The TOPS Gugulethu Wine Festival happening on the 27 and 28 May 2011 on the rooftop of Gugulethu Mall is gearing up to be a great success with major new sponsors on board and local wineries booking their spaces.
Drug consumption continues to rise in South Africa, with many South African consumers convinced that prescription drugs are safe simply because they have been recommended by a doctor and that anything ‘natural’ is likely to be an ineffective waste of time. The situation is far more complex, however, and South Africans need to be more discerning — to protect their health and their wallets. South Africa has the largest and best developed pharmaceutical market in Africa, with drug spending reaching ZAR22.49bn (US$2.68bn) in 2009 and expected to grow by at least 9% year-on-year[1]. Against this backdrop of continued, dramatic growth,... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The Performers Organisation of South Africa Trust (POSA) has launched a petition calling on the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, to amend the copyright legislation to allow about R80-million in unpaid Needletime royalties to be paid out to the country’s recording artists and record companies. Johannesburg: In a bid to ensure the free flow of Needletime Rights royalties, POSA, led by Sibongile Khumalo, is urging recording artists, interested parties and individuals to sign its online petition – available at www.posatrust.org.za or on POSA’s Facebook page – to urge the Minister to amend the copyright... Continue Reading
… .. namely to expose Malema and the ANC’s racist intolerance of minority communities : By Own Correspondent – According to Kallie Kriel, CEO of AfriForum, it however is quite ironic that Malema, Winnie Mandela and their followers, have themselves ensured all by themselves that this goal could be achieved, by demonstrating the ANC’s racism and intolerance practically outside the court. “Heavily armed guards who tried to intimidate moderate people, the repeated use of hate-speech slogans and other repulsive conduct outside the court says more about the racism of Malema and the ANC, than any witness would have been able... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – Johannesburg – The Southern African Music Rights Organisation, Limited (SAMRO) and the National Organisation for the Reproduction Rights in Music in Southern Africa, Limited (NORM) have today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which is the first step in the process of jointly forming a single collecting society for the administration of Mechanical Rights. The new entity will operate under the name Composers Authors Publishers Association of South Africa (CAPASA). “This is an important milestone in the process that started some two years ago and we are happy that we have reached this... Continue Reading