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Hermanus FynArts 2016 a whale of a celebration of South African Arts!
For the fourth year Hermanus FynArts is showcasing and celebrating the best of South African Arts, from 10 – 19 June. The theme of the Festival this year is ‘French Connection’. A 90-page brochure is...
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New restaurant openings in Cape Town and Winelands continue in winter!
New restaurant openings continue, especially in Cape Town, despite winter having arrived, and further restaurants have closed down. We update information about newly opened and closed restaurants...
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Top new restaurants open in Cape Town and Winelands!
June has seen the opening of excellent restaurants The Shortmarket Club, SOURCE, Idiom, and The Stack, despite it being the middle of winter. New restaurant openings continue, especially in Cape Town,...
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Restaurant Review: The Ledbury chic but cold, 14th Best in the World!
The Ledbury is London’s top restaurant, and was ranked 14th on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in June. It also boasts two Michelin stars. Background Although I wasn’t feeling well, there was no...
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Reuben Riffel new ‘Recipe for Success’, has much on his plate!
I spent the past four days in Franschhoek, and was able to meet with Chef Reuben Riffel for a coffee, to catch up on his new restaurant in Franschhoek, his new TV show ‘Recipe for Success‘, and the...
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Has Eat Out changed its 2016 Top 10 Restaurant Award rules? Top 20...
One wonders if Eat Out likes to change its rules deliberately, not only to create publicity through debate, but also to benefit the restaurants of Luke Dale-Roberts in particular? The 2016 Eat Out Top...
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Tokara named 2016 Best Wine Tourism Restaurant in SA, reflects trend to local...
At the conclusion of The Business of Wine & Food Tourism Conference held at Spier over the past two days, the seven South African winners of the 2016 Great Wine Capitals Best of Wine Tourism Awards...
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StreetSmart SA restaurant patrons donate over R1 million for the upliftment...
On Tuesday I was invited to attend the hand-over ceremony of StreetSmart SA, of the monies raised by the voluntary R5 added to the bill of 92 restaurants around the country. The more than R1 million...
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Winter 2017 Restaurant Specials and restaurant closures in Cape Town and...
The first restaurants are sending out their Winter Specials information, summarised below. The list is updated continuously. We welcome information about new specials: CAPE TOWN # Foxcroft, High...
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Restaurant Winter chill sets in, first restaurants close in Cape Town: July...
SeaBreeze Fish & Shell, The Sunnyside Grill, and the Crazy Horse Gastropub are three new restaurants which opened in Cape Town during June. Two Hout Bay restaurants have closed down as the Winter...
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‘Restaurant’ Review: Eat Out Top 10 Chef Bertus Basson’s De Vrije Burger...
Ever since I reviewed Chef Bertus Basson’s Spek & Bone dive of a restaurant in Stellenbosch in July last year, Basson has been on a mission to discredit me as a reviewer, not being man-enough to...
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City of Cape Town urges Minibus-Taxi industry to refrain from violence and...
Taxi violence in the city centre this afternoon led to the City of Cape Town issuing the following media statement: ‘CITY OF CAPE TOWN 1 AUGUST 2023 MEDIA RELEASE City urging minibus-taxi industry to...
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Sweet Service Award goes to Babylonstoren; Sour Service Award goes to SANTACO...
The Sweet Service Award goes to Babylonstoren, for its very efficient delivery service. Driving all the way from Franschhoek, the delivery is free, an estimated delivery time is communicated on the...
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Western Cape Taxi Strike officially over!
An eight day strike of the SANTACO minibus taxi industry in Cape Town and the Western Cape came to an end officially at 20h30 this evening, with the following statement issued by the Taxi Association....
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Sweet Service Award goes to Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis; Sour Service Award goes...
The Sweet Service Award goes to Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis for his consistent, regular, and honest feedback at all hours of the day and night to the residents of Cape Town during the eight day...
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SA Butler Academy apologises to 2019 student Lin Yang, and to refund her...
In 2019 I met Lin Yang, a Singaporean who studied at the South African Butler Academy at what it claimed to be a world class institution, given the marketing promises made on its website. She was...
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Kfm 30 Best of the Cape Awards 2023 announced
Today Kfm, the Cape’s largest radio station, announced its 30 Best of the Cape businesses in the Western Cape, having narrowed down its Top 5 Finalists in each category after its 1,2 million listeners...
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Beloved Carte Blanche presenter Derek Watts passes away.
Today Derek Watts, the well-known, respected, and loved Carte Blanche TV presenter, passed away. He was 74 years old. News 24 writes, quoting his long-standing fellow presenter Ruda Landman: ‘Carte...
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Open Letter to the Camps Bay CID Steering Committee.
Yesterday I attended the first meeting of the proposed Camps Bay CID. It is to have three legs: Crime prevention, Homelessness prevention, and Environment/Cleanliness. The Steering Committee is heavily...
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