In South Africa, Gqom music gets everyone moving

South Africa's electoral commission said on Thursday it had excluded former president Jacob Zuma from standing in the May 29 general election. “In the case of former president Zuma, yes, we did receive an objection, which has been upheld,” commission president Mosotho Moepya told reporters, without giving details.

Former South African president Jacob Zuma is barred from the May 29 election because of his past convictions. We take a closer look at the implications.

In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim meets French musician Thomas de Pourquery. The saxophonist, singer, composer and actor has fronted a variety of music collectives such as "Supersonic", as well as working with the likes of Metronomy and Jeanne Added. As a saxophonist, he won France's top jazz award, the Django Reinhart prize, in 2021.

A South African court on Tuesday allowed former president Jacob Zuma to run in May's general elections, overturning a decision by electoral authorities barring him over a previous conviction.

Will South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma run for president on behalf of a new political organization that he joined last year after denouncing the ruling African National Congress party that he once led?

She has featured in Beyoncé's music videos, choreographed a sell-out stage musical and brought underground nightclub moves to the stage of the Opéra de Paris. Now Josepha Madoki is hosting a weekend of waacking in the Musée d'Orsay’s imposing entrance hall; she tells us more about this 1970s queer subculture and how she became France’s unofficial queen of waacking. She also tells us about the phone call from her friend and colleague, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, which led to a video shoot in the Louvre with Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Plus, Josepha explains why sports and the performing arts are complementary disciplines as she discusses her part in the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad.