A hall of shame has been launched for South Africa’s worst spammers
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/ 27 September 2008
Lloyd Gedye samples some of the latest reissue projects by boutique record labels that are reintroducing Sixties and Seventies African music.
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/ 20 September 2008
The Festival in the Desert is a gathering of the nomadic Tuareg people from the Sahara desert, in which they celebrate their through song and dance.
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/ 17 September 2008
Every now and then a spectacular musical force rises up from the landfill of throwaway hooks, sexy poses and layers of cheese.
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/ 16 September 2008
The proposed Second-Hand Goods Bill could prove to be a bureaucratic nightmare, writes Lloyd Gedye.
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/ 15 September 2008
What Ivy and Alec couldn’t deliver, Google can. Lloyd Gedye reports.
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/ 5 September 2008
Connie Nel and Lee Cahill explain the history and uses of a week that celebrates a life-giving natural object.
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/ 1 September 2008
The department of public works and South Africa’s engineers go head to head over the Built Environment Bill, writes Lloyd Gedye
Tiger has gone to great lengths to claim that its senior executives did not have any knowledge of the collusive behaviour happening under their watch.
The new system is expected to bring benefits such as free extra channels as well as better quality, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Zain Mobile is coming. The question is, will they partner with Telkom?
As a regular festival-goer, the forever winging festival veteran is as much a part of the goings on as the boisterous drunken louts.
Lloyd Gedye speaks to three members of Foto na Dans about their new EP.
The four-gigabyte iPod Nanos, which retail for about R1 600, were handed out in gift packs to all guests as they left the function.
As the battle within the ANC rages on, the mixed messages emanating from Telkom’s head office suggest that it may be caught in a power struggle.
Lloyd Gedye catches up with the Dutch muso
who can’t get enough of South Africa
Lloyd Gedye reports on a new music exchange programme that will see Europe’s bright young things heading for South Africa.
If the competition authorities get their way, fines for price colluding could be crippling, writes Lloyd Gedye.
The indie label that gave birth to grunge is a very different beast in 2008. Lloyd Gedye explores its roster
Lloyd Gedye is transfixed by Amsterdam’s finest singer-songwriter.
Lloyd Gedye listens to new music releases by The Magnetic Fields, My Morning Jacket, The Breeders, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, and more.
Dairy producers claim alleged anticompetitive practices came from the Department of Trade and Industry, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Massive Attack, Portishead and Tricky are returning in 2008 with long-awaited new albums.
Battery 9 front man and One F record label boss Paul Riekert has been rather busy of late.
Mbhazima Shilowa was in Derby this week to take delivery of the first Gautrain carriages, but the focus will soon shift to the East Rand town of Nigel
When it comes to 2010, government leaders are eternal optimists. Do they just have their heads in the sand?
Commentators say information may not be volunteered as readily if the consequence is jail time for directors providing it.
History has shown that fixed-line telcos with no mobile partner find the going tough in a converging telecoms sector.
How Tiger Brand bosses bailed out while selling R44-million in shares.
Lloyd Gedye outlines the Competition Commission’s case against milk processors.
During a consent order hearing at the Competition Tribunal last week the Department of Health announced that it had launched an audit to determine how much it had been overcharged by the drug companies involved in the cartel.
South African executives will face up to 10 years in jail if they are found to be complicit in the collusive actions of the companies they lead.