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Rock 'n' roll kings Oh sweet fans of rock 'n' roll, better ready yourselves to be liberally anointed with sugar and lead to the city of paradise; Kings of Chaos, with the addition of Steve Tyler this time round, return to South Africa at the end of 2014. Tickets are on sale tomorrow! In other top story news, Sindy Peters develops her palate at the new venue launch of Chef Matt Manning's monthly One Ingredient events, Brian Berkman hops "all" aboard the luxurious Blue Train, and Eugene Yiga interviews actress Sandra Prinsloo about her role in play, Oscar and the Pink Lady. We have two new competitions for you this week; festival merchandise and tickets to the Electric Vines NYE bash in the Robertson Valley, and Park Acoustics in Pretoria featuring Boo! are all up for grabs! Have a winning weekend! Ruth Cooper, Lifestyle Co-editor & Production Manager (@Biz_Lounge)
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| Kings of Chaos, the super-group featuring some of the very best rock musicians, are returning to SA to play at the Sun City Superbowl at 8pm on Saturday, 29 November and Grand Arena, GrandWest, Cape Town at 8pm on Wednesday, 3 December, 2014. read more>>
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Sindy Peters How many courses can you prepare using, say, mushrooms, fennel, or perhaps bacon? Can you imagine a delicious dessert with fennel in it? Chef Matt Manning can; showing off his culinary skills at the One Ingredient new venue launch, he conjured up a titillating tasting menu. Read more >> | Brian Berkman Table Mountain, Karoo windmills, diamonds from Kimberly and wave-pounded shores of Cape Town are some of the themes of artwork on The Blue Train - the self-anointed window to the soul of South Africa. Read more >> | Eugene Yiga South African actress Sandra Prinsloo, perhaps best known for her role as Kate Thomson in the 1980 film The Gods Must Be Crazy, chats about her early career, memorable experiences, and the new production of her award-winning play. Read more >> |
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 | The four finalists for Vodacom Open The City have now been chosen by the judging panel. They are: PH Fat, The Kiffness, The Plastics, and Bye Beneco. Vodacom is now giving the power to music fans to decide which one of the four will be named Open The City winner and share the stage with Vodacom In The City's international acts: Rudimental, MGMT, Crystal Fighters and The Presets. read more>> | |  | In celebration of The Order of Never Hide, Ray-Ban has posed some challenges at this year's Oppikoppi Festival in Northam, Limpopo. You can attempt the challenges online, and enter The Order of Never Hide by completing all five challenges to stand a chance to win a trip to London with a friend to be inducted into the Order. read more>> | |  | The focal point of the next CPO season will be a gala concert with violinist Shlomo Mintz, one of the all-time international concert greats, who will play the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto on 21 August at Artscape Opera. read more>> | |  | On 23 August, 2014, the Holi Festival of Colours will be coming to the Bidvest Wanderers Cricket Stadium, Joburg. The festival fuses some top electronic dance music with a positive message of hope and inspiration. read more>> | | |
 | Daniel Dercksen Lasse Hallström's The-Hundred-Foot Journey is a deliciously sumptuous feast for the senses. In the film, Hassan Kadam (Manish Dayal) is a culinary ingénue with the gastronomic equivalent of perfect pitch. read more>> | | |
 | In anticipation of the Live Art Festival, the Gordon Institute for Performing and Creative Arts (GIPCA) presents the second of two Pre-Life events, introducing some of the themes around which the 2014 Festival has been curated. Pre-Life 2 will take place on Thursday, 21 August, 2014, at Hiddingh Hall, UCT Hiddingh Campus, Cape Town. read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Open Window Institute The Cool Capital and Tshwane spring campaign launch will be taking place on Friday, 29 August, at the Open Window campus in Southdowns, Centurion... read more>> | | |
 | Eat Out has announced a new title sponsor and a new venue for its annual restaurant awards, to be held again this November. read more>> | |  | Eugene Yiga "There is only one reason to go to the V&A Waterfront, which is overpriced and has the feel of a giant globalised shopping mall," wrote The New York Times a few years ago: "Sevruga." read more>> | | |
 | Evan-Lee Courie Approximately 20km from Cape Town City Centre, you'll find The Sir David, a four-star Boutique Guest House, just metres away from the Small Bay Beach in Bloubergstrand. read more>> | |  | Ilse van den Berg Mandela Rhodes Place, part of the Three Cities hotel group, is situated opposite the St George's Cathedral in the buzzing heart of the Mother City. Not the average 'hotel feel', Mandela Rhodes Place was born out of the restoration and integration of four historic buildings around a contemporary tower block. read more>> | | |
 | Jessica Taylor While the concept of a mobile nail technician is nothing new, a business that manages a 'skulk' of them is. Tové de Chazal and Emma Gallo have hit the nail on the head with the launch of FoxBox - a mobile nail service offering treatments in the corporate space and more recently, your home. read more>> | | |
 | Henrie Geyser: motoring editor Megane has been flying the Renault colours for a number of years so it comes as no surprise that the French car maker served up some of the same potent abracadabra it has brought to Formula 1 racing when it recently unveiled its latest flagship three-model range destined for local shores. read more>> | | |
 | Issued by Private Property Win A Home is an exciting new property-related reality show starting on 21 August, at 8pm on SABC3... read more>> | | |  | TOKYO, JAPAN: Robin Williams fans are asking Nintendo to name a character in the next instalment of its popular "Legend of Zelda" series after the Oscar-winning actor, who died last week. read more>> | | | More International | |
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