<intro blurb> Oscar winning movies Capote and Brokeback Mountain began as stories in <i>The New Yorker</i>. Local editors and brand managers would do well to look at what has made – and kept – this magazine an icon in publishing and an enduring international brand, writes Thomas Oosthuizen. <intro blurb ends>
Matthew Buckland tells us why media bosses should ditch their internet paranoia and start cashing in.
Definition: A Universal South African greeting understood by all, including Harry Herber.
The Web need not be a suffocating overdose of information, Buff Thokoa discovered when he went on the hunt for media innovation. He tells us all about lonely fingers, online adventures and citizen journalism.
Howard Thomas mulls the future of cellphone cinema.
In an edited extract from <i>The World in an Orange</i>, Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman recalls Barney Simon’s production of <i>Death and the Maiden.
The new edition of Chimurenga magazine explores ‘Nigerianness’, which is described as ‘an overriding descriptor of black people in the negative’. Kwanele Sosibo speaks to the Magazine’s editor, Ntone Edjabe.
The real results of the eKapa sessions will only be experienced at the Cape Biennial of 2006, writes Kim Gurney.
Browse through our massive CD-review special to find the hottest sounds to acquire (or avoid) this festive season.
Alex Sudheim gives the lowdown on what’s cooking in Durban and surrounds this festive season.