Derek Davey

Derek Davey is a sub-editor in the Mail & Guardian’s supplements department who occasionally puts pen to paper. He has irons in many metaphysical fires – music, mantras, mortality and mustaches.

Lockdown level three brings waves of despair

Coronavirus Derek Davey - 29 Jun 2020

Like all of us, Derek Davey is trying to put on a brave face as we live through a once-in-a-life-time disaster

How I rode out Covid-19 lockdown level 5

Article Derek Davey - 3 May 2020

It began with an operation, itself a form of lockdown, and convalescence in the silent suburbs was welcome but brought with it worries about the future

Dodging the sjambok: How musicians got around apartheid’s laws

Article Derek Davey - 11 Apr 2020

The country was a very strange world, but artists, audiences and record companies found ways to get their sound out there

Slice of life: ‘People have more compassion’

Article Derek Davey - 8 Apr 2020

You know, this coronavirus thing, I just feel, if South Africans can stick together, we’ll get through this

Our artistic herri-tage online

Article Derek Davey - 10 Jan 2020

The viewer is in total control when navigating a website named after Herri the Strandloper, a soundmine of narratives and ideas

Our kids may still save us

Article Derek Davey - 13 Dec 2019

The youth are demanding that more action is taken on the climate crisis - it's their future that's at stake

Vumacam’s eye in the sky solution

Article Derek Davey - 25 Oct 2019

Smart camera networks help to create a smarter, safer cities

Delta Skelter: notes from a nascent music festival

Article Derek Davey - 26 Sep 2019

The second Okavango Delta Music Festival was a dusty, distant affair writes Derek Davey

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Deep listening will serve us better than building walls

Analysis Derek Davey - 17 Aug 2019

To stand a chance of fixing our planet, we need a seismic cultural and spiritual transformation

A bridge between cultures

Article Derek Davey - 26 Jul 2019

The Tracey family has, for three generations, ensured the sounds of Africa are not forgotten

Capers of a cheeky jazzman

Article Derek Davey - 3 May 2019

Balancing the horn with the DJ set from Hillbrow to Ibiza, George Sax is a master of mixology

The deep African science of Smiles Makama

Article Derek Davey - 22 Mar 2019

The eSwatini maestro who plays the smilerphone is making a comeback after years spent in Amsterdam

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Press Releases

Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

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POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

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CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

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Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'

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OSISA seeks a Programme Manager: Economic Justice

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

The candidate will be responsible for planning, management and implementation of Economic Justice work within the Economic and Social Justice Cluster

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Covid-19 Workplace Response Interventions Successful

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

The overall focus of these trainings was on the implications and management of Covid-19 in the workplace and strengthening Occupational Safety and Health

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Covid-19: Childhood and adolescence disrupted

special reports - 9 Sep 2020

'What we’re getting right now is that we see that there’s a lot of fear, anxiety, depression, stress, and post-traumatic stress disorders'