Lloyd Gedye flits critically between Tom Waits’s new album and a collection of writings about the eccentric muso
It’s triple play Telkom. South Africa’s telecoms operator may have become synonymous with excessive pricing for broadband and voice services, but the fixed-line monoÂÂpoly has plans to become a one-stop news, communication and entertainment shop. Soon you will be able to turn to Telkom for all your sporting, movie, music, news, communication and entertainment needs.
A start-up telecommunications company has the country’s biggest guns in its sights as it slashes the costs of phone calls by offering a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service. Cape Town-based Yeigo is one of the first companies worldwide to offer VoIP for cellphones.
Apple Macs may be the hippest looking computers on the market, but they are the least environmentally friendly, according to Greenpeace. The organisation’s guide to greener electronics was released this month and places Apple at the bottom of the pile with a score of 2,7 out of 10. According to the report, Apple scores poorly against almost all the criteria, with very little progress.
Edward Pastorini called, apparently. The mystery — and controversial — investor who, for a short time, added 11% (about $1billion) to Gold Fields’ market capitalisation, has been the subject of intense media and regulator scrutiny after news of his possible takeover bid was published last week.
Damon Albarn’s <i>The Good, the Bad and the Queen</i> is a scintillating, record that is part protest, part social commentary and part metaphysical projection, writes Lloyd Gedye.
As more South Africans discover the world of blogging, the South African blogosphere is exploding into life. Veteran South African bloggers are looking over their shoulders with smug "I told you so" attitudes as a new crop of young bloggers proclaim their own slice of cyberspace and blog readership.
Feeling swamped with hundreds of cellphone packages, free phones and other enticing gifts to choose from? If South Africa’s communications regulator gets its way, consumers will soon have another choice: the duration of their contract. But that’s not all; the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa will also be forcing operators to make their cellphone packages completely transparent.
Lloyd Gedye speaks to Kobus! about heavy metal, the death sentence and record labels.
Never mind the Gautrain, here’s the Rea Vaya rapid bus transport system at only a fraction of the cost. The city of Johannesburg has already begun implementation of its plans for a revolutionary new R2-billion bus system that will run every three to 10 minutes in dedicated bus lanes.