Go Girl: Berita Takes on Brand New Challenge in Music Industry

Go Girl: Berita Takes on Brand New Challenge in Music Industry

- Talented songstress Berita has been appointed as chairperson at the Recording Industry of South Africa

- Taking to social media, Berita gushed about how important the appointment was for her as a young black woman

- Berita was previously involved in the production of a film and has shown that he has the ability to branch out from just singing

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Talented Afro-soul singer, Berita recently shared that she has been appointed as a chairperson at the Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA).

Berita, who is married to music exec Nota Baloyi, said that appointment was important to her as a young black woman who is also an independent record label owner.

Go girl: Berita takes on brand new challenge in music industry
Berita is taking on a new challenge in the Mzansi entertainment industry. Image: @beritaafrosoul
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Taking to social media, Berita made the announcement and explained just how much it meant to her.

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"Today I take a seat at the RISA table, I have been appointed as a board member of the Recording Industry of South Africa. I am looking forward to getting acquainted with RISA at a board level.”

She called the achievement a huge win, adding:

“We are in! We are within! We are inside!"

Congrats to the musician.

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Meanwhile Briefly News previously reported that Berita's film titled Unknown Union made its debut at this year's virtual edition of the Africa Rising International Film Festival. The songstress teamed up with director Makere Thekiso to produce the short film.

The movie redefined how audiences view African spaces as it captures and celebrate the ambiguity that is love. The film festival showed on on Friday, 27 November until 29 November. Berita told Briefly News that she believes that music and film "belong together".

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"I get excited when music and film come together, I believe these two components belong together. I am thankful to my Director Makere for the opportunity. I am very excited for our short film to be screened at the Africa Rising International Film Festival."

The multi-talented musician has a banging track with DJ Tira titled Uyandazi. She also has another dope track titled Siyathandana featuring songstress Amanda Black. Berita has proved that she's not only good at producing music but also movies.

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Sibusisiwe Lwandle (Head of Entertainment) Sibusisiwe Lwandle is the Head of Entertainment at Briefly News (joined in 2019). She holds one Bachelor of Arts (BA) and one Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree from the University of Cape Town and the University of KZN respectively. She has over 10 years of experience in journalism, having worked in print, online and broadcast media. She has worked at Independent Media and 1KZNTV and has contributed columns to the Washington Post. Passed set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Email: sibusisiwe.lwandle@briefly.co.za