Trevor Ncube, CEO of Johannesburg-based M&G Media, which publishes the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> and <i>M&G Online</i>, has been elected, for the second time, as president of Print Media South Africa (PMSA) by its incoming board, the association said in a statement released on Thursday.
<i>Sweet-Thorn</i> is as gentle and tender as Gito Baloi’s death was violent. Riaan Wolmarans listens to Baloi’s last project, co-written and co-produced with Nibs van de Spuy.
After 12 years of a new South Africa, in South African newsrooms it’s still a question of ”same old”. In a male-dominated industry, women are still on the receiving end of discrimination. This is the conclusion of a report conducted by the South African National Editors’ Forum and launched on Tuesday in Johannesburg.
Ziba Jiyane, leader of the National Democratic Convention (Nadeco), has been suspended by the management committee of his political party. On Tuesday, Nadeco national chairperson Mandla Magubane said: ”They [Jiyane and Nadeco secretary general Jabulani Maphalala] have brought the party in disrepute.”
Internationally successful South African rock act Seether’s front man, Shaun Morgan, has entered a rehabilitation clinic, and the band have cancelled all their August appearances until further notice. Morgan has established himself as one of the leading singers in rock over the past five years.
<b>CD OF THE WEEK</b>: Riaan Wolmarans reviews Taliep Petersen’s latest offering, <i>Deur Dik en Dun</i>, as well as other new releases on the shelf.
<b>NOT QUITE THE CD OF THE WEEK</b>: Riaan Wolmarans reviews former Verve vocalist, Richard Ashcroft’s latest offering <i>Keys to the World</i>.
Hot on the heels of the decision to change the name of Johannesburg International airport to OR Tambo International airport comes another major name adjustment: the city council of Potchefstroom in the North West voted on Tuesday night to change the town’s name to Tlokwe.
<b>CD OF THE WEEK:</b> On her new album, <i>Wildflower</i>, Sheryl Crow is not quite the rock chick any more. And though the instant likeability of past Crow hits occasionally shines through, this is an album that’s hard to care for, writes Riaan Wolmarans. Also reviews of the Foo Fighters, DJ Jazzy D, Ry Cooder and others.
Gauteng residents have been promised more visible policing, more roadblocks and improved 10111 call centres as part of an intensive new crime-fighting strategy to be implemented over the next six months — although an analyst has pointed out that parts of the strategy look like "more of the same".