{"id":171879,"date":"2025-08-28T17:15:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=171879"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T17:15:48","slug":"music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=171879","title":{"rendered":"MUSIC OP-ED: SA\u2019s women artists still fighting for visibility in a hostile music scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music in this country is more than entertainment \u2014 it\u2019s livelihood, connection, a cultural heartbeat. The pandemic muted that pulse, but the rhythm is returning. New voices are emerging, bold sounds are breaking through. Yet female artists remain sidelined, facing systemic barriers at every level&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymaverick.co.za\/article\/2025-08-25-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music in this country is more than entertainment \u2014 it\u2019s livelihood, connection, a cultural heartbeat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-171879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene.jpg",1279,853,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene.jpg",1279,853,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene.jpg",1279,853,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/171879-music-op-ed-sas-women-artists-still-fighting-for-visibility-in-a-hostile-music-scene-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=42\" rel=\"category\">Entertainment<\/a>","tag_info":"Entertainment","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=171879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/171880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=171879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=171879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=171879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}