kykNET is a South African Afrikaans-language television channel. Owned by pay-TV operator M-Net, it was launched on the DStv satellite service in 15th November 1999. In its development phase, the channel had the placeholder name The Afrikaans Channel. On 16 July 2014 DStv announced that kykNET would be broadcast in high-definition from 12 August 2014.
Riku Lätti is a South African singer, songwriter, and writer. After matriculation in 1991 at Hoërskool Florida, Johannesburg, he studied philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand where he finished his honors degree. He changed his name to Victor S. Wolf and claimed that Riku Lattii was "dead." Since then he composed the complete film score for Jans Rautenbach's film "Abraham", on which he was credited as Riku Lätti, thereby being effectively resurrected.
Laurika Rauch, is a South African singer who performs in both Afrikaans and English. She had a hit single in 1979 with Kinders van die Wind, written by Koos du Plessis. The song featured prominently in the Afrikaans television series "Phoenix & Kie" in the late seventies.
Dewald Louw is the winner of the first season of The Afrikaans KykNET Idols in South Africa.
Nádine Hoffeldt is a South African Afrikaans pop singer, best known for the hit song "Kaapse Draai". She has also recorded a number of songs in English.
Straatligkinders is an Afrikaans rock band from Potchefstroom, South Africa.
Sonja Herholdt is a South African singer-songwriter and Afrikaner actress.
Maak Jou Drome Waar is a bilingual pop album by South African cricketer AB de Villiers and singer-songwriter Ampie du Preez and was released in South Africa on 2 August 2010. Nine of the 14 tracks on the album are in Afrikaans and five are in English. The tracks consist mainly of power ballads with a "follow-your-dreams" theme and of love songs. The participating artists are signed to the Sony BMG label.
Piet Botha was a South African musician and the frontman of the South African rock band Jack Hammer, which has been an opening act for bands such as ZZ Top, Deep Purple and Uriah Heep. He also performed solo.
Liza Brönner is a South African singer and songwriter. Her music is performed in both Afrikaans and English. Brönner is also a stage actress. Her debut album, Onderstebo was released on 21 September 2009 by EMI. This album has been repacked on 29 March 2010 with four new songs as Asemloos and also released by EMI. Her third album, Vir eers is dit net ek... was released on 1 September 2011 by HIT Records. In May 2013, Liza won the reality program searching for a replacement actor for the stage production (musical) Liefling. She plays the lead role across from Bobby van Jaarsveld playing Jan in the musical.
Juanita du Plessis is a Namibian Afrikaans country singer. She became known for her song Ska-Rumba. Du Plessis' singing career began in 1998 with her debut album Juanita. That year she won the CMA awards as best singer, best songwriter and the Association's Award for outstanding achievement.
Rudolf Johannes van Niekerk was a South African author, dramatist, radio presenter and professor. He writes in Afrikaans and was a member of the Sestigers group.
Francois Henning, better known by his stage name Snotkop (, and previously known as Lekoa, is a South African singer and rapper of Zulu.
Arno Jordaan born in Port Elizabeth is a South African pop singer singing in Afrikaans.
Jurie Els is a South African singer with a great number of albums and singles to his credit. He is owner of Stetson Music. Between 1994 and 2003, he was an artist and music producer with Sony, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Patricia Lewis is a South African singer, actress and television presenter.
The Eugène Marais Prize is a South African literary prize awarded by the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns for a first or early publication in Afrikaans. In 1971 it was renamed after the Afrikaans poet and researcher Eugène Marais. The prize has no genre limitation, but only works that have appeared in the previous calendar year are eligible. Further, an author can only win the award once. The prize money was R22 000 and was sponsored by ABSA and Rapport.
Brendan Peyper is a South African singer-songwriter. He released his debut album Stop, wag, bly nog 'n bietjie in 2015 and then a follow-up album Hy Loop Oop in 2017. His newest album is Insomnia which was released in 2022. He was on his search for love on KyKNet's third season of Op My Eish where he chose Janae Stander as the winner of his heart, unfortunately he was not the winner of her heart.
Kas van den Bergh was a South African Afrikaans writer and columnist.
