Office Politics and Corona’s Living Is Calling philosophy come together to reimagine where the working day ends – and living begins.
Grammy Award-winning artist Zakes Bantwini is taking on one of modern working life’s most familiar tensions: when does work actually end?
Through the new collaboration, Bantwini’s Office Politics platform saw two workplaces transformed into sunset experiences this August, using music, culture and human connection to turn the end of the working day into the beginning of something worth looking forward to.
The first saw South African Breweries’ offices transformed into an immersive Corona Sunsets Edition experience, with Kusasa opening before Bantwini was joined by surprise guest Sun-El Musician. The second brought the experience into the world of music itself, as Universal Music Group hosted an after-work session featuring Bokkie ULT before Bantwini took to the stage. Captured in a new launch video, viewers see an everyday office environment shift as corporate employees close their laptops, signalling the end of the working day and the start of the after-work unwind. [Watch the full video here].
Together, the two experiences brought the global Living Is Calling philosophy into spaces where the boundaries between work and life are often most blurred, creating a new kind of end-of-day ritual designed to help people reconnect with the moments that make life meaningful.
There was a time when leaving the office meant leaving work behind. Today, the working day rarely ends when the laptop closes. Meetings spill into evenings, notifications follow us home and being “always on” has become the new normal.
According to the Working Life Survey, released in April 2026, 75% of professionals struggle to switch off after working hours, while 52% report living with a diagnosed stress-related mental health condition. The findings point to a growing cultural tension: modern work has become increasingly efficient at filling our calendars, but far less effective at giving us permission to disconnect.
It is a tension Bantwini had already begun exploring through Office Politics, his lifestyle platform known for transforming corporate spaces into unexpected cultural experiences. That shared belief in the power of music, culture and human connection also made Office Politics a natural extension of Bantwini’s growing relationship with Corona, following his recent appointment as the brand’s first ambassador in Africa.
“Office Politics was born from something I kept seeing around me. People weren’t finishing work anymore, they were simply carrying it into the rest of their lives,” says Bantwini. “I’ve always believed music has the power to create a real transition. It brings people back to the present and reminds us what genuine connection feels like. Living Is Calling isn’t about escaping work. It’s about making space for the moments that make work worthwhile.”
As conversations around the increasingly blurred boundaries between work and life continue, Bantwini and Office Politics are offering a simple counterpoint: perhaps switching off doesn’t need to mean escaping somewhere else. Sometimes it can begin exactly where the working day ends.