One of the many thrilling items on this year’s Arts Alive programme in Johannesburg is Freedom to Dance, a huge party that brings together house, hip-hop and kwaito, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
CD OF THE WEEK: Since Coldplay first shot to fame three years ago, other bands have been influenced by their sound Now they are back, but it’s all been done before — by others, writes Riaan Wolmarans.
When the world’s soccer fans descend on South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, most of them will disembark at OR Tambo International airport, as Johannesburg International airport will soon be known. Minister of Arts and Culture Pallo Jordan announced on June 30 that more than 50 place names will be changed, including that of the airport.
Human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday released the first-ever satellite images of the effect of the Zimbabwean government’s controversial Operation Murambatsvina, which left 700Â 000 people homeless last year, according to a United Nations report. The photographs depict the destruction of Porta Farm, a large informal settlement.
The Mail & Guardian has shown impressive growth in circulation from January to March this year, according to Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures released this week. The M&G‘s ABC circulation figure for the period was 42 116 — higher than figures for Business Day and the Sunday Independent.
The South African National Editors’ Forum announced the launch of its ”Media Freedom Is Your Freedom” campaign on Wednesday, World Press Freedom Day, with an advertising drive subtitled ”What you can’t see, can hurt you.” It said the campaign is geared to highlight the value of a free media in South Africa.
Zimbabwe has failed to learn from its past history of segregation, subjugation, and repression of dissenting and alternative voices with regard to media freedom, the Media Alliance of Zimbabwe said on Wednesday, World Press Freedom Day, as it called for the creation of an independent media council in the country.
United States rapper, producer and actor Snoop Dogg will not perform at Thursday’s People’s Celebration concert in Johannesburg after being detained in London following an incident at Heathrow International airport on Wednesday night, radio station 5fm reported.
The African National Congress on Friday lashed out at media reports on its national executive committee’s approach to the hoax e-mail saga, including a <i>Mail & Guardian</i> report claiming there is a rift between ANC president Thabo Mbeki and secretary general Kgalema Motlanthe on this matter.
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> business reporter Lloyd Gedye was named a joint winner in the category for new journalists at the 2006 Telkom ICT Journalist of the Year award ceremony, held on Tuesday evening at The Castle in Kyalami. <i>M&G Online</i> publisher Matthew Buckland also received a special mention at the awards.