The Design Indaba, through its conference and expo, has the lofty aim of inspiring and promoting South Africa’s creative industries to greater height, writes <b>Andy Davis</b>.
The laaities on the coast don’t listen to radio ‘cos there’s no radio for them to listen to, writes Andy Davis. While the adult contemporary stations have dominated thus far, the…
How does a society rehabilitate a 14-year-old rapist? In South Africa, we don’t. We lock children like this up. Put them away, run them through the criminal justice system and…
There are some clever theories explaining the modern world’s fascination with sport, but they don’t really matter to the broadcasters’ bankable captive audience -the fans. Andy…
Is there a niche, a valid gap in the market? Is the new title attracting new magazine readers to the pool, or is it simply cannibalising the audience and adspend of other…
The Black Eyed Peas are bringing their popular brand of conscious hip-hop to Jozi and iKapa. "We had a dream to become pioneers of a music that is positive." The global pop…
It’s not often that you are approached by your government and dispatched to a former colony to celebrate its 10th year of democracy. It sure beats the hell out of being sent to…
There’s modest growth in the broadsheets, but the really big circulation gains in local weekly newspapers are coming from the tabloids. Andy Davis unravels a segment that mirrors…
The overhaul of Afrikaans broadcast media in the last decade represents a necessary cultural catharsis, writes Andy Davis. But are these radio and television brands adequately…
Q: What’s the difference between South African sports publishing and South African sports teams? A: One’s a winner. The fact that South African sports teams have performed like…
Patricia De Lille has long been an outspoken critic of mediocrity, corruption and incompetence in South African government and society. Andy Davis speaks to the firebrand…
"Bellville, home to a million bad drivers and the Western Cape’s First World, suburban, nuclear fantasy. In this neighbourhood, under the shadow of the local NG Kerk and in the…
"Everywhere else in the world, where television is an entertainment and information medium, ratings and adspend work hand-in hand." The revolution will not be televised- locally.…
Analysis of election advertising campaigns often provides an objective litmus test of what political parties actually stand for, as opposed to what they communicate in order to…
Mainstream newspapers don’t directly target the youth market, and it shows – most titles have less than a 20% penetration in the 16 to 24 age demographic. But there are still…
African Dope Records, the seminal South African independent electronic music label, has just released its latest albums. Andy Davis talks to a new crew of ragga MCs on the record…
Warrick Sony is, in many ways, the godfather of electronic music in South Africa. No surprises, then, that release number 11 for African Dope Records is the new Kalahari Surfers…
For one brief month there was a radio station in Cape Town worth listening to. But by the time you read this article it is nothing more than the cackle and hiss of static over…
If freedom of speech is the beating heart of democracy, then the political cartoonist operates like a pacemaker. Unlike long-winded political articles that require patience and…
Andy Davis talks to Tumi Molekane about Tchaikovsky, hip-hop martydom and exile in Africa.
