Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ask a pantsula how long he’s been dancing, and he’ll pause. Not because he’s doing the math-he’s just trying to remember that far ...

Teboho 'Tebza' Diphehlo is hoping to share the wealth. Originally from Soweto, South Africa, the renowned dancer has a goal of putting his home town on the map, thanks to the Pantsula style. Last year ...

It was there in the 1976 uprising. It was there alongside the Madiba jive in 1994 and it’s with us today, in our fashion, our music and our dance battles. Pantsula isn’t a trend. It’s a culture.

Mzuzephi Mathebula, or Nongolza, was a migrant worker who moved up north from the KZN during the late 1800s, presumably to eke out a living. He managed to do more than just that; he formed a band of ...

Arts journalist Adrienne Sichel says pantsula is "very much an urban South African dance form". Pantsula is the language of the township. Complicated rhythmic formations, gangster swagger and ...

Mandlakayise Street in Kagiso was the place to be when Soweto’s Perfect-Storm crew pocketed the second prize of R20 000. Image and words by Keotshepile wa Mogotsi. In an era where street dancing has ...

JOHANNESBURG, July 7 (Reuters) - Thato Qofela first performed 'pantsula', a symbol of Black South African culture and resistance to the apartheid regime, in his childhood backyard. Now, he is helping ...

Tshepang Mashego, Thapelo Masinga, Rodney Khoza and Lesego Mokwena. The energetic Amakoporal Pantsula Dancers literally stop traffic when they start busting their moves in the township. It is moves ...

Growing up in a Black township, Vusi Mdoyi found a sprinkle of joy under apartheid in a street-dancing style known as pantsula. As a choreographer, he has elevated it into high art, injected with ...

U.K. electronic duo Basement Jaxx often appear out of nowhere to be the bouncy, buoyant counterbalance whenever cold, murky beats begin to dominate the landscape. After dropping singles for new tracks ...