The Unyazi 2 Festival takes the latest in local and international sound exploration on the road, writes Lloyd Gedye.
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/ 22 February 2008
Analysts say that Transport Minister Jeff Radebe has made all the right noises about public transport being the legacy of the 2010 World Cup and, if the budget is anything to go on, the Cabinet fully endorses his view. Trevor Manuel has allocated R6-billion to building public transport infrastructure over the next three years.
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/ 21 February 2008
Lloyd Gedye looks at two bands who are following in the now defuct Fokofpolisiekar’s footsteps.
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/ 14 February 2008
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. It seems the two big players in South Africa’s pharmaceutical cartel ignored this famous piece of advice and now they’re facing the heat. It’s a classic street story of the double-cross and the snitch told by gangsters the world over.
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/ 13 February 2008
The main development to watch in 2008 will be the implementation of the department of trade and industry’s codes of good practice. So says Rhodes University’s Reg Rumney. He says the existing sectoral charters need to be aligned with these codes and already teething problems are springing up, says Lloyd Gedye.
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/ 8 February 2008
While SuperSport has been throwing millions at sporting events in an attempt to prevent new competitors from gaining a foothold, it appears to have sewn up rugby for a steal. The R700-million broadcast deal that was announced by SuperSport and SA Rugby this week has drawn fierce controversy, especially because no other broadcaster was invited to bid.
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/ 1 February 2008
South Africa’s broadcasting regulator, Icasa, is under fire from all sides after the launch of what it terms a rogue broadcaster — and with potential legal challenges mounting. When Icasa licensed five subscription broadcasters in September last year, the introduction of competition to the sector was heralded as a milestone.
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/ 1 February 2008
Following hot on the heels of the competition authorities’ investigation into price fixing in the bread industry comes the announcement that dairy processors are set to appear in the dock for collusion. The Competition Tribunal announced this week that it would be holding a pre-hearing into alleged collusion by eight dairy processors next Thursday, during which evidence will be assessed and hearing dates set.
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/ 28 January 2008
South Africa’s telecommunications landscape looks set for a shake-up with the first steps towards the unbundling of Telkom and Vodacom on the cards.This week Middle Eastern telecoms company Oger announced that it had made an offer to buy a share in Telkom, South Africa’s effective fixed-line monopoly.
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/ 18 January 2008
South Africa is still behind when it comes to sampling music for free, writes Lloyd Gedye.