Coronavirus | Free State Pride & Mr Gay Western Cape postponed

Moderat have announced their fourth album and their first release since 2016’s ‘III’, ‘MORE D4TA’ – find the art and full tracklist below.The 10-track album is set to be released on May 13 on Monkeytown Records, and can be pre-ordered here. It features lyrics inspired by member Sascha Ring’s trips to Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie museum, often with his infant daughter.As the album itself was written during the pandemic era, many of Ring’s ruminations were on his worries for the future as he pondered the museum’s antique paintings, leading to many of the album’s songs dealing with “feelings of isolation and information overload”.Moderat have shared the first preview of the album in the song ‘Fast Land’, which received a striking music video directed by Ben Miethke. Watch it here:The supergroup – comprising Sascha Ring of Apparat and Modeselektor’s Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary – first announced their hiatus in 2017 to focus on their own projects, and subsequently spent two years apart before reuniting to release more music as a group.Moderat recently announced a tour including stops at London’s Alexandra Palace on October 31 and Barcelona’s Sónar Festival on June 17.

Kanye West has seemingly extended an olive branch to Kid Cudi.The since-deleted Instagram post seen by Complex, which was a screenshot of a message from Cudi in which he asked for help to “keep my mind sane” amid the tension over SNL host Pete Davidson, Ye showed support by writing “Love you family” above. It’s not clear why the rapper has now removed it.Last week, Ye said his collaborator (whom he released a 2018 album with under Kids See Ghosts) would not appear on ‘Donda 2’ due to his friendship Davidson, who is dating his estranged wife Kim Kardashian.West posted a handwritten note to Instagram last Saturday (February 12), sharing the news with his fans.

An anti-LGBTQ ‘religious freedom’ group has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to not sign the Civil Union Amendment Bill and send it back to Parliament.

Zindzi Mandela, the youngest daughter of South Africa’s first black president and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, has died aged 59, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Monday. Daughter to Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, she was South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark at the time of her death.

Well-known Cape Town drag star and comedian, Lilly Slaptsilli, is in hot water for a spoof video which angered the deaf community.

Questions have been asked as to why President Cyril Ramaphosa has downplayed human rights abuses in Iran, which is known for executing gay people.

The hilarious ending to Thursday night’s national address which saw South African President Cyril Ramaphosa struggle to secure his mask on his face turned into quite the wave of positivity on Friday morning when countrymen and women from all backgrounds took to social media to share their messages of appreciation for Ramaphosa under the hashtag #CyrilFridays.

The radio presenter took to Twitter after President Cyril Ramaphosa’s coronavirus briefing on Tuesday to share his thoughts on some of the relief measures announced.

In a virtual press conference hosted in Geneva Switzerland on Wednesday evening, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, Dr Michael Ryan praised South Africa, and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response to the worldwide epidemic.

Here’s everything you need to know about Mrs Ramaphosa – who is an influential, incredibly inspiring woman.

Over the last three weeks, South Africans have been ordered to stay home unless they need to leave their houses for essential goods or services and last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a two-week extension as the country continues to battle the Covid-19 coronavirus. However, while necessary, the lockdown has been difficult for so many people – including Kelly Khumalo.

Last night, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that South Africa’s three-week lockdown will be extended by another two weeks as the country continues to contain the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. The lockdown has had a harrowing effect on each and every South African. With strict instruction to stay at home unless absolutely necessary, many South Africans have been spending time in isolation and while it’s certainly been difficult, it’s a necessary step in order to limit the number of infections around the country.

Cyril Ramaphosa this evening addressed the nation on the continuing efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

While the country is gripped by fear over the coronavirus crisis, there are some members of the LGBTQ community who remain at work, continuing to serve communities, despite the danger. 

As festivals and sporting events around the world continue to get pushed out because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, it’s unsurprising that the South African Music Awards have announced that this year’s ceremony will also be postponed.

Written by Vanessa Papas

Fear, pride and hope. Those are some of the emotions South Africans felt after President Cyril Ramaphosa announcement that the country will undergo a national lockdown.

Speaking at the Union Buildings on Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced further measures to stop the spread of Covid-19, caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

As the world continues to take drastic measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, countries around the world have suggested that people stay at home as much as possible and practice social distancing. Furthermore, President Cyril Ramaphosa has banned gatherings of over 100 people around the country, amongst other regulations, in order to ensure South African citizens are as protected as possible.

Amazon Studios has pulled the plug on “Love Island France,” which was shooting outside of Cape Town, as the coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted production across the globe spreads to the South African film and TV industry.

Last year, Big Concerts announced that Lighthouse Family will be visiting South Africa for the first time. However, after President Cyril Ramaphosa banned public gatherings of over 100 people because of the spread of coronavirus COVID-19, Big Concerts has confirmed that, unfortunately, the Lighthouse Family concert will be rescheduled.

As the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause havoc around the globe, local governments are putting preventative measures into play as the world tries to lessen the number of transmissions and infections. In South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed last night that public gatherings of over 100 people are officially banned and, with that, Bebe Winans has decided to postpone his 2020 tour of South Africa.

With President Cyril Ramaphosa announcing the early closure of South African schools as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, a new crisis has emerged for parents and caregivers: what are the kids going to do all day?

In an extraordinary turn of events, the EFF has apologised after three “rogue” members in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) voted against the Civil Union Amendment Bill.