Woolworths sponsored Martha Stewart‘s first ever visit to Cape Town, and CEO Simon Sussman introduced her to the stage at the breakfast presentation at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Martha spoke for an hour about the success of her company and described the portfolio of magazines, books, TV shows and product ranges she has [...]
Browsing the blog archives for February, 2010
28 Feb 10
28 Feb 10
Hidden away in Stellenbosch Kloof is L’Olivier wine and olive estate. John & Joan Olivier escaped the remnants of the UK winter for a weeks in Cape Town and requested a visit to the wine estate with their namesake. Farm manager Andre provided a warm welcome to L’Olivier wine and olive estate, which is mainly marketed [...]
22 Feb 10
Editors Shirley Gunn and Zukiswa Puwana introduced ‘Looking Inside’ at the Book Lounge last week and we were privileged to meet four of the participants in the book. Our first speaker, Vuyiswa Kama explained that while growing up she felt that being born with Albinism was a curse for the family. This book provided her [...]
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13 Feb 10
Stadefrance, the management company for Greenpoint stadium, started offering tours this week. The tour begins at the new visitors centre and lasts for around 45 minutes. They are worthwhile for anybody wanting to see areas of the stadium which you wouldn’t normally see during a match or concert. The stadium is divided into four zones which were well-signposted as blue, green, [...]
11 Feb 10
The Book Lounge launched ‘Engleish, our Engleish (Common errors in South African English and how to resolve them), with a thought provoking discussion chaired by Hector Tshabalala and author John Linnegar. Hector introduced the discussion with a profound statement, “English can be a very difficult language, especially the pronunciation.” A daily challenge faced by ordinary [...]
11 Feb 10
Mbali Creazzo launched the book 29 Gifts by author Cami Walker in Exclusive Books, Cavendish Square last week. Walker was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006, one month after her wedding and began a downward spiral into depression and defeat. During a phone call to her former neighbour Mbali Creazzo, Mbali prescribed her to [...]
10 Feb 10
The second ‘soft’ opening of the Greenpoint stadium was a great success for the 40,000 spectators who attended the rugby festival, Cape Stormers Vs Boland Invitational XV. After warm welcomes from Executive Mayor, Alderman dan Plato and Premier, Helen Zille the crowd were treated to a warm up from South African and International rugby legends. Spectators applauded Schalk Burger (who [...]
4 Feb 10
Wine blending – the ideal event for a group of guests in the wine region. FirstCity Partnership Limited from London entertained their international guests attending the Mining Indaba in Cape Town by treating them to a wine blending event at Rickety Bridge winery, Franschhoek. The 37 guests were organised into six teams and each given [...]
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