Infamous desert rockers Tinariwen have inspired a new breed of young musicians who are building on their legacy, writes <b>Lloyd Gedye</b>.
In a major top-level purge, three senior Telkom executives quit this week amid allegations of tender irregularities.
Telkom is paying a security company R6,6-million a month to monitor a copper-cable alarm system that it should be monitoring itself.
They were chosen to open the World Cup and are the South African music industry’s sexiest export, writes <b>Lloyd Gedye</b>.
Senior Telkom staffers and security companies allegedly involved in copper-cable racket.
Every week, the M&G chooses one great song that says something about what it means to be South African.
Computicket’s commissions and fees are excessive, according to the Competition Commission.
Minister Collins Chabane died in a car accident on Sunday morning. In this piece from 2010 by Lloyd Gedye we explore Chabane’s first love – music.
Warrick Sony is pissed off with the system again and the Kalahari Surfers have gone all dubstep, writes Lloyd Gedye.
It seems MultiChoice is not the only broadcaster that is concerned about the arrival of new subscription broadcaster TopTV — the SABC is too.
Minister in the Presidency Collins Chabane was honoured for his contribution to South African music at a star-studded dinner in Polokwane on Friday.
A R1.7-billion lawsuit could be the first of many that Telkom faces over disputed tenders, writes <b>Lloyd Gedye</b>.
May 1 will see DSTV’s first competitor TopTV hit the airwaves, offering 55 channels in bouquets that range from R99 to R249 per month.
The regulator’s move to reduce interconnection tariffs to cost is a sign that it is reasserting its power, says <i>Lloyd Gedye</i>.
When I mentioned to a friend the other day that I had the new Bittervrug album to review, his response was: "Bittervrug, oh that’s heavy shit man."
Inspired by distortion-dripping guitar, Jaco en Z-dog are here to change the face of Afrikaans punk, writes <em>Lloyd Gedye</em>
Small firms claim they were threatened to collude with concrete and milling industry giants.
South Africa’s telecoms regulator has finally taken the bull by the horns and has announced its plan to regulate interconnection rates.
A plot near Hartbeespoort Dam has been ruled a "corrupt benefit" in judgement in a department of energy disciplinary inquiry into its chief director.
Businessman claims that Standard Bank and MTN infringed the patent on his firm’s transaction authorisation system.
<em>Lloyd Gedye</em> reports back on four bands that stood out among the dross at Splashy Fen this year.
Pretoria prog-rockers Isochronous go unplugged for a new album, writes <em>Lloyd Gedye</em>.
<em>Lloyd Gedye</em> listens to Cape Town spoken word artist Mavis Vermaak bare her soul.
<em>Lloyd Gedye</em> explores the making of a masterful album, which tells the story of an African legend.
It is becoming quite clear that the Pioneer Foods boardroom shake-up is the start of a house-cleaning process being driven by shareholders.
Fed-up local musicians vow to stage a free ‘Fuck Fifa’ concert after being snubbed for official event.
SABMiller has a fight on its hands in the premium beer market and the battle was intensified this week with the opening of the Sedibeng brewery.
South Africa’s Competition Commission has alleged bizarre behaviour by the country’s biggest food companies.
‘Tit-for-tat’ wrangling raises fears that government is looking to exercise more control over Icasa
On Digital Media threw its hat into the subscription-broadcasting ring on Thursday with the announcement of Top TV, its new product offering.
South Africa’s oil companies are accused of running a bitumen cartel at the government’s expense, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Silenced by communism 40 years ago, Czechoslovakia’s ‘funky as hell’ music of the 1960s and 1970s has been given a new voice.