The Elsies River High School band absolutely killed it on Saturday evening at the the 17th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival. When I say absolutely
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SA fastfoodies land another ‘famous’ catch
Gold Brands, owner of brands including Chesanyama and Blacksteer, is set to bring Harry Ramsden’s “world famous fish and chips” to South Africa, it was announced
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There’s gold in every drop
Klipdrift Premium has been named 2016’s World’s Best Brandy at the World Brandy Awards. Devotees of that South African fireside favourite ‘Klippies and coke’ might not
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Fleur du Caps honour the virgin and the vintage in SA theatre
The great and the good of South African theatre gathered at the Baxter Theatre in Cape Town on Sunday evening for the 51st annual Fleur du
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Some ramblings on the SA Budget 2016
More bang than you might think … At first glance, February 24’s 2016 Budget speech by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan lacked the sort of radical or dramatic
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PowerTurtle hatches a plan to power school
An innovative, mini-power station, the PowerTurtle, will be launched at a primary school in an informal settlement in Gauteng on March 2, possibly heralding the start
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Mafikizolo to melt the snow in Davos
South Africa’s Mafikizolo will be melting the snow in the Swiss town of Davos on Saturday night when they appear at the closing ceremony of the 2016 World
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Curries work it for India at WEF
One normally has to travel to India (or maybe to London) to eat the best of a certain style of Indian food. From the centre of
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Non-conforming veggies
The Rockefeller Foundation is handing out pickled vegetables with cream cheese to hungry delegates and malnourished journalists at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The vegetables
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V&A: the jewel in CT’s crown
The final numbers are not in yet, but it certainly looks like a bumper festive season for Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront, with record trade figures likely
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