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Lloyd Gedye

Lloyd Gedye is a freelance journalist and one of the founders of The Con.

Lockdown luck: Jazz musician Malcolm Jiyane was recording a new record at Sumo Sound when three-year-old Umdali was unearthed. (Andy Mkosi)

Malcolm Jiyane: A tale of two albums

The jazz musician’s album comes with a backstory as good as the music itself

Angélique Kidjo performs at the Melkweg concert hall in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (Photograph by Frans Schellekens/ Redferns)
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Angélique Kidjo puts Africa at the centre

Her latest project, Mother Nature, continues a musical trajectory that reflects on Africa’s history, the world’s perceptions of the continent and its influence on music everywhere

Dancers performing in front of the National Arts Council in Johannesburg in solidarity with artists who participated in a two-month sit-in at the NAC. (Alet Pretorius/ Gallo Images)

Half of the National Arts Council’s PESP funding has gone to a connected 12%

Roadies’ report shows members had first dibs on the National Arts Council’s money

Run the Jewels single Yankee and the Brave (EP. 4) appears to reference Christopher Dorner’s death
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Canary in the coalmine: How Christopher Dorner keeps showing up in protest music

Musicians break genre boundaries and, through the lyrics about the Los Angeles police officer who killed cops, express black anger

Racist reward: Legendary golfer Gary Player is not only known for his sporting prowess, but also for utterances and behaviour that appeared to have supported apartheid. (Edward Beresford Golding/Fairfax )

A Player in apartheid gets award

South Africa’s legendary golfer, who is said to have aided the past regime, is honoured by Trump

The passenger rail agency is set to act against officials implicated in former public protector Thuli Madonsela’s 2015 report on corruption and maladministration

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

Connection: Matorokisi by Makhadzi  is the new wave.

Matorokisi ignites a global groove

From Brits to Beijing, people are going crazy for Makhadzi’s smash hit which was born from a DJ Call Me beat

Transport, which has previously been the largest contributor to the headline rate, increased by 11.1% year-on-year and contributed 1.6 percentage points. Photo: (Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)

Public transport inequality

The Competition Commission’s market inquiry reveals that South Africa’s public transport system remains skewed by class, advantaging middle- and high-income earners

The Competition Commission inquiry found that the ‘vast majority’ of Shoprite and Spar leases and the ‘majority’ of Pick n Pay leases have exclusivity provisions. (Oupa nkosi/M&G)

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

Karan Beef owns the abattoir and meat processing plant in Balfour and, in 2000, I&J and Karan Beef entered into a manufacturing agreement regarding the meat products that would be produced at the plant. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

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

Former SABC COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng signed the allegedly ‘unlawful’ deal with MultiChoice that is under scrutiny at the Zondo commission. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

MultiChoice and SABC in cahoots over control mechanism

Controversy over the set-top box, which has delayed the government’s rollout of digital television for 16 years, rages on at the Zondo commission

Kropz had argued that the National Water Act provides that public participation should only be done when the water department has issued a directive to that effect, which they did not. (Getty)

Kropz’s ‘irregular’ water licence

Environmental groups issues with the Western Cape phosphate mine’s water use licence will go before the Water Tribunal

More than nine people have reportedly died as a result of violence during the strike and there is reason to believe that this number may be higher. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Deadly cost of Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners’ strike

The lengthy strike finally ended with Amcu agreeing to the same wage offer other mining unions accepted in October

The Competition Tribunal has heard that executives of Lafarge called the managing director of its South African subsidiary to Paris after its market share dropped and told him to set up a cartel. (Balint Porneczi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

How the cement cartel was built

Major international companies have been implicated in the collusion

Apart from supply and demand dynamics, local manufacturers are also subject to rigorous regulations, including environmental impact assessments, strict quality controls, and labour and employment regulations. (AFP)

Workings of post-apartheid cement cartel laid bare

Higher-ups in the cement industry testifying before the competition commission have admitted to over 10 years of collusion

The belief that white South Africans are under attack has become part of the global mythology of contemporary fascism.

White genocide: How the big lie spread to the US and beyond

The radical right takes credit for alerting the world to the alleged persecution of white people in South Africa

Ugly: South Africa’s own alt-right group, the Suidlanders, has reached out to other extremist groups in the US and Australia, giving rise to a conspiracy theory of white genocide. (Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto)

Radical right plugs swart gevaar

The extremist group takes credit for alerting the world to the alleged persecution of white people in South Africa

Dance of The Chicken is one pick from the albums that soundtracked Lloyd Gedye’s 2017.

For sonic explorers

It was another great year for music. Lloyd Gedye picks 10 albums that soundtracked his year

Battle royale: It is alleged that Koos Bekker instructed Imtiaz Patel to threaten to penalise e.tv when it came to renewing eNCA’s contract with MultiChoice if the free-to-air channel did not toe the line.

MultiChoice: Bully boy or dirty player?

The pay-TV service admits it lobbied e.tv to drop its encryption agenda but denies resorting to bribery

Hawks spokesperson Hangwani Mulaudzi this week confirmed that the Hawks were investigating the bribery claims against Zuma

Does Oppenheimer say it all?

Sycophants are everywhere to be found but it’s the words of the man himself and the empire he ruled that reveal his true nature