Brenda Fassie has been played on NTS in shows including Dark & Lovely Global Roots w/ Thristian, featured first on 8 December 2013. Songs played include Sgaxa Mabhanti (Club Mix), Too Late For Mama and It´s Nice To Be Free.

Brenda Fassie (November 3, 1964 – May 9, 2004), was a legendary South African pop singer and widely considered the voice for disenfranchised blacks during apartheid. She was affectionately known as the Queen of African Pop. Brenda was born in Langa, Cape Town as the youngest of 9 children. She was named after Brenda Lee, an American country singer. Her father died when she was…