To celebrate our beautiful continent on this day, Smash had a conversation talking about one of Africa’s biggest exports – Afro beats. The musical genre Afro beat originated in the 1960s and 1970s as a blend of traditional Yoruba music with jazz, West African highlife and funk. The pioneering style of afrobeat is identified with artists like the formidable Nigerian icon Fela Kuti. Now, Afro beat and Afro beats are not the same thing, and there’s a difference. Smash was joined by two people who helped him navigate through this conversation – mix DJ and In The Mix resident Kat Upendi & as well as Nigerian musician Wurld.

With social distancing measures in place, many organisations have had to explore what the digital world can offer their business, and the world of theatre has also taken that route, with the South African State Theatre bringing their shows online for audiences to enjoy in the comfort and safety of their homes, Smash spoke to The South African State Theatre’s Artistic Director, Mr Aubrey Sekhabi.

Focalistic aka the Pitori Maradonna swapped his soccer boots for a microphone and South Africa has been blessed with his musical talent ever since. The hitmaker has been one of the most talked about rising stars over last couple of years and 2020 hasn’t been any different. This month he hit over 2 million accumulative streams across all his music on digital platforms. This impressive feat comes off the back of a few singles, features, and two projects namely Quarantined Tarantino and the chart topping Blecke.

Many of our favourite shows went off air over the last few weeks as many were forced to go into a production break due to the lockdown regulations of the Covid-19 pandemic. As things eased into level 4 lockdown, many shows returned to their sets to continue filming under strict conditions, I’m joined by Eric Mecheru from SABC 1’s Skeem Saam to give us insight on how filiming is going under these new conditions.

OnlyFans' is a platform with loose content restrictions that allow creators to put risqué images and videos, that followers need to pay subscription to watch. Many platforms of this kind have received criticism as many say they open up young people to the adult entertainment space. It’s recently made headlines again after getting a mention from Beyonce in a song and with many of its influencers making a living from the platform. Smash was joined by sexual wellness coach and influencer Lindiwe Rasekoala.

Many of you have developed new eating patterns, mainly, you’re eating more than usual and not necessarily eating the good stuff. Experts have warned that there is a lot of stress eating happening during this time and that could eventually lead to food addiction and other eating disorders. Smash spoke to Clinical Psychologist Maritza Lubbe.

Grammy nominated musician, Stonebwoy, rose to international stardom after being the first artist of his kind to win a BET Award in 2015. His career has spanned over a decade wowing fans all over the globe. The Ghanaian star recently dropped his new album Anloga Junction, which features Keri Hilson and South Africa’s very own Nasty C. He Joined Smash Afrika to chat more on this.

Smash Afrika chats to Faith Nyaka – Director for Registration and Recognition at the South African Qualifications Authority, about The process behind the registration of qualifications & how students can go about checking if their desired qualification has been registered by SAQA.

South African rapper K.O, sat down with Smash Afrika to talk about his 15 years in the music busniss, and let's us in on the moves his Skhandaworld company is about to take-over the entertainment industry.

A look into the love lives of the queer community & dispelling myths. Smash Afrika was joined by have a couple of queer people joining in studio, chatting about dating people who are in the closet, tops, bottoms & versatiles, as well as, hook up culture inthe queer community.