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Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Proteas choke yet again and other sporting news ...

Share Proteas choke yet again in major tour­na­ment The Proteas failed to shake off their unpleas­ant label of chokers with regard to their per­form­ances in major International Cricket Council (ICC) tour­na­ments, when they were unce­re­mo­ni­ously bundled out of the ICC Champions trophy in Centurion on Sunday. Graeme Smith’s men were defeated by a resur­gent England [...]

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Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Why support organic and local, and where to get it in Cape Town

Share Everyone's talk­ing organic and local. Eating organic is obvi­ously a lot bet­ter for you, given the lack of chem­ic­als used in grow­ing the food. But is it always the best choice for the planet? And where do you go to find it? Organic pro­duce is import­ant. We have spent a great deal of the 20th [...]

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Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Spring Photos of the Kirstenbosch Gardens

Share Spring has sprung in Cape Town's favour­ite garden — Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is world renowned for the beauty and diversity of the Cape flora it dis­plays and for the mag­ni­fi­cence of its set­ting against the east­ern slopes of Table Mountain ...

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Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Spring has Sprung

October Specials

Share In cel­eb­ra­tion of Spring and all that the com­ing Summer months offer us, we’ve put together a list of spe­cials in des­tin­a­tions offer­ing some­thing “sum­mery”. All spe­cials lis­ted below are valid for the month of October 2009 (unless oth­er­wise spe­cified) and are sub­ject to avail­ab­il­ity. The first thought of Spring brings to mind the [...]

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Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Win a 2 Night Getaway to the Big 5 Pilanesberg Park (closed)

Share WIN a 2-night get­away to Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge in the malaria-free, Big 5 Pilanesberg National Park, in the North West Province of South Africa, sponsored by South African Golfing & Safari Tours and SA-Venues.com. The 4 star, family-friendly Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge is situ­ated approx­im­ately 2 hours drive from OR Tambo International Airport in [...]

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Tuesday, 29 September 2009
Spring has Sprung

October Events and Festivals

Share To cel­eb­rate the full effect of Spring here are a few sug­ges­tions of pop­u­lar annual events and fest­ivals hap­pen­ing around South Africa in October. Western Cape Events Make your way to the charm­ing town of Standford for the Glendower Bird Fair from the 1st to the 4th October. Again sponsored by Glendower Whisky and [...]

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Monday, 28 September 2009
South African Hiking Trails

Orange Kloof Forest Trail

Share The day was per­fect for a hike – cool winds and blue skies over­head – and our group set off in anti­cip­a­tion of cool forests, moun­tain streams and beau­ti­ful views. We weren't dis­ap­poin­ted. Orange Kloof is a par­tic­u­larly beau­ti­ful, pro­tec­ted area above Hout Bay, which we entered via the Constantia Nek park­ing lot, through [...]

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Monday, 28 September 2009

International Poetry Festival in Durban

Share Poetry, the string­ing of words together in a rhyth­mical pat­tern that evokes emo­tion and reac­tion can be a per­form­ance, a read­ing of a rhyme or a com­pletely per­sonal exper­i­ence. From 5 to 10 October 2009 the 13th International Poetry fest­ival in Durban will show­case poetry from all around South Africa, Africa and the world.

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Monday, 28 September 2009

Muizenberg Photographs

Share Photographs taken on a Sunday morn­ing in Muizenberg. Intrinsically linked to the surf­ing cul­ture, Muizenberg’s waves are dot­ted with surfers of all ages on any given day, wait­ing for their moment to exper­i­ence the feel­ing. Muizenberg is an eclectic beach-side sub­urb on the False Bay Coast in Cape Town, with a col­our­ful mix of [...]

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Friday, 25 September 2009

Popular Cape Town Family-friendly Restaurants

Share Cape Town offers some beau­ti­ful loc­a­tions to spend time with your fam­ily in a relax­ing and play­ful atmo­sphere. On a con­stant quest to find per­fect fam­ily spots offer­ing healthy child-friendly food with an appet­iz­ing menu for adults, set in pleas­ant sur­rounds with play areas, here are some of the best exper­i­ences on offer ... Shoreline [...]

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Friday, 25 September 2009

Posticino in Sea Point

Share Its offi­cial; I LOVE Posticino!  It was the first res­taur­ant I had din­ner at when I moved to Cape Town nearly three years ago and although I am not a reg­u­lar vis­itor (I live in the Southern Suburbs and Posticino is across town on the Atlantic Seaboard), whenever I find myself on that side [...]

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Friday, 25 September 2009

Table Mountain by Greg Lumley

Share Table Mountain pho­to­graphs by pop­u­lar Cape Town wed­ding pho­to­grapher, Greg Lumley. Table Mountain has made it into the final round of the New 7 Wonders of Nature con­test — so may we take this oppor­tun­ity to remind you to vote!

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Thursday, 24 September 2009

Self-drive the Mpumalanga Escarpment Route

Share Take a little escape on the Escarpment Route in Mpumalanga, a spe­cific sec­tion of the greater Panorama Route. Buckle up and head out on the road of the 'land of the rising sun' with a jour­ney depar­ture timed with the sun­rise. An early start ensures that all of the thirty plus points of interest [...]

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Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Bafana end losing streak and more sports news ...

Share Bafana end los­ing streak with nar­row vic­tory: Bafana Bafana broke their run of six con­sec­ut­ive losses when they defeated Madagascar 1–0 in an inter­na­tional friendly played at the GWK Stadium in Kimberley on Saturday after­noon. However, it was by no means an impress­ive per­form­ance by Bafana who seemed to lack ideas and urgency for the [...]

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Wednesday, 23 September 2009

Street Soccer Safari

Share 'The beau­ti­ful game' played by the beau­ti­ful people of South Africa in the beau­ti­ful sur­round­ings of Cape Town can be enjoyed by all vis­it­ors – beau­ti­ful or not. Celebrate the game of foot­ball and the uni­fy­ing spirit it gen­er­ates with a Street Soccer Safari, offered by Andulela Tours (sim­ilar tours can be arranged by [...]

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