A new service allows you to stream any music you want from the internet – for R60 a month. Lloyd Gedye reports.
Cult band The Buckfever Underground launched their seventh album, Verkeerdevlei, over two nights. Lloyd Gedye celebrated the milestone with them.
Existing and aspirant broadcasters went before the regulator this week to secure a slice of the pie.
BLK JKS’s Tshepang Ramoba and Mpumi Mcata have joined up with Joao Orecchia to form Motel Mari. Lloyd Gedye decodes their homage to the city.
Oppikoppi has begun transforming itself into a music festival for all races, but it has a long way to go.
There might be worse to come and Telkom’s competitors could force it into a deal, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Confirming what SA consumers have known for years, the Competition Tribunal has found Telkom to be anti-competitive, and fined it R449-million.
Staff in the communications department have pointed fingers at Minister Dina Pule’s unethical appointments, writes Lloyd Gedye.
The TV giant has consolidated its impregnable position in terrestial and satellite broadcasting in Africa. Lloyd Gedye reports.
The continuing saga of SA’s migration from analogue to digital tv is no closer to being resolved, thanks to a last-minute about-turn by the regulator.
If anyone needs confirmation that there is a price war going on in SA’s cellphone sector, a quick look at last Sunday’s newspapers will confirm it.
The fusion of folk harmonies with hip-hop’s swagger, rock’s bombast and great production has created a sound that has the music world all aflutter.
Cheaper chicken costs local jobs, but how you feel about it seems to depend on where in the food chain you are, writes Lloyd Gedye.
The battle to establish jurisprudence for competition law is becoming heated as the legal fraternity and the competition authorities face off.
The destruction of ancient tombs and treasures is a human tragedy as well as a crime against culture, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Business is about to boom in the Central African country, but at what cost to accountability?
Vodacom’s long-running legal dispute with a fixer who recently won a case against it in a Democratic Republic of Congo court is still simmering.
There is something to be said for heart-on-your sleeve honesty, especially if a songwriter manages this while keeping listeners interested.
Now safely back on home soil, Lloyd Gedye describes the terror flight from Libreville that got him here.
Hugh Masekela has plenty to keep him busy: a new studio, a new label and a further two albums to be released before the end of the year.
A leadership tussle in the Competition Commission has led to a preliminary inquiry by the department of economic developmentm, writes Lloyd Gedye.
A pan-African event was nothing more than an expensive PR exercise to push the president, writes Lloyd Gedye.
The proposed sale of 20% of Telkom to a Korean firm was simply politically unpalatable, analysts say. Lloyd Gedye reports.
A Cigarette manufacturer in SA could face a fine of up to R1-million for possibly violating regulations that govern the marketing of cigarettes.
Warrick Sony’s new album deals with the perpetual state of agitation in South Africa and the world.
The insurance industry shows signs of strong growth as the cost of care for animals rises. Lloyd Gedye reports.
Matthew van der Want, one half of South Africa’s finest singer-songwriting duos, is about to make a comeback.
The strict conditions applied to Media24’s acquisition of The Witness by the Competition Tribunal reinforces concerns about the deal.
Oceana’s claim that consumers were not harmed in anticompetitive practices rings hollow, writes Lloyd Gedye.
An increase in import duties for kitchen sinks could help South African firms to be more competitive.
The Competition Commission has reached a settlement with Oceana Group, which has admitted to fixing the price of pelagic fish with other companies.
The Competition Tribunal has fined two of the companies found guilty of engaging in price fixing and customer allocation in the wire mesh cartel case.