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Category: FEATURE

Twitter, from critically endangered to extinct

The Twitter evolution of Musk (and) Mayhem. From paying for verification to changing the logo to X marks the spot.

There’s a new movement in South Africa: a beastly appetite for retro collecting and we’re for it

Explaining, understanding and celebrating South Africa’s culture beyond its immediate capitalistic goal is what connects us.

WATCH | The MTN Gladiators: where are they?

Where are our MTN Gladiators — like Granite, Fire and Sahara — today? And how did the American Gladiator show arrive in South Africa?

South Africa’s forgotten radio licence

The fake news of a car radio licence for South Africans is not so far-fetched. A century ago it was a reality.

EskomSePush: say it like you mean it!

When all else fails — like South Africa’s electricity (thank you, Eskom) — there’s one thing that keeps South Africans sane: EskomSePush!

The Eskom dilemma: who’s the culprit? (WATCH)

Eskom

WATCH: “The Rise and Fall of Eskom” documentary peeks into the beginning of Eskom, where we are now, and the cancerous effect of corruption.

That time e.tv stole Oprah Winfrey

It’s easier to steal an audience than to create a new one. And that is something e.tv understood and used to their advantage.

<strong>Loslyf: the Afrikaans rebel of democracy?</strong>

loslyf

Did Loslyf free Afrikaners from the ties of conservatism that considered sex as a taboo topic? 

Rainbow Nation Nostalgia isn’t just political or cultural. It’s commercial.

Infomercials from Verimark, Homemark and Glomail are all a shared identity and experience in South Africa, and it has the power to put us right back in that moment of time.

Netflorist: the most hated florist on the internet?

If you have ever tried to unsubscribe from Netflorist you will know: it is a never-ending, impossible, nightmare.

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