GF RISING · WEEKLY

South Africa — Week 37, 2026

SCORING WINDOW 2026-08-11 → 2026-09-07 · 44 ARTISTS · 156 VENUES SCORED

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South Africa scene: a landmark silhouette over a skyline drawn from this week's South Africa chart

Artists scored

Venues scored

156

Tracked events · 28d

158

Chart depth

Top 20 / 30

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

TOP 20 OF 44 SCORED

RKΔARTISTTIERGENRELAST WKSCORE

1 ▲4

FUNKY QLA National DJ / Electronic 5 82.3 2 =

Thukuthela National Jazz 2 82.1 3 ▲3

Sam Deep Continental DJ / Electronic 6 81.1 4 ▼1

Benzoo Continental DJ / Electronic 3 79.1 5 ▼1

Thatohatsi Continental DJ / Electronic 4 74.8 6 —

Sox National DJ / Electronic — 71.1 7 =

General C'mamane National DJ / Electronic 7 68.7 8 =

Pcee Continental DJ / Electronic 8 65.3 9 —

Goldmax Continental DJ / Electronic — 65.2 10 ▼9

Le Good Life National DJ / Electronic 1 63.3 11 ▲3

Dlala Thukzin Continental DJ / Electronic 14 62.0 12 —

Bassie Continental DJ / Electronic — 61.3 13 ▲2

Enoo Napa Continental DJ / Electronic 15 54.2 14 ▲5

SUN-EL MUSICIAN Continental DJ / Electronic 19 54.0 15 ▼6

Kasango National DJ / Electronic 9 53.9 16 —

Chad B Smith Regional Vocal — 53.5 17 ▼4

Nduduzo Makhathini National Jazz 13 52.9 18 ▼6

Caiiro Continental DJ / Electronic 12 51.9 20 ▼2

Billy Monama National Jazz 18 51.3

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02 · VENUES The rooms pulling ahead in this scene

TOP 30 OF 156 SCORED

RKΔVENUETIERCITYLAST WKSCORE

2 =

Ratz Bar Regional Johannesburg 2 87.8 3 =

Bahama Bar SA Regional Johannesburg 3 86.8 4 =

The Coffee Grind National Pretoria 4 86.6 9 =

Trenchtown Obs National Cape Town 9 81.9 19 =

evol Regional Cape Town 19 68.3 21 =

Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra National Cape Town 21 68.0 23 =

Sognage National Johannesburg 23 67.4 25 =

Woodstock Brewery Regional Cape Town 25 66.9 30 =

ZIGZAG CLUB MALIA Regional Durban 30 62.8

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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