Helmer Ralph Ziman’s “Jerusalema” is South Africa’s submission for consideration in the foreign film category at the Oscars, while helmer Maris Martinsons’ debut feature, “Loss,” will represent ...

JOHANNESBURG — Ralph Ziman’s “Jerusalema” is South Africa’s submission for consideration in the foreign film category at the Oscars. Like the country’s previous Oscar winner, “Tsotsi,” “Jerusalema” is ...

One night in 2019, DJ Kgaogelo Moagi, better known as Master KG, called up singer Nomcebo to come to his Johannesburg studio to record a song. “‘But it’s very late,’” Nomcebo recalled telling him.

Nomcebo Zikode, the South African singer of the pandemic hit “Jerusalema” that inspired a global dance challenge, wrote the chorus while battling her own depression. By Lynsey Chutel Reporting from ...

It’s been two and half years since Master KG and Nomcebo Zikode unleashed “Jerusalema” and took the world by storm. The pair's hit single was initially a slow burner before it went viral across the ...

The story of a township boy-turned-slumlord millionaire, “Gangster’s Paradise: Jerusalema” is a South African crime epic with plenty of vigor, violence and vengeance, as one might expect from a ...

What began as a unifying anthem during the uncertainty of 2020 has spiraled into one of South Africa’s most high-profile music disputes. Jerusalema—the gospel-influenced house hit whose infectious ...