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Spice up your V day

Tomorrow is that dreaded or expectant Valentine's Day, depending on your situation or inclination. However, whatever your outlook, there can't be a much better way to celebrate ol' St. Valentine than with a delicious home cooked meal for your loved one(s). A great improvement on showing your affection via cheesy bears and balloons. Our favorite foodie contributor, Nina Timm, shares her special V day recipe; spicy Jalapeno Burgers with Blue Cheese Sauce, a meal guaranteed to heat things up.

In music news Natalie Jardine reports back on Fokof's lively performance at the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert and Megan Holt on the second and slick Cape Town Electronic Music Festival. Plush announce their farewell tour and The Soweto Gospel Choir is booked to perform two international Madiba Tribute Concerts.

Check our galleries of both the Fokofpolisiekar show and the CTEMF event, as well as the Pirelli Calendar launch and the Nokia Cape Tens Rugby Tournament.

Competitions this week see you stand the chance to win tickets to Park Acoustics in Pretoria and to next Sunday's Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert featuring The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra.

Happy Valentine's Day for tomorrow! Go spread some love!

Ruth Cooper, Lifestyle Co-editor & Production Manager (@Biz_Lounge)

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Spice it up on Valentines's Day!
[Nina Timm] Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and although I have made two delicious desserts, my better half will enjoy "man food", especially if it has a subtle hint of spice and heat Read more >>

CTEMF 2014 - An imagined community

Megan Holt

This was my first Cape Town Electronic Music Festival and, to be honest, the cynical, mocking part of me was dreading the thought of possibly being hoisted into a situation with underage Bambi-legged drunken girls and guys who say things like "traaatatatata" all night long.

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West End musical becomes local hit

Eugene Yiga

Thirty years after Blood Brothers made its debut, director David Kramer's adaptation became one of the theatrical highlights of 2013. Kramer first saw the Olivier Award-winning musical in the 1980s and was impressed by its emotional impact.

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FPK goes (Kirsten)Bos(ch)

Natalie Jardine

A Fokofpolisiekar gig at Kirstenbosch Gardens... Not only is it the perfect way to end off the Up The Creek weekend, it's also the perfect way for an 'older' fan like myself, to enjoy my favourite band without having to battle through a crowd of Millennials with questionable hygiene.

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Music
Soweto Gospel Choir invited to Mandela tributes
The Soweto Gospel Choir has been invited to perform at two separate international Nelson Mandela tributes in February and March, 2014. Read more >>

Plush announce their farewell tour
Plush recently announced on Facebook that The Postcard Tour, in April 2014, will be the band's last, bringing to an end a story spanning 17 years, four albums, two EPs, numerous singles, and thousands of gigs from intimate lounges to raucous festivals. Read more >>

Theatre
Performing Arts & Arts Management programme launched
Call to all Community-based Theatre Groups: Strategic Intervention Programme to empower, develop and create employment for the Youth. Read more >>

Art
Film as a tool for social transformation
More than 20 film clubs will head into Joburg's townships this weekend to discuss how the arts can change lives, at the second annual Film Clubs Conference. Read more >>

Cape Town's Leonardo da Vinci exhibition extends stay
The organisers of the 'Da Vinci - The Genius' exhibition have announced the extension of the Cape Town exhibition's run by a further six weeks, due to public demand. Read more >>

Sport
Jean de Villiers named SA's Player of the Year
Springbok captain Jean de Villiers on Wednesday, 12 February 2014, became only the sixth player to be named South African Rugby Player of the Year more than once, while Eben Etzebeth was named the Young Player of the Year for 2013 for the second successive season at a ceremony at the Lyric Theatre at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg. Read more >>

Inaugural World Club ProAm set to tee-off this weekend
There's a few days remaining in the countdown to the start of the first-ever World Club ProAm, presented by the PGA of South Africa, which swings into action from 15 - 22 February 2014 in KwaZulu-Natal. Read more >>

Sport brings people together

Issued by Corporate Games

What is the Cape Town Corporate Games and why should businesses participate? Numerous companies have realised that the only way to truly understand the concept of this unique multi-sports festival is to experience it for themselves. Read more >>

Win
Investment advice for R3.5-million dream home prize

Issued by Private Property

Private Property partnered with Top Billing, a primetime lifestyle TV show, to bring one lucky winner what could be the largest prize ever given away in Africa: a R5-million lifestyle that includes a R3.5-million apartment in Cape Town. Read more >>


International

New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards: 2014 Finalists
NEW YORK CITY, US: New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards announced its 2014 International Television & Film Awards Finalists. Read more >>


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Sand Mandala of Compassion
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Kirstenbosch Concerts - 11 Feb 2014 to 23 Feb 2014 Cape Town

Decadent Valentine's Cuisine at the Townhouse
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Medical
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Retail
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Government
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Agriculture
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Building
PPC prepares to enter Algerian cement market

GreenBiz
Wind energy wafts into SA's power grid from west coast - Sue Blaine

HR & Recruitment
Invitation to enter for entrepreneur competition
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Manufacturing
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Education
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Tourism
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ICT
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Logistics
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BA showcases GBP5 billion investment

Lifestyle & Entertainment
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Automotive
Fiat reorganises after completion of the purchase of Chrysler Group LLC
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