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Three venues, one delicious waterblommetjie celebration in the Boland
Three Paarl venues celebrate the indigenous waterblommetjie with food, wine and family entertainment at the annual Waterblommetjie Festival.
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Your curated guide to community happenings in the Helderberg
Helderberg community events in August and September include a Hospice AGM, breast cancer talk, book sale, senior club music morning and an 80s fundraiser.
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Ghost Corner claims top honour at SA Terroir Wine Awards
Ghost Corner Wines claims top prize at SA Terroir Wine Awards for second consecutive year with Sémillon from Elim Ward.
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Mr Bubbles: Winemaker Pieter Ferreira to receive lifetime achievement award in London
Pieter Ferreira will receive the International Wine Challenge Lifetime Achievement Award on 7 September, becoming only the second South African honoured with the accolade.
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Kaaps Dictionary provides access ‘tôt vannie outsti tali in Syt Afrieka’
For the first time in history the so-called slave lingua franca is codified in a dictionary, which serves as a historic reference resource that describes the development of Kaaps words.
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Dirtopia Mid-Year Trail Run returns to Muratie Wine Estate
The Mid-Year Trail Run at Muratie Wine Estate on 28 June offers 6 km and 11 km routes through Stellenbosch’s scenic Simonsberg landscape.
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Gordon’s Bay local’s garments colour World Cup opening
Local fashion designer Sanette van Schalkwyk of Shifting Sands African Couture has taken local design to one of the biggest sporting stages in the world. Colourful garments designed by the…
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Firehorse restaurant rises from the ashes at Vergelegen
When a kitchen fire struck Stables Restaurant, Vergelegen turned disaster into opportunity and Firehorse galloped in to keep the estate alive.
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Learn to draw camellias at Vergelegen masterclass
Sally Arnold leads a one-day botanical art masterclass at Vergelegen, home to Africa’s only International Camellia Garden of Excellence.
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Vergenoegd Löw among the world’s top 100 sustainable hotels
Vergenoegd Löw is named among the Top 100 Sustainable Hotels of the World, celebrating 330 years of heritage-led regenerative luxury hospitality.