Saturday, 1 April 2023
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.
Controversy over the set-top box, which has delayed the government’s rollout of digital terrestrial television for 16 years, rages on at the Zondo commission.
Recent releases reflect the unavoidable state of the world and contain thrilling experimentations with the possibilities of musical recordings.
The 84-year-old jazz musician presents old and new material side by side on his latest album and is following it up with a solo piano offering.
Rainford, a collaboration between Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and producer Adrian Sherwood, is a welcome and unexpected comeback from the duo who have worked together over the past 30 years.
The reissuing of Kabasa’s African Sunset after 37 years raises questions about the necessity and politics of archiving classics from South African bands that made music under apartheid.
Sample sounds from across the globe with the music piping into our headphones and worming its way under our skin.
Environmental organisations’ issues with the Western Cape phosphate mine’s water use licence will go before the Water Tribunal, after a preliminary hearing found aspects of its granting ‘questionable’.
The Elandsfontein phosphate mining company built its mine amid delayed appeals, legislative uncertainty and a repealed section of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act.
By creating a dystopia where no one reads and books have all but disappeared, Ben Okri challenges us to question what it means to live in a post-truth world.
South African author Fiona Snyckers takes on literary giant JM Coetzee in ‘Lacuna’, a novel offering a very different perspective on rape and its aftermath to Coetzee’s ‘Disgrace’.
Department of Mineral Resources documents show irregularities in a mining right granted to Kropz Elandsfontein phosphate mine, in which Patrice Motsepe acquired shares in 2016.
Kropz was awarded its mining right despite objections from environmental non-governmental organisations – as well as many provincial and national government departments.
The lengthy strike finally ended with Amcu agreeing to the same wage offer other mining unions accepted in October.
The issues the South African Reserve Bank faces run deeper than the question of ownership and talk of nationalisation has raised widely varying opinions.
Nthikeng Mohlele’s new novel sheds light on the many aspects of an artist no longer able to express himself, losing, all at once, the possibility of making a meaningful life.
From techno to folk songs, Hama is not afraid to meld sounds to create his brand of electronica, as is evident on his new album ‘Houmeissa’.
From Bassekou Kouyate’s ‘Miri’ to Mabuta’s ‘Welcome to this World Remixes’, Lloyd Gedye picks his top new releases from the first quarter of 2019.
Lundin Group, which is facing accusations of war crimes in South Sudan, owns a stake in the major gas condensate find off the coast of Mossel Bay.
South Sudan wants its oil sector back on track, but a report says those doing business with the country risk being linked to corruption and human rights abuses.
Higher-ups in South Africa’s cement industry testifying before the competition commission have admitted to over 10 years of collusion, implicating major international companies.
Knowing that consumers are struggling, grocery retailers are offering store credit. But experts estimate that up to 40% of all credit granted in South Africa could be reckless.