Cape Town - The anionic surfactant market for home care and personal care products, in South Africa, is restrained by fluctuating exchange rates, environmental and health concerns, and oligopolistic supply. While little can be done about the exchange rates, FMCG manufacturers need to educate final consumers on the safety of chemical ingredients found in their products. The Kenyan market, on the other hand, is restrained by its reliance on imports, a depreciating currency and … [Read more...]
Anionic Surfactant Market Holds Greater Potential than Mature South African Market
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Key Factors for Consideration When Expanding Business into Africa
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Cape Town - The time has come for the rest of the world to take note of the tremendous growth opportunities Africa has to offer. Frost & Sullivan will be hosting a complimentary web conference highlighting the key factors for consideration when expanding business into Africa. The web conference will take place on 28 March 2012, at 15:00. "Much has changed since The Economist labeled Africa as 'The Hopeless Continent' ten years ago. Africa's growth is not fuelled purely by resources anymore. … [Read more...]
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Facebook Photo Competition
18 March, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Enter our Facebook Photo Competition and stand a chance to win 12 bottles of the Doolhof Signature range. How to enter: Email a photo with any relation to Doolhof Wine Estate to wine@doolhof.com. All photos will be added on Facebook. The photo with the most “Likes” by the end of April 2012 will be the winner. Visit our Facebook page for more details: http://www.facebook.com/doolhofwines This entry was posted on Thursday, March 15th, 2012 at 4:33 … [Read more...]
Industry votes GrandWest the technical venue of choice
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For the second year running, The GrandWest Grand Arena was voted as the best venue in Cape Town by the Technical Production Services Association (TPSA), the body representing technical and production professionals and companies operating within the live entertainment and events industry. The awards have been hosted since 2002 and according to the association members are able to vote for anyone in the industry deserving of the award. An adjudicating committee oversees the process and ensures … [Read more...]
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Autumn Lady in Red Special
16 March, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For Denizen Members and visitors to our Tasting Room only, we are offering a great special on our Lady in Red 2008. The Lady in red – A Bordeaux-style blend with intense perfumed mélange of red and black fruits, cedar and oak undertones. On the palate the fruit/oak balance is harmonious, with the soft firm tannins, cassis and plum flavours producing a wine with excellent structure. The fruit lingers long on the palate and will age perfectly in the bottle. For only R810.00 you can now purchase … [Read more...]
Release of the Doolhof Signature Cabernet Franc 2009
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Released early March the Doolhof Signature Cabernet Franc 2009 promises to be a wine with great elegance and softness with fine, velvety tannins. The Cabernet Franc vines were planted in deep, well drained Glenrosa family soil with some clay present. Planted in a North-West row direction which is ideal for the warm Wellington area. These young vines where planted in 2005 and show great potential. Enjoy this wine with smoked salmon or a light delicate red meat. To purchase the Signature Cabernet … [Read more...]
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Harvest 2012 Progress
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On the 1st of February, totally by coincidence, harvest 2012 started on the exact same day as last year. Unlike 2011 it was a fairly cool, cloudy day making it a perfect day to harvest our white varietals. At Doolhof, all grapes are hand-picked in small lots to ensure perfect whole bunches reach the cellar, increasing the quality of our fine wines. Sauvignon Blanc reached the desired ripeness first, which we then harvested on 4 consecutive days very early in the morning to ensure cool grapes … [Read more...]
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New Android App for Motoring Enthusiasts
15 March, 2012 By Leave a Comment
CAR Magazine, Ramsay Media’s biggest selling title, has recently launched its exciting new Android app aimed at motoring enthusiasts, available exclusively in South Africa at the Samsung online apps store. In a move that marks a first for this country’s smartphone market, the CARmagApp will also be pre-loaded onto all new Samsung tablets from the second quarter of this year. The application is now available on Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablet devices. CARmagApp provides the latest … [Read more...]
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Impressive Performance by Driven by Strong Subscriber Acquisition and Data Take-up
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Cape Town - Despite the implementation of compulsory SIM card-registration in most of its operations, and intense competition, MTN Group has experienced an impressive increase in subscriber numbers; this has offset the detrimental effects of the social unrest in the Middle East and African regions. MTN Group released results for the year-ended 31 December 2011, reporting a 16.2% growth in group subscriber numbers to 164.5 million, and a 6.3% increase in revenues to R121.884 billion. The … [Read more...]
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Stay in Cape Town on a Budget
6 March, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cape Town caters for everyone - the well heeled and the backpacker. Below is a Top 10 list of the cheapest accommodation available in Cape Town as listed on the SafariNow web site. For the purposes of this exercise we only considered 'per person sharing' rates, self catering, guest house and backpacker establishments and excluded caravan and camping sites (Click each link to get the latest rates): From R80 per person: Green Elephant Backpackers - Backpacker in Observatory. Friendly … [Read more...]
Wine Tasting Invitation – Taj Hotel – Wed, 7th March
6 March, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Dear Friend Fellow Winelover, Taj Cape Town has the pleasure of showcasing the incredible diversity of the wine, food and people of the Cape winelands through our Expressions of…series. We begin our journey through the world’s most beautiful winelands by presenting Expressions of Wellington Paarl and thereby wish to invite you to a private tasting of wines from Andreas, Bosman Family Vineyards and Doolhof Estate, all which express the inherent character of the variety and their place of … [Read more...]
Western Cape Plans to be Most Connected Province in SA
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Following Helen Zille's recent announcement to put the Western Cape ahead of the rest of the country, in terms of planning a stronger telecommunications infrastructure, it is said that the province will spend up to R4bn on network connectivity over the next two years. The aim is to ensure that every Capetonian has access to cheap and fast broadband services. South Korea has the world's fastest internet connectivity services. The country also has the highest number of DSL connections per head, … [Read more...]
Stay in Luxury in one of these Top 5 Cape Town Establishments
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We deal with a number of guest houses in Cape Town and list many for free in the MyCapeTown Directory and recently went to local accommodation booking site, SafariNow to see who was offering the highest per person rates for accommodation on offer from the 2841 establishments listed. The Top 5 rates below are all based on advertised per person sharing rates - click the links to check the present pricing. Cape Town Top 5: From R3 500 per person: Tintswalo Atlantic - a Lodge in Hout Bay. … [Read more...]
SOLD OUT: Jacques de Savoye Day: Harvest Festival 2012
29 February, 2012 By Leave a Comment
We invite you to join us at the annual Vrede en Lust ‘De Savoye Harvest Festival’ on Saturday 3 March 2012. On De Savoye Day, we celebrate the 2012 grape harvest; honour the founder of Vrede en Lust; release a number of new wines and have a lot of fun! This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the new winery and 324 years of passion, since Jacques de Savoye founded Vrede en Lust in 1688! There are only 120 tickets available and a number of last year’s guests have already applied for … [Read more...]
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Harvest Festival 2012 – Save the date
25 February, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Come join is for the Wellington Harvest Festival in March. This entry was posted on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012 at 11:35 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...]
International Executives to visit Cape Town for Next Generation Mining Africa Summit
24 February, 2012 By Leave a Comment
From 27 to 29 March 2012, the Arabella Western Cape Hotel & Spa in South Africa will play host to a 65-strong consortium of CEOs and Senior Corporate Officers from small, mid and large cap mining companies attending the latest Next Generation Mining Summit (NG Mining). Positioned at the very pinnacle of their industry, this year's Summit promises to be the most well respected and best-attended event for the Mining industry in Africa during 2012. Top C-level executives will be present to … [Read more...]
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