GF RISING · WEEKLY

South Africa — Week 35, 2026

SCORING WINDOW 2026-07-29 → 2026-08-25 · 44 ARTISTS · 141 VENUES SCORED

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Artists scored

Venues scored

141

Tracked events · 28d

159

Chart depth

Top 20 / 30

01 · ARTISTS Artists whose momentum is building fastest in this scene

TOP 20 OF 44 SCORED

RKΔARTISTTIERGENRELAST WKSCORE

1 —

Le Good Life National DJ / Electronic — 83.1 2 —

Benzoo Continental DJ / Electronic — 77.1 3 —

Thukuthela National Jazz — 76.7 4 —

Thatohatsi Continental DJ / Electronic — 75.4 5 —

FUNKY QLA National DJ / Electronic — 71.0 6 —

Sam Deep Continental DJ / Electronic — 69.8 7 —

General C'mamane National DJ / Electronic — 67.4 8 —

Pcee Continental DJ / Electronic — 64.6 9 —

Kasango National DJ / Electronic — 60.9 10 —

Dumza Maswana National Jazz — 59.7 12 —

Caiiro Continental DJ / Electronic — 55.4 13 —

Dlala Thukzin Continental DJ / Electronic — 53.6 14 —

Enoo Napa Continental DJ / Electronic — 53.6 15 —

Nduduzo Makhathini National Jazz — 53.6 16 —

DA CAPO Continental DJ / Electronic — 52.6 17 —

THAKZIN National DJ / Electronic — 52.5 18 —

Billy Monama National Jazz — 51.8 19 —

SUN-EL MUSICIAN Continental DJ / Electronic — 51.6 20 —

Zonke Continental Jazz — 50.3

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02 · VENUES The rooms pulling ahead in this scene

TOP 30 OF 141 SCORED

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Bahama Bar SA Regional Johannesburg — 82.1 9 —

Ratz Bar Regional Johannesburg — 73.8 10 —

BAD MANORS Regional Johannesburg — 73.3 12 —

Sognage National Johannesburg — 71.3 13 —

UntitledBasement National Johannesburg — 71.3 14 —

ZIGZAG CLUB MALIA Regional Durban — 69.6 16 —

Carnival City Big Top Arena National Brakpan — 69.3 17 —

SunBet Arena Pretoria National Pretoria — 69.0 21 —

FRIENDS curated by MAMAKASHAKA National Johannesburg — 68.3 25 —

Summit Menlyn National Pretoria — 60.9 26 —

evol Regional Cape Town — 59.3

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HOW THIS CHART WORKS

GF Rising ranks momentum from multi-platform growth, consistency and acceleration signals, powered by MiSFY Score — the same scoring applied to two sides of the scene: artists and venues. Both chart in the country their tracked profile is registered to. We publish the evaluation areas and channels — never the weights. Full methodology