Photographer Liam Lynch has spent years hounding South Africa’s radical rockers. Now his images are on exhibition, writes Lloyd Gedye
Lloyd Gedye catches up with the crazy rollercoaster ride that is Lark
Old Shakey’s musical past is catching up with him, writes Lloyd Gedye.
The Gossip have transformed themselves from a garage rock band into a radical punk outfit, and lead singer Ditto is on a mission to tackle hypocrisy in world politics as well as the gender status quo, writes Lloyd Gedye
Vodacom declared war on parent company Telkom this week when it announced plans to tackle the fixed-line monopoly head-on by rolling out its own fibre and wireless networks, and launching an internet service provider. The infrastructure roll-out is a precursor to Vodacom challenging Telkom’s established revenue streams in the provision of fixed-line and converged solutions to corporates.
The public hearings to select South Africa’s new Pay-TV operators claimed further casualties this week, with yet another applicant withdrawing and another breaking into tears under cross-examination. The hearings, held by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), were fraught with interested parties trying to cut others down to size.
The beauty of nature can have a calming effect, allowing the observer to sit, reflect and soak up the wonders of the planet. This is why Lindela Mjenxane, founder of Beyond Expectations, says a trip up Table Mountain in Cape Town is just what the doctor ordered for township learners who have to come to grips with the social ills they face in their daily lives.
The scrap has well and truly begun for the precious subscription broadcasting licences that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) intends to issue. This week saw the launch of public hearings held by the regulator, which will allow it to whittle down the 18 applicants to those deserved few, who will be given an opportunity to make their fortune in the billion-rand pay-TV industry.
The fallout from the Gauteng government’s billion-rand monorail, which will connect Soweto to the Johannesburg CBD, continued to grow this week. While Transport Minister Jeff Radebe and sources close to the Jo’burg metro council claim to be in the dark about the project, it has emerged that talks are already in the advanced stages with German consortia for similar monorails in the Tshwane and Ekurhuleni municipalities.
With online social networking portals becoming ever more popular, it was inevitable that niche communities would begin to map out their own territory on the web, writes Lloyd Gedye