Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines
* SAA flights could be disrupted from today onwards as the South African Transport & Allied Workers’ Union go on a threatened strike for all of this week. SAA has said that it has measures in place to prevent any service disruption.
* The bill banning the advertising and sponsorship of alcoholic beverages will go to Parliament as is, to allow comment on it to be received thereafter.
* Cape Town actress Robyn Scott has won the Best Actress Award at the Edinburgh Fringe, against Dame Janet Suzman and others, for her performance in the play set in Sea Point’s ‘London Road‘. The play was one of 2871 performed at the festival. (via e-mail from Alexander Bar, whose co-owner Nicholas Spagnoletti wrote the play)
* The Peninsula All-Suite Hotel’s Sunset Restaurant in Sea Point is pairing its four course dinner with wines from Joostenberg on Thursday 29 August. (via e-mail from Communication Services Africa)
* Premium Independent Wineries of South Africa has been praised in Scotland for its ‘staggeringly good wines‘!
Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com Twitter: @WhaleCottage
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