Lloyd Gedye

Lloyd Gedye is a freelance journalist and one of the founders of The Con.

Canary in the coalmine: How Christopher Dorner keeps showing up in protest music

Friday Lloyd Gedye - 24 Sep 2020

Musicians break genre boundaries and, through the lyrics about the Los Angeles police officer who killed cops, express black anger

A Player in apartheid gets award

Article Lloyd Gedye - 19 Mar 2020

South Africa’s legendary golfer, who is said to have aided the past regime, is honoured by Trump

Another blow for crisis-ridden Prasa

Article Lloyd Gedye - 4 Mar 2020

Adding to the debt-ridden state entity’s woes, the rail agency now faces prosecution for anti-competitive conduct regarding bus terminals and services

Matorokisi ignites a global groove

Article Lloyd Gedye - 28 Feb 2020

From Brits to Beijing, people are going crazy for Makhadzi’s smash hit which was born from a DJ Call Me beat

Public transport inequality

Article Lloyd Gedye - 25 Feb 2020

The Competition Commission’s market inquiry reveals that South Africa’s public transport system remains skewed by class, advantaging middle- and high-income earners

Shopping malls are ‘killing’ independent retailers

Article Lloyd Gedye - 4 Dec 2019

The Competition Commission’s Grocery Retail Inquiry has found national supermarket chains are putting small, independent players out of business

Competition Tribunal hears meat supply ‘cartel’ case

Article Lloyd Gedye - 3 Dec 2019

Food giant I&J has found itself in front of the tribunal on charges of collusion in the beef sector

MultiChoice and SABC in cahoots over control mechanism

Article Lloyd Gedye - 8 Oct 2019

Controversy over the set-top box, which has delayed the government’s rollout of digital television for 16 years, rages on at the Zondo commission

Kropz’s ‘irregular’ water licence

Article Lloyd Gedye - 13 Jul 2019

Environmental groups issues with the Western Cape phosphate mine’s water use licence will go before the Water Tribunal

Deadly cost of Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners’ strike

Article Lloyd Gedye - 30 Apr 2019

The lengthy strike finally ended with Amcu agreeing to the same wage offer other mining unions accepted in October

How the cement cartel was built

Article Lloyd Gedye - 15 Feb 2019

Major international companies have been implicated in the collusion

Workings of post-apartheid cement cartel laid bare

Article Lloyd Gedye - 14 Feb 2019

Higher-ups in the cement industry testifying before the competition commission have admitted to over 10 years of collusion

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Special Reports

Touching lives through innovation

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

Africa has a high youth population that adapts to technology quickly, and this phenomenon is something which should be taken advantage of

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Festive Reading

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

In The Whistleblowers, Mandy Wiener talks to a wide range of the people who have revealed corruption and malfeasance in government and business

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Centre for Women & Gender Studies

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

The CWGS aims to resuscitate the histories of African women from all walks of life in an intellectual cleansing/ukuhlambulula of her story

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Greening the Future

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

The awards are a way of encouraging progress and celebrating those who wake up every day and work to make this country a better more sustainable place

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Failing to learn the lessons? The impact of Covid-19 on a Broken and Unequal Education System

special reports - 30 Nov 2020

If the president was serious about fixing basic education, he would appoint his most competent minister with a powerful mandate to start fixing it

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National Science and Technology Forum

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

It's an independent SETI platform, an essential element of an active democracy and an important part of the collaboration process needed in SETI

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Milestones over the NSTF’s 25-year history

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

The organisation celebrates its Silver Jubilee as an established player in the NSI and as promoter and influencer of SET and innovation in South Africa

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Huawei Cloud’s Year-End Sales Carnival

special reports - 27 Nov 2020

Massive discounts on hot cloud services are on offer along with special coupons and other privileges, but hurry, supplies are limited!