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SOUTH AFRICA South Africa: Rap song banned for incitement to violence The song 'Get Out' by Zimbabwean-born hip-hop artist Zubz was banned on the South African Broadcasting Corporation, SABC. 07 May 2008 Radio Freemuse: 'Music censorship in Africa 2008' Listen to or download a 15 minutes radio report explaining about music censorship in Africa today. Hear what the African musicians have to say themselves about the topic 27 February 2008 Namibia: Radio stations ban Afrikaaner song Two Namibian Afrikaans-language commercial radio stations have banned South African musician Van Blerk's song 'De la Rey' because of the controversy surrounding the song 26 February 2007 Roger Lucey Video interview with musician and journalist Roger Lucey about his personal experience of music censorship in South Africa in the 1970's. "It is death to the artist", he says. 06 February 2007 Journalist workshop in South Africa about music censorship The workshop in March 2007 aims at upgrading the knowledge of African journalists who already work in the field of human rights to also include music censorship issues 25 January 2007 3rd Freemuse World Conference on Music and Censorship 200 professional musicians, scholars, and composers from 22 countries met at the 3rd Freemuse World Conference on 25-26 November 2006 in Istanbul, Turkey 18 December 2006 South Africa: Public radio bans Zulu hit song The title track from the South African album ‘Msholozi’ by Izingane Zoma has been banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation 04 April 2006 Censorship in apartheid South Africa: Documentary and school material Censorship in apartheid South Africa: Documentary and school material 18 May 2005 Shoot the Singer! Book "Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today". The first worldwide presentation of contemporary cases of music censorship, with cases from i.a. Burma, Mexico, Middle East, France, Algeria, Zimbabwe, USA, South Africa, Turkey. Edited by Freemuse director Marie Korpe, published by Zed Books, May 2004. 25 May 2004 Shoot the Singer! Photos for download Download photos from "Shoot the Singer!" 21 April 2004 Cultural Boycott - of any use? Freemuse Conference The recent initiative to boycott Israel is controversial, so is the Arab initiative to boycott cultural events which include Israeli artists. Yet the cultural boycott on apartheid South Africa did have an effect. And what about Cuba? Listen to the panel discussion from WOMEX 2003. 30 November 2003 Sipho Mabuse Interview with Sipho Mabuse. Music censorship in South Africa. (Recorded 1998) 11 July 2003 South Africa: Film documentary 'Stopping the Music' A South African protest singer and the police spy assigned to stop his career meet face to face 15 September 2002 South Africa: Freemuse workgroup established in South Africa Full report from the Freemuse seminar on music censorship in Apartheid-South Africa. 24 September 2001 Anton Goosen Interview with Anton Goosen about music censorship in South Africa. (Recorded in 1998) 01 January 2001 Hugh Masekela Interview with Hugh Masekela about music censorship in South Africa. (Recorded in 1998) 01 January 2001 Pops Mohamed Audio interview with Pops Mohamed about music censorship in South Africa. (Recorded in 1998) 01 January 2001 South Africa: 'The Censored meet their Censor' 1998: Sipho Mabuse and Ray Phiri, musicians from South Africa, in a first face to face meeting with former censor, Ms. Cecile Pracher, manager of the record library at SABC. 01 January 2001 Johnny Clegg Audio interview with Johnny Clegg about music censorship in South Africa. (Recorded in 1998) 01 January 2001 1960s Freemusepedia timeline: Africa: 1960s: South Africa: Miriam Makeba, Dolly Rathebe, and Dorothy Masuka. National anthem: 'Nkosi Sikele Africa'. Zimbabwe: Stella Chiweshe and Beuler Djoko 01 January 2001