Itumeleng Komana

If there’s one thing we can agree on, it is that South Africa is a musical country. Park Live 2026 proved this to be true. I was not familiar with some artists on the line-up, but I am glad that I now have new music to discover for the first time. It also seems "African time" may not be a thing because, by 10 am, the crowd was ready to receive Rowlene on stage at Marks Park, Emmarentia. We were blessed with good weather, skin was showing! Joburgers are quite the fashionistas, as I spotted people who were dressed to the nines. This just shows me how badly they wanted to be at the festival.  ParkliveThe fans brought their best fits.   Friends, family and human connection  I met a group of four strangers who I thought were friends, but it turned out they all came individually and met each other at Parklive.  One of them said to me, “Girl, there’s no way I was going to wait for my cousins and friends. I made an entire playlist preparing for two weeks”, and no one was going to take that away from me.  I love it so much for them. It also highlights what we pride ourselves on: Ubuntu. Co-signing this was the absolutely breathtaking Teeks (surely I can say this? We all saw him; he’s fine, fine, fine).  TeeksThe New Zealand artist had the crowd singing along. “This is my first time in South Africa, first time playing in Johannesburg. I gotta tell you, man, since the moment we landed... the people here have been so beautiful, so warm, so generous; I feel at home,” he said during h