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RBF Gauteng
region rewards staff for excellence.
In the picture above is a group of
RBF staff in the Gauteng region who received awards
for excellence at a funtion that was held on 2 September
2009. Awards ranged from continious dedication to
their work, doing more than was expected of them during
Election 2009 to specific awards for radio dramas
and other broadcasts. In front on the left is the
the proud Manager of RBF in the Gauteng region, Louis
Janse van Rensburg and on the right in front is the
GM of RBF, Gelfand Kausiyo.
Congratulations to
all the recipients for job well done.
We are proud to have you as our colleagues.
MEDIA RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
GALLO SPECIAL
PROJECTS AND THE SABC BRINGS THE SHUNNED MUSIC OF
THE POLITICAL ERA BACK TO LIFE WITH ‘AVOID’.
The South African apartheid era saw
many laws that censored or stifled the South African
public and creative expression - the music industry
was no exception. The SABC Media Library initiated
this project to celebrate music that was seldom heard,
if at all, over the airwaves due to its content.
The SABC and Gallo Special Projects,
a division of Gallo Record Company, is proud to announce
the release of the compilation ‘Avoid’
– a collection of banned songs from the apartheid
era that were instantly stamped with the words ‘Avoid’
on first listen by the SABC’s Record Acceptance
Committee
The songs were banned due to their
politically outspoken content amongst other reasons
such as reference to sex, drugs, blasphemy, religion,
profanity or violence.
The only way of knowing if a song was banned was by
a small sticker being placed next to the song –
with the word ‘Avoid’. To prevent DJ’s
or compilers to give the song airtime, the relevant
tracks on the vinyl record (LP) were physically scratched
and damaged with a special nail. No explanations were
given, no correspondence was entered into, nor were
the artists informed.
In the countries tumultuous past,
many musicians spoke out against the horrors of apartheid
and naturally the songs were immediately banned by
the committee, never to be given the airplay they
deserved.
In 1996 the committee was disbanded.
This collection of songs celebrates
banned tracks and artists from the Apartheid era,
mostly for their political agendas or references.
These songs, carefully selected by the SABC Media
Library, were initially not given the playlisting
they deserved in their time, and are platformed here
for one and all.
Some of the tracks on the compilation
include:
MzwakheMbuli – Pitoli, Miriam Makeba –
West Wind, Peter Gabriel – Biko, Brenda Fassie
– Black President, SiphoHotstixMabusa –
Chant Of The Marching, and many others.
For more information: Pauline Mkhize
on (011) 713-3000 or paulinem@gallo.co.za
