Riaan Wolmarans

Riaan Wolmarans attended this year’s Oppikoppi music festival and Lisa Skinner took the pictures.

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Cellphone instant-messaging service MXit has expressed concern about Independent Democrats leader Patricia de Lille’s call this week for legislation to regulate blogging and MXit, describing it as "at its essence, a call for censorship". However, De Lille maintains she has been misunderstood.

Name and shame them, says <i>Sunday Times</i> writer David Bullard of the more nefarious and less intelligent citizens of the ever-expanding blogosphere — "the sort of wackos who gun down their fellow students at university". Now an incensed blogging community is baying for his blood in what has been dubbed "Bullardgate".

Computer viruses spreading by email still ruled the roost last year, security solutions provider BitDefender said on Tuesday. The top 10 viruses propagated via email messages accounted for 55% of the total number of infections by BitDefender in 2006, with the infamous Netsky virus causing 13% of last year’s infections.

Fransjohan Pretorius, professor of history at the University of Pretoria and researcher for the documentary <i>Scorched Earth</i>, spoke with Riaan Wolmarans.

In the United Kingdom more Brits voted during the final episode of <i>Big Brother</i> than in the general elections, writes Riaan Wolmarans.

John Vlismas must be the busiest comedian in the country, with a regular comedy evening, a stage show, a CD, a website and much more, writes Riaan Wolmarans.

Paul van Dyk’s <i>The Politics of Dancing</i> and <i>Phunky as Phuck</i> by Stuart Hillary<p>

British dance-pop outfit Faithless are back in South Africa, performing in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town, writes Riaan Wolmarans.

The latest addition to the Star Trek universe is a series simply called <i>Enterprise</i>, set about 100 years before the original series, writes Riaan Wolmarans.

Papa Roach: <i>lovehatetragedy</i>

The new drama series <i>Smallville</i>, starting on M-Net this week, takes the tale of <i>Superman</i>, adds a good dose of <i>Dawson’s Creek</i> and presents a wonderfully refreshing look at growing up with super speed and an invulnerable body, writes Riaan Wolmarans.

A new television series explores South African culture through the country’s weddings, writes Riaan Wolmarans.

A new drag show from Cape Town makes mincemeat of reality, writes Riaan Wolmarans.

Former TV presenter Siphiwe Mtshali talks to Riaan Wolmarans about Latin-American dancing and his role in the new drama series <em>Tsha Tsha</em>.