Leah Jazz

Outspoken, queer, brave and cynically optimistic. Not shy about anything. Gentle, vulnerable, spontaneous and hilarious.

In a forest on the KZN South Coast. I call it the Deep Southu2026

I left Port Edward straight after school and mostly lived in Durban afterwards. I went to boarding school in the UK when I was 15 (for a year) and floated around Greece for a bit at 21. I live in Joburg now.

I speak English and sarcasm.

I left Port Edward straight after school and mostly lived in Durban afterwards. I went to boarding school in the UK when I was 15 (for a year) and floated around Greece for a bit at 21. I live in Joburg now.

Pole dancing, skateboarding, open water swimming, being in nature, singing in the shower, drinking wine, cooking, eating, playing guitar, reading books and throwing costume parties.

I’ve travelled to several Greek islands via hitchhiking, that was pretty crazy. I’ve also performed music in bars and that’s always terrifying. And then jumped off the Blukrans bridge… I don’t shy away from crazy things - probably to a fault.

3 cats named Sam, Ernest and Emma. And about 50 house plants.

Recipes.

Taika Waititi, Maya Angelou, Freddie Mercury, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Stephen Fry.

The Office, Veep, Fleabag, Mean Girls.

An indoor forest.

#bodypositivity #streetstyle #summerloving #ottd #thrifted

Plenty of sunshine, strangers who smile and freshly caught seafood.

Play the saxophone, learn a foreign language and learn to ski.

I could probably earn my keep singing covers and playing guitar in a dive bar anywhere in the world.

Teleportation.

RuPaul’s Drag Race. That counts, right?

Menstrual security, sexual education, queer safety and climate change.

See the aurora borealis, write a book, change someone’s life.

Donald Trump and everything he stands for. Bigotry, homophobia, white supremacy, imperialism.

The kindness of strangers, people who are vulnerable, open and honest, laughing through the pain, biodiversity, sharing meals with people you love, and extended, intense eye contact.

I get to connect with the country on an incredibly intimate level and I’ve received feedback from listeners that makes me feel like my work really matters. Having a platform to talk to South Africans about sex, love and pleasure (among other weird and wonderful things) is a huge honour and responsibility that I take very seriously. Fun and games are important, but having an impact makes me feel like this opportunity has never been given to me in vain.