The consumer commissioner and her staff are battle-ready and prepared to fight the good fight.
Vampisoul is a reissue label that scours the planet to find the greatest and grooviest exotic music to introduce to a larger audience.
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara build on previous collaborations to take their music to new heights.
Adding to recent feuds over a porn channel, more changes are on the cards for satellite network TopTV, as its parent company’s CEO looks set to walk.
<strong>Lloyd Gedye</strong> took a bumpy ride through the ailing Limpopo province to talk to people and politicians.
No image available
/ 13 January 2012
The World Bank has identified South Africa and Tanzania as having some of the highest costs for remittance payments in the world.
Musicians have started challenging accepted ideas about the state of the music album.
Consumers can look forward to even cheaper broadband prices, with many new undersea cables set to come online within the next 18 months.
All eyes are on the communications authority as it begins the spectrum allocation process.
It’s been a great year for SA music, and the festive season is providing some unusual stocking fillers.
As the Christmas shopping rush really kicks into gear, the <em>M&G</em> looks at three new music DVDs that could fill the stocking of a loved one.
No image available
/ 9 December 2011
A meaningful outcome to the climate change talks is impossible because of too many agendas.
Last year China became the global leader in wind-power technology.
Civil society activists who gathered for a meeting with Jacob Zuma at the Durban City Hall allege they were ‘pushed and punched’ by volunteers.
Protests against climate change took on the form of a soccer game in Durban, which saw the Robin Hoods take on the 1% Bankers.
Environmental NGOs have lambasted ministers at COP17, saying that governments were creating theatre out of the climate talks.
Activists at a protest at COP17 faced a stand off against the police on Friday, a day before the ‘Global Day of Action’ is scheduled to take place.
Where is all the money coming from to build dirty coal-powered energy plants?
Young Canadian protesters have urged their government to put people before polluters, given Canada’s hardline stance at COP17.
The Constitutional Court heard two key cases involving the Competition Commission that have major ramifications for the commission.
<b>Lloyd Gedye</b> rounds up his favourite albums of the year.
Twenty years on, Lloyd Gedye revisits the druggy highs of Primal Scream’s acid house masterpiece <i>Screamadelica</i> with the live DVD.
Four Buckfever Underground gigs in four
nights. <b>Lloyd Gedye</b> joins the punk-poetry
band as they warm up for a stint in the studio.
I never thought I would say this but perhaps it’s time to bring General Siphiwe Nyanda back into the communications fold, says <b>Lloyd Gedye</b>.
No image available
/ 21 October 2011
Don’t blame Telkom for using its monopoly to strangle the local internet sector — the government allowed it to.
No image available
/ 20 October 2011
More evidence against Telkom is stacking up at the Competition Tribunal hearing into alleged anti-competitive practices.
No image available
/ 19 October 2011
Details of Telkom’s alleged anti-competitive behaviour in the broadband market has emerged at the Competition Tribunal’s hearing.
No image available
/ 17 October 2011
After years of legal battles, Telkom is appearing before the Competition Tribunal, accused of unfair business practices and charging excessive prices.
The world is going digital and as it does it is dragging the media and entertainment sectors with it, whether they are prepared for it or not.
Killer festival with great vibes leaves visitors
wanting a little more of a tune-up.
No image available
/ 14 October 2011
After years, Icasa finally launched its public hearings into the local loop unbundling, but the process is likely to be tied up in legal battles.
The Northern Cape town got a taste of ‘radical’ as the international skateboarding community invaded it for the world championships.