Kunjani'mation festival coming up soon

Kunjani'mation #1, a two-day festival and a new platform for animation professionals, will take place on 14 and 15 October, 2011, at the Alliance Française of Johannesburg and at the Wits School of Arts at the University of the Witwatersrand. The festival focuses on animation from and for southern Africa. Read more >>

Conflict over Cape Town's minstrels resolved?

[Paddy Hartdegen] The annual Minstrels' Carnival in Cape Town on 2 January every year may be resolved so that marchers will be able to again freely move through the Bo-Kaap streets after the city council restricted the number of troupes permitted to do so. Read more >>

Jhb art gallery suffers huge loss

The Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG) has again been the target of thieves with the theft of three valuable bronze artworks on 25 September. The stolen works are "King of the Universe" by Ernest Ullman, "Mourning Women" by Sydney Kumalo and "Peter Pan" by Romano Romanelli. Read more >>

SA production company sued over non-payment

A Somerset West film production company, Charis Productions is being sued by the Writers' Guild of America West, which claims that one of its members, Garrick Dowhen is owed $103 877,87 in unpaid fees. Read more >>

South African band takes third spot in intl competition

In response to a video competition run worldwide by Tom Tom, South African band Son of a Thousand was voted into third place for its version of the brief - "you are stuck in a traffic jam and use the song 'I want to be free' by Queen in a humorous way". The campaign had used John Cleese to get it going. Read more >>

As music piracy grows, so do creative responses

[Stephen Hollis] Since the late 90s, global record sales have fallen dramatically while the entertainment industry has grown exponentially. This is because the internet has spawned a direct distribution system of content to consumers and created a competition monster for music retailers and distributors. Today, one in 20 downloads is estimated to be legal. Read more >>

Sixties Festival, now in its third year

39,000 tickets have been released to the public for this year's Sixties Festival. The annual event, now in its third year, takes place from 13-16 October 2011 in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga. Read more >>

Fabian joins The Foschini Group

Leading retailer group TFG (The Foschini Group) has bought niche luxury menswear brand Fabiani, effective from 1 October 2011. Established in 1978 by Arie Fabian and renowned for the exceptional cut of its suits, highest quality fabric and powerful design details, it expanded its offer to include casual clothing, shoes and fashion accessories and is considered one of the leaders in the luxury menswear market. Fabian will join the group as the brand director. Read more >>

Mixed bag competing for SA Car of the Year

[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] A mixed bag of 10 French, Italian, German and Korean vehicles have made it through to the finals for the 2012 South African Car of the Year competition. The finalists were determined in a vote by the full members and a jury made up of 30 selected members of the South African Guild of Motoring Journalists (SAGMJ). Read more >>

Marketing lessons from Steve Jobs

[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] Look closely at the marketing strategies used by Steve Jobs and other visionaries and the first thing that comes to mind is the realisation that marketing is not a democratic process and that those who are really successful at it are, yes, visionaries. Read more >>

Bok tragedy!

[Corné Krige] I am only 36 years old, but one of the many valuable lessons I have learned is that life isn't fair. Sometimes you get things when you don't deserve them and other times when you absolutely deserve it then you don't get it. This was the case on Sunday morning when the Springboks played Australia in Wellington, New Zealand. Read more >>