All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
All but one of the twenty-nine people who were killed when a bus overturned in Piet Retief have been identified and buried after a mass funeral service held over the weekend.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
The Mpumalanga Executive Council on Friday observed a moment of silence in remembrance of the victims of a tragic bus accident which claimed the lives of 30 passengers.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Cabinet Ministers have sent their condolences to the families and friends of those who died in a horrific bus accident in Piet Retief on Tuesday.
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
A task team will investigate the cause of the Piet Retief bus accident that claimed 31 lives.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
Mpumalanga MEC for Roads and Transport in Mpumalanga, Jackson Mthembu has visited the victims of a horrific bus accident near Piet Retief.
Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
The recent AFI show that selected ten “best American movies” in ten different genres gave me the idea to reconstruct my all-time-favorite-album list, ten at a time. Arbitrarily starting with World Music Compilations. Well, not totally arbitrarily, since I’m currently listening to a Tom Ze compilation CD I just bought. And about the music category [...]
Harmony's Weblog (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
It was a good day today, despite someone pointing out that my last post used the word “palate” in the title (a song of food word) when I shoulda used “palette” (a song of color word). Oh well–the meetings were brief, rush hour traffic was light, and my youngest daughter was in a good mood. [...]
Mick Hartley (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
The most famous song ever to come out of South Africa: And here's the sad story of Solomon Linda, from Rian Malan (pdf file). Here's maybe the second most famous song to come out of South Africa. And here's some...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
150 years ago, people who looked like this, like Zulus, struck fear in the hearts of my inyanga (mountain) ancestors. Time changed all of that. In the video for "Gazette," the Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens, a dead South African pop group that entered my consciousness in the 80s, look so sweet and friendly.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/28/2008
New Horizon Theatre Company will next month premiere a play "A Doll's House" at Reps Theatre Upstairs as the outfit rolls out some of its forthcoming attractions.
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 01/06/2008
. The Mahotella Queens are South Africa's foremost afro-pop singing group. The Queens -Hilda Tloubatla, Mildred Mangxola, and Nobesuthu Mbadu- first sealed their place in the legend of urban South African music in the early 1960's when, with Simon Nkabindé Mahlathini (the "Lion of Soweto") and the musicians of the Makgona Tsothle Band ("The Band Who Knows Everything"), they invented Mbaquanga. Mbaquanga...
IOL (Free subscription) | 08/15/2007
Almost 10 000 school pupils from across Gauteng have marched through central Johannesburg to voice their grievances.
IOL (Free subscription) | 08/15/2007
Almost 10 000 school pupils from across Gauteng have marched through central Johannesburg to voice their grievances.
IOL (Free subscription) | 08/15/2007
Almost 10 000 school pupils from across Gauteng have marched through central Johannesburg to voice their grievances.
Zero G Sound (Free subscription) | 06/10/2007
. DJ Hamid Zagzoule's Afrique Dynamique! selection has no governing theme beyond a bias towards uptempo dancefloor certainty. His favourite period seems to be the 1980s, an ascendant time for the continent's music. Countries covered stretch from Mali down to South Africa, though the emphasis is definitely on West Africa. The disc bolts off with a pair of classic Congolese soukous duets by Franco/Sam...
