Cape Town Tourism’s chief executive, Enver Duminy, this week talked about “affordable luxury” as he welcomed the news that the Mother City had been named best-value
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Results21‘Wickedly funny?’ I am in!
Gate69, Cape Town’s newest theatre venue, opens with a bang this Spring with a production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the iconic rock musical. Anything
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Plot to unseat traditional ruler … of teas
South Africans of a certain vintage will remember threats of “die Rooi Gevaar” (the red danger), which many took to be warnings about a secret plot
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The Woman Who Would Be King
The Woman Who Would Be King (what an irresistible title!) gives a magical peek into an unequal and wildly decadent world, starting with a fantastical creation
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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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The year SA wines earned a place on all the top tables
Let’s all raise a glass to 2015, a breakthrough year for South African wines around the world. If you are picturing millions of customers in the
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A smokin’ love affair
“It has to be Ardbeg!” The (familiar) accent was reassuring, and the confidence disarming as Smokin’ Josh Smit elbowed the duty free sales guy aside and
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Not your average gin-joint!
Never before has taking medicine seemed so sweet. Gin, I am told, was originally made by monks as a treatment for gout. Tonic was added later
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A tango on the tip of the tongue
Notes from a delicious year spent pairing Peruvian food with South African wine March 11 2015, Ormonde: Darlings of food and wine We had a gorgeous
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National treasure
Feeling patriotic? Reach for a glass of Constantia. As if you need another reason on a cold and wintry Cape evening … or a sweltering summer’s
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