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Reminds me of ballet/life BC
Cape Town City Ballet’s new show promises a return to the gorgeous sensual past when we all felt so very alive
Saved by small acts of kindness
A book of 50 stories reminds us that in the worst of times so many South Africans are the best of people
A delicious one night stand with the Test Kitchen
I am told that this should have an age-restriction. If you can’t handle a little food porn turn away now. Our little fling with the Test Kitchen, a story written by us and for us … never to be repeated
9/11: the story of the remains of the World Trade Center
Melted computers, corroded steel, broken glass, ash, dust, pulverised concrete, cellulose, asbestos, lead and mercury … and the bodies of the beloved
Bark stripping in Newlands Forest
Being very low in nutrients, bark has no real value, except to trees. (Like rhino horn really). We have to find a solution (for the people and the trees)
Covid-19’s ‘devastating impact’ on HIV, TB, malaria programmes
Still, the Global Fund says, ‘the pandemic presents us with a chance to build a better, more equitable and healthier world’
11ty-million galaxies, as seen from the Karoo
‘Galaxies aren’t totally mysterious’ and other insights from research being done in a village in the Northern Cape into collections of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems millions light years away from us
Entrepreneurs are SA’s best hope, says World Bank
Unemployment could be halved if SA matched ‘self-employment’ rates of peer countries
Swimming: the fountain of youth
Apparently scientists are trying to work out what swimming’s ‘secret sauce’ is. Good luck to them because magic usually defies description
Reusing 10% ‘will halve plastic waste in ocean’
A new report from WEF shows how a tiny change in the re-use of plastics would create a massive shift in what seems like an impossibly huge global problem
Vaccines for the homeless!
While many of those who are entitled to the Covid-19 vaccination uhm and aah about whether they should take it or not, many thousands of people
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Last call for the Trolley Dollies at Gate 69
The Trolley Dollies ending their 5-year residency at Gate 69 with a final show
#Lockdown, but not out
A victim of the lockdown, Barbara Magrath has had to close her shop and studio and embrace the online world
U=U brings an Aids-free world into sight
Overwhelming evidence is causing a cultural shift in HIV prevention
There is nothing dodgy about tax on SA emigrants’ pensions
Emigrants are getting access to their savings a lot earlier than those of us who choose to stay
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Helping Africa to feed itself (and the world)
Technology, skills and finance that will end hunger on the continent and well beyond
Reminds me of ballet/life BC
Cape Town City Ballet’s new show promises a return to the gorgeous sensual past when we all felt so very alive
Saved by small acts of kindness
A book of 50 stories reminds us that in the worst of times so many South Africans are the best of people
A delicious one night stand with the Test Kitchen
I am told that this should have an age-restriction. If you can’t handle a little food porn turn away now. Our little fling with the Test Kitchen, a story written by us and for us … never to be repeated
9/11: the story of the remains of the World Trade Center
Melted computers, corroded steel, broken glass, ash, dust, pulverised concrete, cellulose, asbestos, lead and mercury … and the bodies of the beloved
Bark stripping in Newlands Forest
Being very low in nutrients, bark has no real value, except to trees. (Like rhino horn really). We have to find a solution (for the people and the trees)
Covid-19’s ‘devastating impact’ on HIV, TB, malaria programmes
Still, the Global Fund says, ‘the pandemic presents us with a chance to build a better, more equitable and healthier world’
11ty-million galaxies, as seen from the Karoo
‘Galaxies aren’t totally mysterious’ and other insights from research being done in a village in the Northern Cape into collections of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems millions light years away from us
Entrepreneurs are SA’s best hope, says World Bank
Unemployment could be halved if SA matched ‘self-employment’ rates of peer countries
Swimming: the fountain of youth
Apparently scientists are trying to work out what swimming’s ‘secret sauce’ is. Good luck to them because magic usually defies description
Reusing 10% ‘will halve plastic waste in ocean’
A new report from WEF shows how a tiny change in the re-use of plastics would create a massive shift in what seems like an impossibly huge global problem
Vaccines for the homeless!
While many of those who are entitled to the Covid-19 vaccination uhm and aah about whether they should take it or not, many thousands of people
Continue Reading
Last call for the Trolley Dollies at Gate 69
The Trolley Dollies ending their 5-year residency at Gate 69 with a final show
#Lockdown, but not out
A victim of the lockdown, Barbara Magrath has had to close her shop and studio and embrace the online world
U=U brings an Aids-free world into sight
Overwhelming evidence is causing a cultural shift in HIV prevention
There is nothing dodgy about tax on SA emigrants’ pensions
Emigrants are getting access to their savings a lot earlier than those of us who choose to stay
10X adds 2X the global firepower
The disruptive index manager adds a couple of heavy-hitters and ‘gears for growth’
A Gemini in the finance ministry
A little research into the New Minister of Finance unearths a lot to like …
New prize to celebrate and advance art in Africa
A new competition, to be showcased at Norval, will celebrate African art and raise funds to assist disadvantaged children using the therapeutic benefits of art. What is not to love?!
Reshuffle kerfuffle
We are not quite sure what to make of the comprehensive shifting of the deck chairs on the glacially-slow-moving Super-Tanker, The Ramaphosa. Reshuffle was definitely the
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Learning to live with the plague
As it becomes accepted that herd immunity is not going to happen, at least not in our lifetimes, the focus turns to learning to live with Covid-19
Current Affairs
Helping Africa to feed itself (and the world)
Technology, skills and finance that will end hunger on the continent and well beyond
Saved by small acts of kindness
A book of 50 stories reminds us that in the worst of times so many South Africans are the best of people
9/11: the story of the remains of the World Trade Center
Melted computers, corroded steel, broken glass, ash, dust, pulverised concrete, cellulose, asbestos, lead and mercury … and the bodies of the beloved
Food & Drink
A delicious one night stand with the Test Kitchen
I am told that this should have an age-restriction. If you can’t handle a little food porn turn away now. Our little fling with the Test Kitchen, a story written by us and for us … never to be repeated
A tale of two cities
Goodbye Camps Bay, hallo Church Square, where fine food and gracious hospitality trump great views and airbrushed people
Feasting in the Mother City
The food scene in Cape Town is fun and serious, delicious and surprising, comforting and challenging … it is life itself!
A crafty new take on the Don Pedro
The boozy milkshake from the 80s, gets a crafty little remake
Health
U=U brings an Aids-free world into sight
Overwhelming evidence is causing a cultural shift in HIV prevention
Covid-19’s ‘devastating impact’ on HIV, TB, malaria programmes
Still, the Global Fund says, ‘the pandemic presents us with a chance to build a better, more equitable and healthier world’
Learning to live with the plague
As it becomes accepted that herd immunity is not going to happen, at least not in our lifetimes, the focus turns to learning to live with Covid-19
Swimming: the fountain of youth
Apparently scientists are trying to work out what swimming’s ‘secret sauce’ is. Good luck to them because magic usually defies description
Call Off The Search
A survivor’s guide to train travel in SA
A 10-point guide to resisting the South African railway service’s best efforts to ruin what should be one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world.
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