Julius Malema didn’t appear at the Equality Court in a hate-speech case lodged by AfriForum. AfriForum CEO Kallie Kriel spoke to us following the ruling.
SABC CEO Solly Mokoetle announced his resignation in a press conference on Wednesday January 19, saying there are ‘irreconcilable differences’ between him and the board.
World renowned economist and winner of the Nobel prize for economics Professor Joseph Stiglitz shared his thoughts on climate change, its effects on the global economy and South Africa in a lecture on Monday January 17 2011. Editor-in-chief of the <i>Mail and Guardian</I> Nic Dawes takes us through some of Stilglitz’s key points.
So what does an ANC gala dinner look like? We take you inside the 99th birthday celebration dinner in Polokwane.
<i>M&G</i> political reporter Mandy Rossouw highlights some of the key points in President Zuma’s 2011 speech at Polokwane on January 8.
After much anticipation the 2010 matric results have finally been released. The <i>M&G</i> spoke to some of the candidates about their results, the World Cup and strike distractions, as well as their plans for the year ahead.
Belgian photo-journalist Cedric Gerbehaye of the prestigious VU Photo Agency traveled to Southern Sudan ahead of the watershed January 9 referendum. There he visited Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) clinics and documented the humanitarian situation, which remains dire, even as hope for positive change surges through the war-torn country.
We journey to Giyani in Limpopo to uncover the amazing story of how Shangaan music went electro, and then global. Our travels took us to the rural homes of some of the oldest artists, and back to Jo’burg where we spoke to Nozinga, the producer behind the new wave of Shangaan music, which is taking the world by storm.
We journey into rural Limpopo to meet with one of the fathers of Shangaan music, General MD Shirinda. A legend in the industry, Shirinda continues to be a successful gigging and recording artist. But the music is changing as the youth seek faster electro sounds — something Shirinda’s son, Ndongwe is producing. We explore the old and new, within the space of the Shirinda homestead.
We headed to the Chiawelo dance competition in Soweto, where an energetic crowd dance to the newest Shangaan Electro beats. Chiawelo is home to a majority of Shangaan and Tsonga people and is at the epicentre of new electronic Shangaan music. Most Sundays Shangaan residents take to the streets to attend these open dance competitions.