I have been waiting for Braai For Heritage Day for months now. We are only a few days away as the day is this Wednesday (24 September). It is a public holiday here in South Africa. It has always been known as Heritage Day then last year the nation also used the day to start [...]

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I was deeply saddened to wake up this morning and hear that Bernie Mac (real name: Bernard Jeffery McCullough) has passed away at the age of 50. The actor and comedian passed away in the early hours of Saturday (9 August 2008) from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital. We have certainly [...]

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On this day in two months time, we will be celebrating Braai4Heritage. Most of us had gotten to know this public holiday as being National Braai Day but it has now been changed to Braai4Heritage due to the fact that 24 September has always been Heritage Day in South Africa.
I have in my possession, the [...]

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This weekend, a friend of mine asked me to go flat hunting with him. I was more than happy to do so. There are many great appartments in Cape Town and one really needs to do quite a bit of viewing before you find what you are looking for. There are a lot of factors [...]

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I am a bit slow when it comes to music as some of you may know. I will not have the latest music on my iPod nor know what is making the charts nor what everyone is listening to. I tend to get into songs after everyone else has listened to them and probably gotten [...]

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At the beginning of this year, I reviewed the beer Heineken in Rons Bar. I was not too friendly to the beer and only gave it a 3 out of 5. But fast forward 6 months later and as I write this today, I have to make a confession; I take back all the negativity [...]

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