Some say "Web 2.0" is just the latest meaningless buzzword in a long list of internet hyperbole. But Matthew Buckland argues that such labels can be useful.
Kenya’s Parliament reconvened amid the usual grandeur and opulence that accompanies the occasion. While the rulers sated themselves with a sumptuous dinner and stroked one another’s egos with speeches overflowing with praise, Betty Tom lit a fire 400km away at Orongo in western Kenya and gave thanks to God.
The SABC has denied it is “getting rid of white faces”, saying it abhors racism and racial profiling. The broadcaster was reacting to reports that it would axe members of its white staff to comply with Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) regulations that came into effect last week.
From November last year SAARF began offering extended free branded data to the industry. Leading media researchers have hailed it as a groundbreaking development, but some are questioning its sustainability. Stuart Graham reports.
Over the past few years, cellphones have metamorphosed from a useful communication tool to the equivalent of a Swiss Army knife. Soon, the only thing you will have to have in your pocket when you leave home will be your cellphone. Today, a cellphone can be used to pick up e-mails, take photographs and videos, listen to music and pay accounts.
How did the Napster case in the US impact so quickly on the radio broadcasting environment in South Africa? Mark Rosin and Greg Hamburger outline some important legal developments arising out of new technologies.
”There wasn’t one handy.” And so it came to pass that The Elephant himself, u-Msholozi, departed the real world. He is now said to be keeping company with the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny — in the Land of the Tall Tale. They also say his days of financial woe are over, with at least one confirmed sighting of leprechauns at Nkandla.
Contemporary youth culture isn’t exactly looking for intellectualism in its media, reckons Andy Davis. No kidding. So what is it that makes this sector one of the most lucrative around and which local brands are pitching at the perfect level?
The United States Supreme Court was urged on Tuesday to rein in President George Bush’s use of his powers as a wartime president, challenging his order to dispatch al-Qaeda suspects to trial before military tribunals. Lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamdan, an inmate at Guantánamo, told the court that Bush had violated basic military protections with his November 2001 executive order setting up the tribunals.
All fourteen Sierra Leone athletes who fled the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne in a bid to escape being returned to their war-torn country have been allowed to remain temporarily in Australia, officials said on Wednesday. Twelve of the athletes, including three women who feared circumcision if returned home, were granted temporary bridging visas earlier this week.