswana-born musician Mpho Sebina is the voice behind the remake of Brenda Fassie’s classic hit ‘Too Late For Mama’. Watch the video here.

Actress and singer, Letoya Makhene
Celeb News

Letoya Makhene shares Brenda Fassie’s thoughts before she died [watch]

By Rae Seleme23-10-2021 11:18

Makhene has shared a song she recorded with Fassie before her passing in 2014.

Bongani
Celeb News

Bongani Fassie is remixing his mother’s hits with an amapiano twist!

By Naledi de Wee09-08-2021 10:10

Brenda Fassie’s son, Bongani, is honouring his mother’s memory by reviving some of her classic hits with amapiano sounds!

A very disappointed Lance Stehr is suing Bongani Fassie
Celeb News

‘Disappointed’: Lance Stehr to take legal action against Bongani Fassie

By Marilynn Manuel23-07-2021 10:23

SA entertainment label owner Lance Stehr will be taking legal action against Bongani Fassie who has accused him of giving him drugs.

#FindingBongani: Brenda Fassie
Celeb News

#FindingBongani: Brenda Fassie’s son claims Lance Stehr gave him cocaine

By Alicia Naidoo19-07-2021 21:14

Following Bongani Fassie’s claims, singer Mercy Pakela said music producer Stehr ‘feeds the children drugs so that they don’t think straight’.

Brenda Fassie: ‘Who switched o
Celeb News

Brenda Fassie: ‘Who switched off the life support?’

By Alicia Naidoo06-07-2021 14:36

Reality star Bongani Fassie aired a crucial question about the death of his mother – the iconic South African singer Brenda Fassie – on ‘Finding Bongani Fassie’.

Bongani Fassie Brenda
Soapies

Brenda Fassie’s son to come clean about drugs, suicide attempts in reality show

By Rae Seleme06-06-2021 13:27

Bongani Fassie’s reality show, ‘Finding Bongani’ premiered on Saturday 5 June on DStv’s Moja Love channel.

Sho Madjozi
News

On This Day: What happened on 09 May?

By The South African09-05-2021 07:00

We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today. Every day is worth remembering.

Mshoza
Entertainment

Kwaito star Mshoza, ex-boyfriend Anele Ngcongca die days apart

By Alicia Naidoo23-11-2020 14:16

Along with the shock news that Mshoza’s ex-boyfriend Anele Ngcongca died in a car crash this morning, the music icon, 37, joins the list of South African stage greats who all died too soon.

Vin Diesel features Brenda Fas
Lifestyle

Vin Diesel features Brenda Fassie’s ‘Vulindlela’ in first-ever TikTok post [video]

By Erene Roux02-11-2020 16:16

The Hollywood actor, Vin Diesel recently took to TikTok for the first time to share his first video featuring Brenda Fassie’s ‘Vulindlela’.

Brenda Fassie biopic
Lifestyle

The legendary Brenda Fassie to be immortalised with film based on her life

By Siviwe Breakfast12-01-2018 14:49

A chance to remember the legendary “Ma-Brrr”.

South African singer, Brenda F
Lifestyle

South African singer, Brenda Fassie, immortalised as comic book heroine

By Caryn Edwards08-06-2017 13:31

Femme Magnifique is an anthology of comic books featuring noteworthy women from all over the world. Now, South African legend, Brenda Fassie, referred to as MaBrrr by her fans, is one of the women featured in the anthology.

Watch: Clip of ‘boere’ boys ja
Offbeat

Watch: Clip of ‘boere’ boys jamming to Brenda Fassie’s Vulindlela goes crazy-viral [video]

By Ezra Claymore20-05-2017 11:16

More than 1.5 million views and counting, not hard to see why.

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