The SA Cheese Festival has moved to a new location this year and I think it’s a good move as it’s been at Bien Donné for nine years now. Many people haven’t been going to the festival because it’s the same every year, so having it at a new venue gives people an excuse to go again. But if you think you’re getting the same festival as last year but in a new venue, you’re wrong. Not only is Sandringham closer to Cape Town and easier to find, it is also a better … [Read more...]
Top 100 SA Wines
29 April, 2011 By
This is the first year of the Top 100 SA Wines competition. It can’t be an easy thing to start up a wine competition when there are several long standing ones already. From what I read in the media and things I heard from people, there were some grumblings and a fair amount of resistance from various quarters. It’s quite a difficult question. My initial thought is that any competition which will create exposure for South African wines overseas is a good thing, and I believe that is … [Read more...]
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Geologists To Add R125m To Local Coffers
28 April, 2011 By
In another major coup for Cape Town and the Western Cape, the destination secured yet another big conference, which will draw between 6 000 and 10 000 delegates and contribute more than R125 million to the Western Cape economy. Go to: Geologists To Add R125m To Local Coffers … [Read more...]
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Spur Consolidates Production In Cape
28 April, 2011 By
restaurant franchisor Spur Corporation is re-committing to its Cape roots by shifting manufacturing capacity to the Mother City. Go to: Spur Consolidates Production In Cape … [Read more...]
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AMS Reports Good Demand For Bridon
28 April, 2011 By
AFRICAN Maritime Services represents Bridon (UK) locally and reports keen demand for Bridon's steel wire rope (SWR). Go to: AMS Reports Good Demand For Bridon … [Read more...]
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Veuve Clicquot Masters Polo at Val de Vie
28 April, 2011 By
When I first came to Cape Town, I thought that attending the J&B Metropolitan was a posh thing to do. But after attending it for several years and never seeing an actual horse race, I stopped taking it so seriously. I thought the Queen’s Plate would be a more sophisticated day, while people dress more smartly, it also just turns into a big party. So I started to realise that these ‘posh’ events are just excuses to have a party. So when I was invited to the Veuve Cliquot … [Read more...]
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Cape Casinos Clunking Along
28 April, 2011 By
THE Cape's casinos appear to have pulled out of the trough, and there are signs of improved trading in the recent results from large gaming companies like Sun International and Gold Reef Resorts. Go to: Cape Casinos Clunking Along … [Read more...]
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PGP Reports Slow But Steady Growth
28 April, 2011 By
Despite ongoing reports of a somewhat stagnant property market, Pam Golding Properties' Cape Town metropolitan area of the Western Cape continues to buck the trend. Go to: PGP Reports Slow But Steady Growth … [Read more...]
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Managers Out Of Depth
28 April, 2011 By
New research shows that most new managers are out of their depth when entering management positions. Go to: Managers Out Of Depth … [Read more...]
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Teenager Missing Presumed Drowned
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Darren Zimmerman, NSRI Simonstown station commander, said; "On 27 April at 05h30 NSRI Simonstown volunteers and emergency services were activated following reports of a teenager fallen into the sea at Kalk Bay harbor and disappeared. Metro EMS, the SA Police Service , Cape Town Fire and Rescue Service, CMR (Cape Medical Response) paramedics and NSRI Simonstown volunteers responded to the scene and our sea rescue craft Spirit of Safmarine III and Eddie Beaumont II was launched and a search … [Read more...]
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Responsible governance on the table at business school conference
27 April, 2011 By
Responsible leadership: At the AABS conference and annual meeting were Dr Marcellina Chijoriga, dean of the University of Dar es Salaam Business School; Jonathan Cook, AABS chairperson; Dr Enase Okonedo, dean of Lagos Business School in Nigeria; and Prof Walter Baets, director of the UCT GSB. UCT's Graduate School of Business (GSB) recently hosted the annual meeting of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS), and the first-ever AABS conference. The theme for the gathering was … [Read more...]
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South African aces Two Oceans
27 April, 2011 By
Port Elizabeth athlete George Ntshiliza had South Africans in patriotic spirits when he won the 56km Old Mutual Two Oceans Ultra Marathon - and the R250 000 winner's purse - on Saturday, 23 April. Green mile: Olesya Nurgalieva breaks the tape on the UCT sports fields to win her third Two Oceans Ultra Marathon. (Photo courtesy of Old Mutual Two Oceans.) Green and gold: South African George Ntshiliza won the Two Oceans Ultra men's event. (Photo courtesy of Old … [Read more...]
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Prestigious awards for young TB researchers
27 April, 2011 By
Prevent and cure: Drs Digby Warner (right) and Thomas Scriba of the IIDMM have won plum international awards for their contributions to TB research. Drs Digby Warner and Thomas Scriba of the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM) have been named Winner and First Runner-up respectively of the prestigious BioVision-Lilly Award in conjunction with the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS). The award recognises young researchers from developing countries for … [Read more...]
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Humanities unveils state-of-the-art postgrad commons
27 April, 2011 By
In style: Humanities students enjoy the new Postgraduate Commons facilities, now available in the Graduate School for Humanities. The Faculty of Humanities has unveiled its hi-tech postgraduate computer lab, known as the Postgraduate Commons. Housed in the Graduate School of Humanities, this purpose-built facility meets the needs of the faculty's postgraduate students. The brainchild of a team headed by humanities IT manager, Puleng Makhoalibe, the project was conceived in October last year. … [Read more...]
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Catastrophe theories hold no water
27 April, 2011 By
Apocalypse now? Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, delivered a public lecture, Will the World End in 2010?, recently. The end of the world - Earth as we know it - is not nigh. Not for the next billion years, anyway. So says Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who delivered a public lecture on Will the World End in 2010? recently. The lecture was hosted by UCT's Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravity Centre and was part of the second Middle East-Africa International Astronomical Union regional meeting that took … [Read more...]
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Cape Town Restaurant Closures
26 April, 2011 By
restaurants come and go in Cape Town, as one closes another pops up somewhere. But as winter arrives each year, there is a flurry of closures as many places were just holding on for the summer. Below is a list of recent and impending closures and the reasons I have heard for the closures. I may be misinformed, so please don’t take what I say as the absolute truth. Blonde was the third restaurant of the Caviar group, the fine dining sister of Beluga and Sevruga. It closed recently as it … [Read more...]
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