9 Oct 2012

Arts & Entertainment

 

SAA flies into flak

At this rate there will be very few, if any, of the current SAA board left after CEO Siza Mzimela quit, closely followed yesterday by the resignations of commercial general manager Theunis Potgieter, and legal and risk head Sandra Coetzee.

On the technology front, America's National Science Foundation has created a new program to find new paths forward for sustainable energy.

Many people reckon she deserves an 'F' - despite Angie Motshekga awarding herself a very good pass mark after the Limpopo textbook debacle. Now she has to give a report on the issue. What's the bet she comes out smelling of roses.

Think of El Nino and you usually think of wild weather. Well, according to Santam, El Nino offers an opportunity for SA farmers.

Still on the agriculture front, in a way, Goodyear, the tyre manufacturer, has announced plans to replace petroleum oil in tyres with soya oil.

Still on the automotive front proper, our intrepid motoring editor Henrie Geyser rates the new Chevrolet Cruze hatches as nifty - which is just the way we rate Henrie ourselves.

Rod Baker, content director

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French Carnival in the Eastern Cape
Keiskamma Arts is presenting a series of concerts in the Eastern Cape under the banner French Carnival, which is a multi-disciplinary production including music by Ravel and Saint-Saens, to be held between 17 and 24 November, 2012, in East London, Port Alfred, Hamburg and Port Elizabeth. Read more >>

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The media must not give South Africans a raw deal leading to Mangaung
[Talifhani Munzhedzi] Last week marked the beginning of a very significant period for the ANC if not the whole of South Africa. The ruling party officially opened the leadership nomination process at all its branches leading to 53rd ANC National Conference in December. Already on Monday, the Eastern Cape ANC Youth League had put names forward for the top six. Read more >>

SABC: Faulty Towers at its worst
[Rod Baker] NEWSWATCH: According to yesterday's Sunday Times and today's Times Live, much of the licence fees we pay to the SABC are being wasted, misspent and if the newspaper terminology is to be used... "looted". Meanwhile, Times Live also reports taxpayers are going to be coughing up yet more cash to prop up the broadcaster's new 24-hour news channel - which in an editorial the publication says we can "ill-afford". However, some good news: The new press regulations have been well received, reports BDlive. Read more >>

ICASA extends closing date for submissions
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has announced an extension of the closing date for submission of comments and a rescheduling of the date of public hearings regarding the Draft Frequency Migration Regulations and Radio Frequency Migration Plan published on 17 August 2012. Read more >>

Motion pictures & film


New Movie Club Card rewards Ster-Kinekor customers
Ster-Kinekor has announced that the brand's Movie Club Card is about to undergo an evolution that will see movie goers reaping more rewards more often. Read more >>

Music


SABC bans interviews with first black Idol
[Zenoyise John] The SABC has circulated an email to SABC radio station managers banning its stations from interviewing South Africa's first black Idol, Khaya Mthethwa. Read more >>

Artscape adds shadow jury to Youth Music Competition
The Artscape National Youth Music Competition has added a new twist this year by introducing a shadow jury, consisting of former contestants. The competition runs from 8 to 13 October 2012, at the Artscape Theatre, Cape Town. Read more >>

Performing arts


French artist Antoine Tempé on exhibition at Gautrain stations
As part of the France-South Africa Seasons 2012 & 2013 and the current Danse l'Afrique danse, French artist Antoine Tempé is on exhibition at Park, Rosebank, Sandton, Midrand and Hatfield Gautrain stations. His exhibition of portraits and photographs celebrates performances by the greatest African and Afro-American contemporary dancers. Read more >>

Improguise presents the first live improvised soapie
Improguise will be presenting South Africa's first live improvised soapie to raise money for Rape Crisis on 27 October at the Little Theatre at the University of Cape Town. Read more >>


BizLounge
Isochronous: leaving time behind - " Piece By Piece"
[Johann M. Smith] The saying: "When America coughs, Britain catches a cold," can be extended to "and South Africa kaks it out". What's referred to as "influences" everywhere else, we often call "that place "they" stole it from." Seether and Nirvana. Fokkof and Alkaline Trio. The Plastics and The Strokes. Be a purist, call it postmodern trite, or blame it on Tweak for overdoing anything by Tom Delonge. It's the skeleton in the closet we drag on the wings of progress. And it's no different with Isochronous, who either love or detest a band called Mew. Read more >>

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