Season 4, uBuntu profiles five unique wisdom keepers of South African musical culture and heritage in a hybrid documentary style with live recordings and interviews mixed with cut-aways, archives and personal memoires in a dynamic story.

Titled uBuntu, Season 4 is about sharing education. 5 key musical protagonists who have prioritised humanity, community and music to in their personal development and creative excellence shinea a light on the memoires and techniques of uniquely Southern African sounds and styles including Marabi, Malombo, mashariki muziki and uMnqunqulo. In collaboration with NFVF PESP, Steve Biko Centre and International Library of African Music Season 4 is filmed on Constitution Hill Flame Studios during the winter of 2025. Season 4 comprises 5 new episodes. Each episode is accompanied with a Pre-Task and Post-Task worksheet engaging the student in further research and musical learning beyond the documentary. A bonus question facilitates knowledge and skills to be shared in an inspired, collaborative and innovative way. Released in September on Youtube Channel @jazzuhuru

The long-term transformation of the sector is experienced through the permanent availability of the capacity building resources in archives, libraries and free online. A long-term solution in mentorship is the development of stronger mindset and skillset. Self-relience will equip the youth and upcoming artists with lifetime growth and knowledge. Growing the impact of live performance, music practice and indigenous knowledge systems, through audio-visual mentorship and workshops. Creating a permanent database, archive and network for curriculum based learning materials for indigenous South African music and heritage. Building mentorship and teacher training opportunities for professional artists that can boost their careers and help alleviate loss of revenue during lockdown. It is important to note there are other existing archives that have built up some fantastic matetrial of old archive footage from era's before our birth as well as an ever evolving archive. It is important to build these networks and share our resources as best as possible to develop a coherent knowledge foundation of South Africa's arts culture and heritage landscape. The Story of South African Jazz Archive is engaged with ILAM (International Library of African Music) for a long-term and accessible sylabbus based resource.

General knowledge tuition provides a shared awareness of the richness of SA cultural memory and cultural activism. The international cultural exchange provides for opportunities of economic emancipation through building bridges in economy culture and geography.
Professional skills development for creative professionals through a feeder system from scholar, to student, emerging musician and career. Business development courses for young entrepreneurs in the creative industries with international professionals of diverse skills such as music transcription, festival production, archiving and documentary.
Dialogue sessions of hybrid, online and in-person engagement providing for a group of panellists from Johannesburg, South Africa, Europe and USA to engage around the anniversary of democracy and the role of culture and activism in bringing change.

The publishing of new permanent teaching resources, general knowledge and capacity building manuals provides for year round syllabus an outcomes based education opportunities for all ages. A year long engagement for a network of community centres and training academies to develop a self-reliance in their heritage practices so as to contribute meaningfully to the 30 years of democracy in SA celebrations.

Mentorship, education and archiving are integral components to the music rooms in community centres. The opportunity for reading and learning about the composers for our education system.The music learnings on offer are holistic and include general knowledge and technique on the improvisational quality of the music and the spiritual knowledge of the power of the present moment.

Drawing on the lived experience and oral history of many masterful South African heroes, Archive Africa provides the longevity through a foundation for Africa, education and the unified source of music. South African jazz is a unique and all inclusive channel to freedom, easily accessible to all cultural centres, particularly in Kwa Zulu Natal, Eastern Cape, Mozambique and Gauteng, but not limited too. The selections include Commentaries, Tributes, Interviews, Photographs, articles, video ,live recordings, books, tutirials, training modules, sheet music, research and testimonies. With an independent directory of resources available online with hard copy data disks backed up in 4 university centres of music learning, Afribeat provides an open source to open the minds and hearts of all researchers in the fields of music, arts activism, and liberation.

Workshops provide music tuition across musical instruments of all categories for all ages with the development of local composers and repertoires.
General knowledge tuition provides a shared awareness of the richness of SA cultural memory and cultural activism. The international cultural exchange provides for opportunities of economic emancipation through building bridges in economy culture and geography.
Professional skills development for musicians through a feeder system from scholar, to student, emerging musician and career. Business development courses for young entrepreneurs in the creative industries with international professionals of diverse skills such as music transcription, festival production, archiving and documentary.
Dialogue sessions of hybrid, online and in-person engagement providing for a group of panellists from Johannesburg, South Africa, Europe and USA to engage around the anniversary of democracy and the role of culture and activism in bringing change. The publishing of new permanent teaching resources, general knowledge and capacity building manuals provides for year round syllabus an outcomes based education opportunities for all ages. A year long engagement for a network of community centres and training academies to develop a self-reliance in their heritage practices so as to contribute meaningfully to the 30 years of democracy in SA celebrations.
The Jazz for Rural Development Entrepreneurial Training together with on-the-job training provides economic emancipation for youth and future generations in the arts industry and is greatly enhanced through access and engagement with international professionals.