Gabi Motuba

2026 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz Winner/ Jazz Singer/ Composer/ Educator/ Collaborator
For all inquires contact: [email protected]

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

Day 1 ofRehearsals. A very long and crazy day. This was how it all unfolded. morning coffee
More hiring of instruments
Damage control due to oversight. these are costly mistakes sometime😩
Printing of sheet music for the band
Rehearsals, rehearsals and more rehearsals
6. Coffee!

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

The Prep week is going good thus far. My week has involved the following:
1. accelerated music scoring
2. Late nights and long baths
3. Making notes mostly outside the house and in the sun
4. Endless phone calls, contracts, tech riders, equipment hiring
5. Endless nail biting😩.

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

This is an overdue invitation to all my people in Johannesburg. I’m looking forward to seeing yall. I know it’s been a while and there is much to talk about😇

Book here. https://t.co/Y5X3rsA0t4

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

See me flow and prepare Joburg for the National Arts Festival concert this coming Saturday on the 6th June at the Jozi Gold Brewing Company. Bringing all the members of the band, premiering the new, revisiting the old.

Book here.
https://t.co/Y5X3rsA0t4

#2026 #sbya #naf

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

Thank you for the front cover feature Grocotts publication!. I enjoyed this interview very much and we are looking forward to bringing a new sound to Makhanda this July. Much love

#sbya #2026 #makhandafestival #gabimotuba

[THANDISWA MAZWAI @thandiswamazwai]

Memorial service details.

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[Standard Bank Joy Of Jazz @JoyOfJazz]

GABI MOTUBA presents SOUNDS FROM A BLACK GIRL (SA)
Come watch @MMotuba presents Sounds From A Black Girl live on the Diphala Stage on 25 September 2026.
#JazzReignited #SBJOJ2026 #TakeMeThere

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

Looking forward🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[Music In Africa @MusicInAfrica]

The programme brings together artists from South Africa and abroad and reflects contemporary debates around technology, culture and society. https://t.co/32JTRzZSEp

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

Thank you for the wonderful interview ous @mapasekamokwele on radio2000.

#interview #joyofjazz #gabimotuba #2026

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

I’m on now with Ous Mapaseka

[Radio 2000 @Radio2000_ZA]

Coming up | Gabi Motuba on #TheHotSeat #LifeLoveAndAll with Mapaseka Mokwele 📹https://t.co/0APbffpuBZ

@MMotuba @mapasekamokwele @JoyOfJazz

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

Tonight. 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[Standard Bank Joy Of Jazz @JoyOfJazz]

@Radio2000_ZA | Host @mapasekamokwele with @MMotuba | 20:00 – 21:00
A voice that bends genre and breaks boundaries. Mapaseka Mokwele sits down with Gabi Motuba, redefining what jazz sounds like right now.
#jazzreignited #sbjoj2026 #takemethere

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

Really🧐🧐🧐🫣🤣

[Bhut' Sonwa @SonwabisoMtsol3]

The lady on frame 2 looks exactly like @MMotuba (Gabi Motuba) 😭

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

A wonderful article written by Journalist Sis Gwen.

https://t.co/ERcdME9NKP

#2026sbya #gabimotuba

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[Mzantsi Jazz Awards @ZaJazzAwards]

@MMotuba Thank you for sharing

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

I have shared my speech on my podcast The Listening Threshold. This is Episode 6. Podcast is available on Spotify and YouTube. All links available in my Instagram bio. Have a good week and stay up❤️
https://t.co/VtSTGhfNAB

Peace.

[IG:Nothemba Madumo @nothembaujx]

Watch the full interview with #SiyabongaMthembu @MRGOLDISME on @Radio702 @CapeTalk @PrimediaPlus

https://t.co/IurAzihcK4

[Mail & Guardian @mailandguardian]

Gabi Motuba and the sound of sacred resistance: Her music stretches beyond jazz, transforming grief, memory and resistance into a spiritual sonic language rooted in black life and liberation.

https://t.co/oMnxtQ4iS0

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

Tomorrow night il be on @Kayafm for Nicky B’s The World Show. Iv put together a playlist of songs that have meant a great deal to me throughout my music journey. I’m looking forward to engaging with mam Nicky so do tune in. Much love

[Nicky Blumenfeld @NickyBGlobal]

This Sunday #TheWorldShowNickyB @KayaOnAir @KayaON959 celebrating a well-deserved award for @MMotuba Gabi Motuba - this year's @StandardBankArt Young Artist for Jazz - she’ll share a playlist she’s specially curated, to illustrate her journey so far, and her vision for the future

[Barton Fink @HillsJah]

Gabi Motuba and the sound of sacred resistance https://t.co/ZAk2Ujk976

[Gabi Motuba @MMotuba]

Yesterday in the Mail & Guardian! Also how wonderful to be featured alongside Zawadi Yamungu, the beautiful article written by @fezokuhle1 . What an amazing week it’s been🙏🏿thank you again to Thabang Monoa for honouring this moment with such generous words!To love and to freedom