Born in Randfontein in 1928, Dolly Rathebe would emerge as a pioneer of the black entertainment industry in South Africa and a central figure in the Sophiatown renaissance of the 1950s.

Like Miriam Makeba, Letta Mbulu and Dorothy Masuku, Dolly Rathebe's name represents a golden era of music. They were gorgeous and powerful on and off stage; their pictures graced the covers of ...

Dolly Rathebe, singer, film star and pin-up girl of the 1940s and 50s, was known for her affinity with tsotsitaal - the lingua franca spoken in Afrikaans with a mixture of different languages.

Jazz legend Dolly Rathebe (74) died at the Ga-Rankuwa hospital outside Pretoria on Thursday. Rathebe was admitted to hospital on Sunday after suffering a mild stroke and is survived by two ...

political figures and admirers turned up at the unveiling ceremony of the tombstone of singer and Drum Magazine cover-girl Dolly Rathebe, held at the Roodepoort Cemetery on Saturday morning.

Johannesburg - Jazz legend Dolly Rathebe was buried in the Roodepoort Cemetery on Sunday afternoon, SABC news reported. Hundreds of mourners, including Arts Minister Pallo Jordan and poet and writer ...

Dorothy Masuka and Dolly Rathebe. That list grew to include Melanie Scholtz, Zamajobe, Nomfundo Xaluva, Omagugu Makhathini and more during the latter part of the 2000s. But in the past decade ...

Klipgat — Hundreds of Sofasonke residents in Klipgat, north of Pretoria, yesterday converged for the official opening of a new community centre set to bring government services closer to their ...

Born in Randfontein in 1928, Dolly Rathebe would emerge as a pioneer of the black entertainment industry in South Africa and a central figure in the Sophiatown renaissance of the 1950s.

Dolly Rathebe , the musical legend of Sophiatown , is part of South Africa's rich heritage and history. Sophiatown was a much-storied suburb and vibrant cultural hub in Johannesburg that was ...