11 Jun 2013

Arts & Entertainment

Fraudsters named and shamed, but...

It's all very well for Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Jeff Radebe to tell us that the naming and shaming of a list of convicts shows government's commitment in fighting fraud and corruption. However, there are many of us out there who would like to see a few people higher up, so to speak, not only go to court and answer charges, but also be named and shamed if found guilty.

We have a massive unemployment problem in this country, right? But the ANC is hell-bent on banning labour brokers. Now Busa has warned that if the government goes ahead and bans brokers, unemployment will rise. It's a faint hope, however, that those bent on banning brokers, will listen.

Is your company culture putting you at greater risk of fraud? asks Kevin Phillips. Read this article, take note, and then see where your company might be lacking in prevention measures; it could be the most useful read you have had in some time.

He's big, wild and lovable himself, so he should know... Henrie Geyser, our motoring editor, says that the new Chrysler SRT8 is a big, wild, lovable animal.

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Weekly top stories

AFDA to host experimental festival
AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance) campuses throughout South Africa are set to host an Experimental Film, TV and Music Festival over the June long weekend. The festival will hit Durban on Friday, 14 June 2013 and Johannesburg and Cape Town on Friday and Saturday, 14 and 15 June 2013. Read more >>

Arts & Crafts
Angola wins, but Germany's ART - Das Kunstmagazin wonders: Where is Angola?
[Safia Dickersbach] With Angola, for the first time a sub-Saharan African country has won the Leone d'Oro/Golden Lion prize for the best national pavilion of the Venice Biennial. This distinction, during this year's 55th Venice Biennial, has been greeted with inappropriate prejudice by ART - Das Kunstmagazin, the leading art magazine from Germany. ART commented on the jury's decision with the question "Angola! Where is Angola?" Read more >>


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AFDA to host experimental festival
AFDA (The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance) campuses throughout South Africa are set to host an Experimental Film, TV and Music Festival over the June long weekend. The festival will hit Durban on Friday, 14 June 2013 and Johannesburg and Cape Town on Friday and Saturday, 14 and 15 June 2013. Read more >>


Fine Art
Lovell Gallery recognises promising young artists
Each year the Lovell Gallery Artists competition recognises promising young artists whose work delivers visual impact and powerful ideas. This year, six artists produced notable artistic works. Read more >>


Motion Pictures & Film
Early bird registration now on for Durban FilmMart
The DFM takes place from 19-22 July 2013 during the Durban International Film Festival and promises an exciting programme of masterclasses and networking opportunities. Read more >>

X Fest set to push boundaries
The sixth X Fest Film Festival is set to bring alternative feature films, short films and documentaries to the big screen in South Africa. From tattoos and gothic culture, to vampires, box wars, junkies and a whole lot in between, the festival will be showcasing a diverse variety of films from 14-20 June 2013 at the Labia Theatre, Cape Town. In the future some of the titles may screen at The Bioscope for a Johannesburg mini-leg of the event. Read more >>

Explore the World Cinema Fest
[Daniel Dercksen] Explore a feast of films from all over the world with Cinema Nouveau's delectable World Cinema Fest, which continues this weekend with the delightfully charming French rom-com Fly Me to The Moon. Read more >>


Music
The Chaotic Kings of Classic Rock
[Ruth Cooper] You know you're at a classic old-school rock shindig when the elderly gentleman (with the manic bouncing knee) sitting next to you has brought binoculars. Granted, we were seated rather far back and even my youthful(ish) eyes could have used the aid of some magnification. Read more >>

Just Music to celebrate 10 years
Just Music is celebrating 10 successful and memorable years as an independent record label this month, having been founded in 2003 by music industry executive Karl Anderson. Read more >>

Red Igloo introduces online production music library
Red Igloo Music is set to shake up the South African production music landscape, with its new cloud-based music distribution system. Read more >>


Galleries

Sowing the Seeds 2013

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Lifestyle

The Dave Matthews Band to play Cape Town and Joburg
The Dave Matthews Band will tour South Africa for the first time performing in Cape Town on 30 November at the Grand Arena, GrandWest and Joburg at the Coca-Cola Dome on 3 December 2013. The band will be supported by Vusi Mahlasela. Read more >>

A super-spectacular space opera
[Daniel Dercksen] With the mind-blowing Star Trek Into Darkness, master storyteller and visionary JJ Abrams travels beyond the frontier of the imagination, delivering a super-spectacular space opera. Read more >>


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