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Helen Herimbi - Music Journalist

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South African Music
Mar 14, 2019

hdX: On Theatre on the Square

What makes for a potentially electrifying performance? Helen Herimbi hits up AKA’s Orchestra on the Square rehearsal to find out The Jozi sky is grey when I arrive. AKA’s band...
South African Music
Mar 6, 2019

hdX: On Mx Blouse

“I thought I was just hungover and ignored the fact that I felt sick for a while,” Mx Blouse is telling me over the phone. I’m gobsmacked. They are giggling....
i(m)bali
Mar 2, 2019

Flowers for Melanie Ramjee

Melanie “Hypress” Ramjee is a hip hop PR pioneer. Back when it wasn’t the leading genre in the country - and, in fact, it wasn’t all that embraced - it...
Other Artists
Feb 20, 2019

On: Tamia

Ahead of her South African tour, Tamia talks to Helen Herimbi about passion, penmanship and privacy “Umm,” she pauses to chuckle. “I’m not really a person who goes for overt...
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My Life
Feb 7, 2019

Can I be a chameleon?

“It’s like you’re a chameleon,” said my nail technician. She was selling me the dream of multichrome grabbers. I wasn’t convinced but since she’s never steered me wrong, I went...

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My name is Helen and I am a music journalist. I have sat down with everyone from Babyface to Babes Wodumo. When you’re not reading my interviews, you can listen to my podcast, revisit my radio daze or come to my i(m)bali LIVE event in Jozi.

Click on any of the below categories to read, watch or listen to my work. I am not a bot so I do actually leave my desk sometimes. To see what I get up to when I do, click on My Life.

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