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/ 17 February 2009
The economic period ahead will be the most challenging yet faced by SA’s democracy. Lloyd Gedye reports.
Survival for some families depends on using the slickest sales pitch in the desert, writes Lloyd Gedye
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/ 11 February 2009
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel’s budget on Wednesday preached his age-old message of prudent fiscal policy, efficiency and sustainability.
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/ 19 December 2008
Beer advertisements are bizarre creatures. Just remind yourself of how beer is sold in South Africa.
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/ 16 December 2008
"Lloyd, this is the beaten track.” It was a few weeks after we had hit the road with kidofdoom that I found the message scrawled in my notebook.
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/ 11 December 2008
Johannesburg’s afro-rock outfit BLK JKS have put pen to paper for a lucrative deal with American Independent record label Secretly Canadian.
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/ 27 November 2008
Lloyd Gedye reviews From Marabi to Disco: 42 Years of Township Music, an album that celebrates some of SA’s best music over four decades.
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/ 27 November 2008
Mbaqanga’s greats get the reissue treatment. Lloyd Gedye takes a journey into the history of the Makgona Tsohle Band and the Mavuthela stable.
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/ 27 November 2008
When an economic crisis hits consumers are expected to continue with their vices — drinking, smoking and gambling their way through the downturn.
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/ 20 November 2008
Government clings to JSE investments and places its role of policy director in question.