This is Tafi: June 2017

Friday, 30 June 2017

Will Apple's Beats 1 Kill Off The Local Music Industry?

While Beats 1: a 24/7, worldwide radio station broadcasting to more than 100 countries, has this month been packed with programming about the premiere of Can't Stop, Won't Stop – the documentary about how hip-hop mogul P Diddy set the world of music ablaze with his New York-based record label Bad Boy Records, which once featured the likes of Mary J Blige and Notorious BIG on its roster – violent skirmishes between Uber taxis and metered taxis continue to crop up in South Africa: an Uber vehicle was set alight by unknown perpetrators in Sunnyside, Pretoria on June 6. Like the controversial vehicle-sharing application Uber – Beats 1 is a revolutionary novelty in its own special way. It is broadcast live from London and New York and Los Angeles and features a multitude of celebrity-hosted shows.

If Kabila Hangs On To Power, Should SADC Just Disband?

Political instability rocked the Democratic Republic of Congo in December 2016 when Joseph Kabila chose not to stand down as president of the central African nation after his term of office ended.

While Beats 1, a 24/7, worldwide radio station broadcasting to more than 100 countries, has this month been packed with programming about the premiere of Can't Stop, Won't Stop – the documentary about how hip-hop mogul P Diddy set the world of music ablaze with his New York-based record label Bad Boy Records, which once featured the likes of Mary J Blige and Notorious BIG on its roster – violent skirmishes between Uber taxis and metered taxis continue to crop up in South Africa: an Uber vehicle was set alight by unknown perpetrators in Sunnyside, Pretoria on June 6.