The number of marine vessel strandings along the South Africa coastline should serve as a warning to local ship owners who are sending an underinsured or uninsured fleet out to sea and in time could have a negative impact on the maritime insurance industry. "We are hoping that the publicity surrounding the grounding of Eihatsu Maru last week serves as a warning to our local maritime industry. Although this particular vessel has been freed, the current bill for salvage operations sits at about … [Read more...]
Local shipping industry cautioned in the wake of increased groundings
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Western Cape Business First Runner Up in National Competition
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The Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda) has announced the winners in the 2012 Seda Small Business Stars national business plan competition. The winners were selected after 180 finalists - drawn from more than 5,500 entries - presented their business concepts to 18 provincial judging panels, who selected a total of 11 national finalists. Another four special category awards were allocated; these included best woman entrepreneur, best youth entrepreneur, best job-creating entrepreneur … [Read more...]
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Chateau Alert
19 May, 2012 By Leave a Comment
To this day the Longhair and I will notify each other if we find a case of Chateau Libertas on sale at a special price with a simple message; "Chateau Alert - the name of the bottle store selling it - and the price". The wine believed to be South Africa's oldest red blend celebrates its 80th birthday this year. Chateau Libertas was launched in 1932, by an American medical doctor, adventurer and former Texas Ranger, who had gone into winemaking when he moved to Stellenbosch. Not a year has … [Read more...]
Celebrate Mother’s Day at Doolhof – 13 May 2012
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Treat the most important person in your life this Mother’s Day at Doolhof Wine Estate for a fabulous lunch underneath our Oaktree. This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 11:09 am and is filed under Latest News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. … [Read more...]
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DOOLHOF: PLACE OF MAGICAL MALBEC
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Doolhof has reinforced its position as one of the leading producers of Malbec on the South African wine scene by being included in the Top 100 South African Wine Challenge. The Signatures of Doolhof Malbec 2010 was chosen from around 400 of South Africa’s top wines and one of only 51 red wines to be included in this prestigious list. The 2010 Signatures of Doolhof Malbec is the 4th Malbec vintage to be released and follows in the celebrated footsteps of the previous wines. The 2007 vintage … [Read more...]
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Vinicultural Hattrick
2 May, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Longridge Wines continue their stellar performance with three wines being included in the Top 100 SA Wines line-up. The 2008 Longridge Brut, the 2009 Longridge Chardonnay and 2008 Longridge Merlot were included by a top-ranking panel of judges. Jasper Raats from Longridge Wine Estate stated that these accolades are definitely a boost for the wine estate. "We are ecstatic with having three wines under the Top 100 in the country and on top of that two Best Value awards as well! This recognition … [Read more...]
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Vrede en Lust stars in its first movie
22 April, 2012 By Leave a Comment
This sweet journey all began when a semi-desperate Producer flew to Cape Town for what felt like the 100th time, to visit the winelands, in one last attempt to find a wine estate willing to get on board of this exciting new Afrikaans film. To get attention when there’s talk about an Afrikaans movie is often challenging, but Anel Alexander, who is the co-Producer with her husband James, presented this project and exciting opportunity to us in such a manner that we just could not resist. The … [Read more...]
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The 2012 Harvest in numbers and graphs
17 April, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The 2012 harvesting is now over and the winery is much quieter. Some of the red wines are still undergoing malolactic (secondary) fermentation and some whites are still busy completing barrel fermentation. Full details are to be found on our 2012 Harvest Diary. The 2012 Jess blend was completed last week and bottling is under way! We crushed a total of 701 tons this harvest – our biggest crush to date. The 2012 crush is 22% larger overall than the 2011 crush, most of the growth due to our … [Read more...]
SA ozone-based sanitising innovation sparks global interest
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ArcAqua, the South African developer of the NOZ ozone-based sanitising system, is taking its first steps in conquering the global market, thanks partly to first-round funding from venture capital firm Invenfin. “The use of ozone to clean fresh produce is nothing new globally, but those systems have always been large, expensive installations – which is why NOZ is such an exciting innovation,” says Stuart Gast, Executive Director at Invenfin. “The tremendous shift towards fresh, organic … [Read more...]
Community Radio Syndicated Programming a Winner
17 April, 2012 By 1 Comment
A media company that has pioneered the concept of simultaneous syndicated programming to a network of small community radio stations, thus opening up a whole new marketing channel to advertisers, is the provincial winner for the Western Cape in the Seda Small Business Stars entrepreneur competition. More than 5,500 business ideas, start-ups and existing small businesses entered the competition nationally. The winners were selected from a group of 20 finalists in the Western Cape and now go … [Read more...]
SEOprofiler – Get top 10 rankings on Google
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Raats Finds Favour With UK Imbibers
12 April, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Raats Family Wines continues to carve its reputations as a South African specialist on Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc. Both vintages were selected for inclusion in Imbibe magazine's line-up of favourite wines. The 2011 Raats Original Chenin Blanc was picked for its rich crispiness and "wonderful melon and fruity depth. The palate follows with creamy yellow fruit, fine acid balance and concentration." The reviewer also viewed this vintage as one of the best value Chenin Blancs from South … [Read more...]
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Hirsch’s set to grow with the Cape
11 April, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On 4 April Hirsch’s hosted a Cocktail evening to mark the official opening of their new branch in Milnerton, Cape Town. Suppliers, celebrities and members from the local community were invited to join in the celebrations with Allan, Margaret, Richard and Luci Hirsch. Daughter Luci, the "voice of Hirsch's" kicked off the formal ceremony by welcoming all guests to the milestone event. She spoke about the Hirsch’s history, how the business was started and how it has grown to the successful … [Read more...]
Slow but Steady Growth predicted for South Africa
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Cape Town - South Africa is likely to show stable growth in the next five years. The country's growth may seem moderate, when compared to other African countries. Countries such as Mozambique, Ghana and Angola are expected to average growth of over 7% in the next 5 years, whereas South Africa's GDP growth is expected to remain between 2% and 4% for the same period. Relatively strong consumer spending power, a large market and a stable, diverse economy makes South Africa an attractive market in … [Read more...]
Eight Days in September – The Removal of Thabo Mbeki
3 April, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Stieg Larsson, Walter Isaacson or Jodi Picoult might not like it but South African authors are just too hot to handle. Local writers are South Africans favorites and they currently hold the top spots of bestsellers according to Kalahari.com, the country's leading online retailer. Lolly Jackson: When Fantasy Becomes Reality, written by Sean Newman, Peter Piegl and Karyn Maughan and Killing Kebble by Mandy Wiener as well as the new Eight Days in September - The Removal of Thabo Mbeki by Frank … [Read more...]
Young Vibrant Entrepreneurs Showing the Way
28 March, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Western Cape is alive with entrepreneurial spirit and opportunity, and the rapidly growing membership base of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) in Cape Town is testament to the health of the local SME sector. EO Cape Town announced in March that its membership base has enjoyed unprecedented growth within the world-wide organization in less than a year, having increased by over 60 per cent in member numbers since the chapter's launch in April 2011. A sister organization to the … [Read more...]
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