Mafikizolo and African music fans have to be wondering - has Nhlanhla Sibongile Mafu Nciza of Mafikizolo fame gone solo? She launched her first solo album last year and is now the face of Sunsilk as she seeks to shed her Mafikizolo image and push her name more into the limelight.

She has even launched a fashion line called NN Vibes or NN Vintage (NN are her initials). She owns it with her husband, music mogul and co-owner of TS Records, Thembinkosi “TK” Nciza. Thembinkosi owns TS Records with popular radio and TV personality, DJ Sbu Leope.

Nhlanhla released her debut solo album titled Inguquko (Change) through TS Records. This was after Mafikizolo abandoned plans for a new album and Nhlanhla quit Kalawa Jazmee to join TS Records. Kalawa believes we'll see more Mafikizolo music in the future as she still remains a member of the Mafikizolo duo but for now Nhlanhla is enjoying a successful solo career.

Kwaito musician Mgarimbe, real name Nkosinathi Mfeka, is behind bars after being arrested for child abuse by the police at Honeydew, north of Johannesburg.

Mfeka was arrested on Sunday after Sowetan alerted the police about the alleged ill-treatment of his four-year-old daughter. He will appear in the Roodepoort magistrate’s court today on a charge of physical abuse.

“Just a mere look at the child tells a story. You can tell that the child was physically abused,” West Rand police spokesman Captain S’phiwe Ndlovu said yesterday.

The MTN South African Music Awards came off recently in Johannesburg. Below are the winners of the awards.

MTN Record of the Year - DJ Sdunkero - Maputo Song
I was thinking Loyiso's I want you or Freshlyground's Pot belly maybe?

Best Male Solo Artists - Hip Hop Pantsula – Acceptance Speech
He followed up the MTV nomination and music video project with this one.

Best female Solo Artist - Karen Zoid – Postmodern World

Best Duo/Group - Freshlyground – Macheri

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  Artistes Loyiso, Obita
  Album Blow your mind
  Year 2007
  Writer Loyiso Bala
  Language English
  Video URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt2bY7WX9lw

I'm in South Africa and just wanted to give everyone an update on the music scene and what's going on lately...

-Kabelo is proving time and time again that he's ruling the kwaito world with his latest SMASHING album "I am King". Lyrics and video coming soon! I'm also hearing rumours of TKZee in the studio engineering a new comeback album. Should be interesting, what with Kabelo so sick with the rhymes, and Zwai coming back from Opera-mode. I havent seen Tokollo in a while though.

• View all from Malaika
  Album Sekunjalo
  Year 2007
  Language Zulu
  Track # 2

• View all from Malaika
  Artistes Malaika
  Album Sekunjalo
  Year 2007
  Writer L. Mkhize
  Language English
  Track # 13

• View all from Malaika
  Artistes Malaika
  Album Sekunjalo
  Year 2007
  Writer Jabulani Herald Ndaba (Jabulani), Matshediso Florence Mholo (Tshedi), and Bongani Kevin Nchang (Bongani)
  Language English, Zulu, Setswana
  Track # 5
  Video URL http://youtube.com/watch?v=gyGQUHekjfg

• View all from Jamali
  Artistes Jamali
  Album Yours Fatally
  Year 2006
  Writer Liesl Penniken, Mariechan Luiters, Jacqui Carpede
  Language English
  Track # 3
  Runtime 3:44
  Video URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZR66nbEEyw

With permission to post this last time, we decided to add an entry to the update of the competition, to help South Africans who love music to be involved.

The Hewlett Packard design your personal life competition that you guys may know about is now over. The event was a great success, with the winner being jacSharp.

Here is the video of the winning band. Enjoy!