Lloyd Gedye

@lloydgedye

Lloyd Gedye is a freelance journalist who writes about business, technology and the arts. In addition to New Frame, he writes for City Press, the Mail & Guardian and Finweek, and is one of the founding editors of The Con.

Stories by: Lloyd Gedye

• Culture
The ‘beautiful experience’ of making and hearing Keleketla!
Three years in the making by Keleketla! Library and Coldcut, Keleketla! is a global fusion record that satisfies as a whole, delivering its punch with spectacular musical activism.
By: Lloyd Gedye
20 Jul 2020

• Culture
The ‘seismic impact’ of Busi Mhlongo’s masterpiece
Matsuli Music has reissued Busi Mhlongo’s Urban Zulu masterpiece on vinyl for the first time, alongside Dudu Pukwana and the ‘Spears’ and Jump Uptight by the Zorro Five.
By: Lloyd Gedye
24 Jun 2020

COVID-19
• News
The fallout from SA’s Covid-19 lockdown
As South Africa eases out of a stringent initial lockdown, critics suggest that economic devastation and loss of life from neglected diseases will far outstrip the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic.
By: Lloyd Gedye
9 Jun 2020

• Culture
Tony Allen: the man who brought Afrobeat to the world
Dubbed the world’s greatest drummer, the Nigerian musician who died in April co-created the Afrobeat genre and went on to collaborate with artists across the musical spectrum.
By: Lloyd Gedye
12 May 2020

COVID-19
• News
Covid-19 profiteers unmasked for price-gouging
Companies that have exploited the coronavirus pandemic to inflate the prices of face masks and hand sanitisers, among other items, are starting to face the consequences.
By: Lloyd Gedye
7 May 2020

• Culture
Celebrating the lost past with Masekela and Allen
Rejoice, a long dormant collaborative album between Hugh Masekela and Tony Allen, was released just before Allen’s recent death. It’s a reminder of how much the artists mean to so many.
By: Lloyd Gedye
6 May 2020

• Culture
Nazar translates Angola’s recent history into sound
As a way of coping when a child, Nazar would express his loneliness and fear in sound. So it was only natural that this would progress into his style when he began making music as an adult.
By: Lloyd Gedye
16 Apr 2020

COVID-19
• News
Covid-19 turns learning into costly data exercise
In a country with vastly unequal access to the internet, online learning will benefit only a few, while thousands may fall behind as the school year progresses.
By: Lloyd Gedye
2 Apr 2020

COVID-19
• Culture
Covid-19 leaves creative industry vulnerable
As the coronavirus pandemic shuts down all but essential services around the globe, live entertainers are scrambling to find ways to earn an income from home.
By: Lloyd Gedye
25 Mar 2020

• Sport
Gary Player gets top award despite apartheid role
The legendary golfer who helped prop up the apartheid regime will be awarded a prestigious prize by a president who has been accused of being a white supremacist and has made racist statements.
By: Lloyd Gedye
18 Mar 2020

• News
No recourse for exploited Vodacom customers
The mobile operator will cut data prices by 40% moving forward, but is off the hook for its alleged price discrimination against the poor in the past.
By: Lloyd Gedye
11 Mar 2020

• News
Another blow for crisis-ridden Prasa
Adding to the debt-ridden state entity’s woes, the rail agency now faces prosecution for anti-competitive conduct regarding bus terminals and services.
By: Lloyd Gedye
2 Mar 2020

• News
Public transport inequality
The Competition Commission’s market inquiry reveals that South Africa’s public transport system remains skewed by class, to the advantage of middle and high-income earners.
By: Lloyd Gedye
25 Feb 2020

• Culture
Matorokisi, the global Limpopo house song
People everywhere are forming dance trains to Makhadzi’s smash hit. But the success was 10 years in the making for the artist from South Africa’s northernmost province.
By: Lloyd Gedye
24 Feb 2020

• News
The eight men the Reserve Bank is protecting
The South African Reserve Bank has denied a request for access to the financial records of eight individuals alleged to have been involved in economic crimes during apartheid.
By: Lloyd Gedye
17 Feb 2020

• News
Lifting the lid on apartheid-era economic crimes
The South African History Archive’s battle with the South African Reserve Bank to access information pertaining to alleged financial crimes will go to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
By: Lloyd Gedye
17 Feb 2020

• Culture
Best of the year-end’s music 
Lloyd Gedye gives us the rundown of the standout music picks from the fourth quarter of 2019, including some booming R&B, Angolan-inspired sounds, epic hip-hop and menacing noise.
By: Lloyd Gedye
31 Dec 2019

• News
Shopping malls are ‘killing’ independent retailers
The Competition Commission’s Grocery Retail Inquiry has found national supermarket chains are putting small, independent players out of business – and wants to put a stop to it.
By: Lloyd Gedye
4 Dec 2019

• News
Competition Tribunal hears meat supply ‘cartel’ case
Food giant I&J has found itself in front of the tribunal on charges of collusion in the beef sector, having allegedly signed an agreement that allows it to operate as a cartel.
By: Lloyd Gedye
2 Dec 2019

• News
New policy conflict in digital television rollout
The SABC is looking to a digital future that is less reliant on the Digital Terrestrial Television network.
By: Lloyd Gedye
7 Nov 2019

• Culture
Protest songs and the importance of Billy Bragg
A new bumper release celebrates 36 years of the career of British singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, including previously unreleased material.
By: Lloyd Gedye
6 Nov 2019