25 Oct 2011 |
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Motoring
The Cape Town Bike Festival (CTBF), which celebrates bikes and biking culture, will be held at the Cape Town Stadium from 16 to18 December, 2011, starting every day with a breakfast run and ending long after sunset. Read more >>
Travel
African Pride 15 on Orange Hotel is the latest Protea Hospitality Group property in Cape Town to receive a multi-million rand capital cash injection that will see a new conference centre built and various facilities at the superior deluxe hotel upgraded. Read more >>
Fashion
The 151st running of the L'Ormarins Queen's Plate will be held at Kenilworth Racecourse on Saturday, 7 January, 2012. First run in 1861 in honour of Queen Victoria, the event will be a day of fine dining and world-class entertainment. Read more >>
A new online fashion magazine and portal, a fashion friend, launches this month with the aim of bringing forth fresh talent for the fresh fashion generation. Read more >>
Music
The Radio Kalahari Orkes has collaborated with Valiant Swart and Chris Chameleon, and joined Jack Parow at Oppikoppi 2010, to bring out a new film, "Die Geheim van Slangfontein", and a CD, "Radio Kalahari Orkes - Grootste Treffers". Read more >>
International rockers Seether will be the headline act at the Cape Town Bike Festival, which takes place at the Cape Town Stadium from 16 to 18 December, 2011, the organisers have announced. Read more >>
Goldfish will soon be returning from their 2011 European Tour and prepare for a season of South African shows, starting on 13 November, 2011, at the Durban Botanical Gardens when they perform at the Old Mutual Music In The Gardens event. In mid-November the band will release a new album: "Get Busy Living - Remixed". Read more >>
The line-up of artists for the 2011 Old Mutual Summer Sunset Concerts at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, which starts on 20 November, 2011, and runs until 1 April, 2012, has been announced. There will be a mix of old and new from a variety of musical genres. Read more >>
Rugby
[Corné Krige] I have said this a couple of times, but I am going to say it again. A week in rugby is a long time! I did predict a week ago that the All Blacks would be crowned world champions, but that is just about the only thing I predicted correctly. I really felt that it would be a one-sided final and that the All Blacks would win comfortably by no less than 14 points. Read more >>
Digital
[Duncan McLeod & Craig Wilson] President Jacob Zuma's decision to redeploy communications minister Roy Padayachie and his deputy, Obed Bapela, has drawn mixed reaction from the information and communications technology industry, with one analyst saying he was "stunned" by the move and that it would delay several important projects, including the migration to digital terrestrial television. Read more >>
[Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk] When the new communications minister was shifted out of her role as deputy minister of the department last year and into the presidency, I wondered if she breathed a huge sigh of relief. And I wonder now whether she is really as happy as she seems about going back, in spite of being promoted to full minister? Read more >>
Regulatory
[Paul Vecchiatto] The Competition Appeals court hearings into the Wal-Mart/Massmart merger turned mainly around labour and economic efficiency issues that the giant US retailer could bring into the local market. Read more >>
Motion Pictures and Film
Cape Town movie director Tim Greene has scooped the Audience Choice award for "Skeem" at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, according to Channel24 and Sowetan Live. "Skeem" is a comedy adventure story about a group of small-time crooks and greedy holiday-makers who scheme to get their hands of a box of cash at a run-down resort. Read more >>
Farming
Fine Art
Commercial Law
Manufacturing
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] The BMW 1 Series has shed its drab, rather cheap-looking interior and boring boxy body to mature into a really sexy premium compact hatch with a snazzy, youthful cabin and a cute and cocky stance. Read more >> More Motoring news...
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