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/ 22 December 2010
A compilation of electronic Shangaan music is taking the world by storm. Lloyd Gedye travels to Giyani to find out what the legends of Shangaan music.
<strong>Lloyd Gedye</strong>’s 10-song crash course on what happened in South African music in 2010.
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/ 17 December 2010
A dirty war, including claims of a R1,8m pay off to the chairperson of a medical scheme, is being fought within the SA health insurance industry.
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/ 16 December 2010
In 2004 Belgian record label Crammed Discs released the first in what would become its renowned Congotronics series.
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/ 9 December 2010
Union dossier on corruption in Telkom implicates 16 current and former senior managers and executives.
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/ 8 December 2010
Independents, and not the major labels, are pushing truly innovative and unique South African music.
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/ 7 December 2010
Blogger and local music geek Matt Temple has decided to reissue the work of legendary South African label As-Shams.
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/ 7 December 2010
Us Kids Know may have named itself after a lyric from an Arcade Fire song but they aren’t interested in just being part of Jo’burgs indie scene.
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/ 7 December 2010
A new ilabel has found a unique way to sell independent South African music using designer T-shirts.
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/ 26 November 2010
When it comes to South African music royalty, you won’t find a much more celebrated star than Dorothy Masuka.
The mighty Public Enemy is about to hit South African shores for the first time. <b>Lloyd Gedye</b> caught up with Chuck D
<b>Lloyd Gedye</b> sat down with Vusi Mahlasela to talk about his incredible new album, <i>Say Africa</i>, produced by American blues legend Taj Mahal
London’s burgeoning folk scene seems to have sprung up out of nowhere.
History of Britain’s folk movement yields a treasure trove for music lovers.
Nick Cave’s Grinderman are back with a new
album that is as depraved as ever.
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/ 5 November 2010
The market is unfazed by Pioneer Foods’s R1-billion fine, with Pioneer’s share price hitting a 52-week high.
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/ 5 November 2010
Fresh shocks emerge from Pioneer Foods’s agreement on record fine.
New York reggae outfit Easy Star All-Stars have
made a name for themselves by covering classic rock albums. They are set to tour South Africa
Documents show that the communications authority knew as early as 2007 about the ‘illegal’ Sentech spectrum deal, but did not act.
Animal Collective’s Avey Tare and the band Deerhunter are at the forefront of psychedelic music in 2010.
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/ 22 October 2010
Details have started to emerge of serious financial irregularities at Sentech, the state-owned signal distributor.
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/ 22 October 2010
Ambassador to Germany and Telkom chairperson have been fingered in ‘illegal’ deal.
Installers of solar water heaters can’t afford to fund the installations upfront, argue stakeholders.
As of Monday SA will have a fourth mobile operator and it means business. The new operator, which has been dubbed "8ta", is the mobile arm of Telkom.
The Imperial Tiger Orchestra, a group of Swiss musicians doing a digital take on Ethiopian jazz headed south for the first time recently.
The Kelly Group refuses to respond to employee claims of a witch-hunt.
Two new albums by Jim Neversink and Die See offer a uniquely South African take on Americana. <b>Lloyd Gedye</b> takes a listen.
Eels frontman Mark Everett has come out swinging with a trilogy of new albums that deal with desire, loss and redemption.
The End of the Road festival offers a smorgasbord of folk, country, blues and indie-rock to the music connoisseur.
The legal fraternity is divided about the implications of a court ruling on current Competition Commission cases.
Pretoria’s noise rockers, the Sticky Antlers, release their second album, Tupperware Tombstone, and then call it a day.