9 Jul 2013

Lifestyle

Can you engage effectively with your employees?

Technology has turned the world in which we live upside-down, says Lia Marus and asks: how can you effectively engage your employees?

Still on the employee front, a mining framework agreement has been signed, unfortunately without the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU).

The mining sector has been hit by unreasonable wage demands and it seems as though some in labour are oblivious to the damage they are doing to the industry.

No business can afford unreasonable wage demands... something has to give: either the company goes under, and everyone loses their jobs, or it cuts staff and an unfortunate number are out on the street, and/or it takes the mechanised route - and that still leads to fewer jobs.

No-one is saying miners should work for a pittance, but demanding astronomical increases is just plain stupid.

Hoof would have thought of it... 10 top media personalities took to the Twitterverse to help raise funds for the charity of their choice in the #BeTheStud campaign - and they made a difference for charity.

Our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser is a heady blend of city chic and country charm, so it's no wonder he sees those same qualities in the Volvo CC.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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Registration open for UCT Dance Conference this week
[Debbie Hathway] Dance, Religion and Spirituality is the theme of the UCT School of Dance's seventh international dance conference entitled Confluences, which runs on campus from 11-13 July 2013. Read more >>
Enjoy a right Royal time
[Brian Berkman]
Volvo CC blends city chic with country charm
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor]

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The Last Moustache sells out at Grahamstown
Adolf Hitler's reign of terror finally ended on 30 April, 1945, when he committed suicide together with his long-time partner, Eva Braun, to avoid capture. But what if he didn't? Read more >>

Debut album from The Nomadic Orchestra
The Cape Town-based instrumental dance band The Nomadic Orchestra have just released their debut album, Move Your Things, which features material comprising every era of the band's existence since their inception in 2009. The band recorded the album at Sound & Motion Studios in Cape Town with Simon "Fuzzy" Ratcliffe. Read more >>


Food & Wine
Celebrate spring at Franschhoek Uncorked Festival
Celebrate the arrival of spring at the Franschhoek Uncorked Festival 7-8 September 2013, when the area welcomes the warmer weather by showcasing its new vintages and releases. Read more >>

Tsogo Sun becomes a sponsor of the Amorim Cap Classique Challenge
Tsogo Sun will, from this year, join Amorim as sponsor of the wine industry competition for Cap Classique wines, the Cap Classique Challenge, which will now be known as the Amorim Tsogo Sun Cap Classique Challenge. Read more >>


Motoring
Volvo CC blends city chic with country charm
[Henrie Geyser: motoring editor] Way back in 1994 Toyota became the first vehicle manufacturer to introduce a "Light Sports Utility Vehicle" to the world in the shape of its RAV4 (Recreational Active Vehicle with four-wheel Drive) and since then several others have joined the party, with each trying to outdo the rest - and now Volvo has taken it even further by crossing a station-wagon and hatchback with an SUV and dubbing it the V40 Cross Country. Read more >>


Travel
Enjoy a right Royal time
[Brian Berkman] Freshly back from cruising Scandinavia and St Petersburg with Royal Caribbean, I am already planning my next cruise. Once the cruise bug bites, land-based travel seems less appealing even when there is the prospect of staying at so many superb hotels. Read more >>

SA travellers surveyed on Mile High Club
Online travel agency Travelstart recently carried out its Inflight Sex Survey on 7,600 South African travellers. The results reveal that more South Africans are cottoning on to the idea of the Mile High Club. Read more >>

The Cape Country Meander - a journey through our history
The Cape Country Meander is steeped in history, although few would know it just by passing through. History and culture is so ingrained into life on the Meander that historical gems may pop up when you least expect them. From old ox wagon ruts to historical buildings and mills, and the stories of families who have lived along The Cape Country Meander for generations. Read more >>


Movies
Despicable Me 2 is mayhem on speed as the imagination runs wild
[Daniel Dercksen] Fun, fun, fun! And then some more is what Despicable Me 2 offers with passion and absolute pleasure. There's a Minion and Gru in all of us and with its superb sequel, Illumination Entertainment CEO Chris Meledandri and his acclaimed filmmaking team have created an ultimate comedy adventure. Read more >>

Killer Joe reveals the monstrous face of evil
[Daniel Dercksen] Nothing is more terrifying than when the dark side of human nature reveals its monstrous face as in the enthralling Killer Joe, which questions whether every life has a price. That is the question facing a small-time drug peddler (Emile Hirsch: Into the Wild, Milk, Taking Woodstock). Read more >>


Music
Billy Talent to play in Cape Town and Pretoria
Canadian punk rock band Billy Talent are returning to South Africa for a two-date tour in August. The quartet will kick off their tour with a date in Cape Town on 23 August at the City Hall Auditorium, before heading up to Pretoria for a Post aKOPPPIlyptic Punk Picnic at the Botanical Gardens on 24 August, 2013. Read more >>


Other
SA launches choose-your-own-erotic-destiny book concept
The first in a series of choose-your-own-erotic-destiny novels, A Girl Walks into a Bar by South African 'author' Helena S Paige, shall be released in nineteen countries, launching globally as an ebook on 15 July 2013 and as a paperback in November. Read more >>


Theatre
Boy Meets Boy is a marriage made in heaven
[Daniel Dercksen] Capetonians are in for two same-sex marriages taking place on stage this month, with Boy Meets Boy, which is now on at the Artscape Arena, and The Rocky Horror Show, which previews on 10 July at the Fugard Theatre. Read more >>


Galleries

Cavendish Square Celebrity Kitchen Challenge

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New events to diarise

Trinity Funktion Room's Upcoming Events
3 Jul 2013 to 31 Dec 2013 Cape Town
What do you want to change?
Health Works - 11 Jul 2013 Cape Town
Skye Wilson Album Launch
Skye Management - 25 Jul 2013 Cape Town
Model Competition
27 Jul 2013 Fochville
1 Square Mile - The Musical by Meshack Mavuso
Leruo Mpumelelo Media - 11 Aug 2013 Johannesburg
The Herald Clover Kids & Baby Expo
Harwood Events & Promotions - 27 Sep 2013 to 29 Sep 2013 Port Elizabeth


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Health Works - 11 Jul 2013 Cape Town
The Key to Living The Law of Attraction Seminar
Rivoningo Life Coaching - 13 Jul 2013 Johannesburg
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HYPE MEDIA - 13 Jul 2013 to 14 Jul 2013 Cape Town


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