RC 261022SAfmBridget Masinga
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Mostly an AI-in-music debate with musicologist Dr Sheldon Leal, plus a sobering update on non-compliant communal property associations and the governance gaps behind land reform.
- 14:17
More than 80% of over 1,700 registered communal property associations were found non-compliant with the CPA Act, according to the land reform department's latest reporting.
- 14:22
Vumelana Advisory Fund is developing freely available governance toolkits for CPAs covering membership, human resources, finances and administration, with training programmes planned for next year.
- 13:15
The Beatles' Now and Then used AI to regenerate John Lennon's voice from an unusable demo, and the 2023 song reached number one in the UK and won a 2024 Grammy.
- 13:17
A Guardian report says large corporates are pressing record and publishing companies to relax copyright, with Kylie Minogue songs reportedly fed into AI without her permission.
- 13:42
Sheldon Leal argued AI output is essentially the average of what it is fed, so artists must master their craft first to spot gaps and add the nuance and emotion machines lack.