Skeleton Pantsula, a duo made up of street dancers Junior Hlongwane and Jabulani Manyoni, will be travelling to the United States on 16 October 2013 for a number of corporate and public appearances, ...

The roaring engines of the tractors of the Kleinfontein farmlands do so in concert with the sprinklers discharging spurts of water over a stretch of pumpkin plants. The workers in their wellingtons – ...

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.

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 ...

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 back. These men (and a growing number of women) have been steeped in ...

A group of four young people, Vaal Vigo Pantsula Boys, are expressing their God given talent through pantsula jive. Photos: Zacharia Nale BOPHELONG.- A group of four young people, Vaal Vigo Pantsula ...

Linda Kgosiemang's latest album My number 1 is a true celebration of disco music in Botswana. Just the opening track Machesa demonstrates what a pantsula the Serowe born musician is. Machesa are the ...

Ever experienced "gumboot" or "pantsula" dancing? I'm pretty sure I haven't, which is why I'm curious about the Festival of South African Dance, set for Sunday (Nov. 5) at the Holland Center. The ...

In the South African township of Thembisa, one local dance academy has taken a style invented by gangsters - Pantsula- and is using it to help young people in the area earn money and qualify for ...