Brenda Fassie - whom Time magazine dubbed the "Madonna of the Townships" - has died in South Africa aged 39. She managed to combine ground-breaking musical success with an accessibility - and human ...

The moment was pure Brenda. Making her U.S. debut at Washington’s Zanzibar club in July, South African singer Brenda Fassie sang passionately from the diaphragm for almost three hours straight.

When Brenda Fassie was four, she started a singing group. At 14, she had moved from her home town to Johannesburg to seek her musical fortune. She found it when she was asked to stand in for a mem ...

Eighteen years on, the iconic singer who gave us hits such as Weekend Special, Too Late For Mama and Vul’indlela, Brenda Fassie’s legacy continues on the 18th anniversary of her death.

Johannesburg - Pop star Brenda Fassie narrowly escaped death when three suspects stormed her posh Buccleuch house and robbed her at gunpoint on Sunday morning. Police spokesperson captain Schalk ...

Johannesburg - President Thabo Mbeki paid a short visit to comatose pop diva Brenda Fassie at Sunninghill Hospital on Monday night. ANC spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama said Mbeki sat next to Fassie's bed ...

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie, affectionately known as 'MaBrrr' left a musical legacy that continues to keep her memory alive. Thirteen years ago on this day, South Africa lost an iconic singer and one ...

The legendary star's son, Bongani Fassie, asks the question during the latest episode of Moja Love's 'Finding Bongani Fassie'. Brenda Fassie’s son Bongani Fassie on his Moja Love reality show ...

Fassie, 26, of Atholl, Sandton, his 26-year-old hip-hop artist Maggz, whose real name is Gift Magubane, and photographer Tessa Nxumalo, 24, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court yesterday.

Brash and brilliant, Brenda Fassie was Africa's undisputed Queen of Pop, a talented diva whose continent-wide appeal was dwarfed only by the scandals and addictions of her turbulent personal life.