Entertainment

Music Industry Online

• Soundscape issues an apology
  As the event organiser of the Gatecrasher Festival, Soundscape and its Director Mark Abrahams acknowledges the disappointment and anger that this has caused, and offers a formal apology to all who attended the event.
• Latest After SARRAL Liquidation
  For many years Colin Shapiro, one of SA’s most successful composers and other concerned music makers, fought a long court battle with the South African Recording Rights Association Limited (SARRAL) for what he says was the association’s mismanagement of its members’ funds. After the legal fight, Shapiro finally won the case and in November 2009 SARRAL was eventually liquidated as a result of a ruling made by the Johannesburg High Court.
• Controversial Mavusana Is Back
  Controversial musician Mavusana “Odameesta” Ngwenya has finally decided to end his six-year hiatus…..

Media Update

• Coming up on Media@SAfm this Sunday ?
  On Sunday, 12 February Media@SAfm will host a round table discussion and look at the ethics of journalism following the ?brown paper scandal? in the Western Cape on alleged bribery of journalists by Ibrahim Rasool's office when he was premier.
• heat magazine celebrates its 400^th issue
  South Africa's leading celebrity news magazine, heat, is celebrating its 400^th issue and revisiting some of the celeb craziness featured over the years since heat launched in 2004. Big prizes worth more than R60 000 are also up for grabs in the 400^th issue.
• Edutainment show Soul City ranked as top drama by TAMS
  According to the primetime TAMS ratings for the period 26 December 2011 to 1 January, the 11^th season of edutainment show, Soul City, was ranked the top drama show across all South African television channels. The show was also positioned second overall after daily soap opera, Generations, as one of the most watched television programmes in the country.