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* The ANC has taken the City of Cape Town to the Cape Town High Court, about the change in its logo last year without obtaining public input. The logo was widely criticized when it was launched. The political party estimates the cost of rolling out the new logo at R8 million.
* Nederburg Auction 2015 keynote speaker Robert Joseph will share Continue reading →
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* The economy contracted in the first quarter of this year, and a further contraction is expected in the second quarter, putting the economy into recession, speculates The New Age. The mining sector is the biggest culprit, with a 25% decline in the first quarter of 2014.
* The Nederburg Auction will be held on 12 and 13 September, and will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Three Nederburg Edelkeur dessert wines (1979, 1993, and 2006 vintages) will be on offer, as will be Nederburg’s 12-year-old partially wood-fermented Chenin Blanc Reserve, a ten-year-old Riesling Private Bin S316, a five-year-old II Centuries Sauvignon Blanc, a Private Bin Semillon Noble Late Harvest 2000, Private Bin Gewűrztraminer Special Late Harvest 2000, and the 1989 and 1990 Eminence. A number of other Nederburg wines will go under the hammer. (received via De Kock Communications)
* The ANC has served papers on the City of Cape Town, requesting ‘a review of the decision of the council‘ about its new logo, in not having followed a process of public participation and its estimated cost of R8 million, reports The New Age. Continue reading →
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* The price of petrol will drop by 15 cents a litre on Wednesday, well-timed with Election Day some say cynically!
* MasterChef Australia, for many South Africans the benchmark of MasterChef programs, is facing the threat of being closed down if audience numbers don’t improve in its sixth season.
* The ANC is taking the City of Cape Town to court over its new logo, claiming that there was no public participation process for its approval. The City had previously announced that the new logo would not be implemented until after the election on Wednesday, but it is being used on all new communication material already! The cost for its design is also being disputed by the political party, for being exorbitant!
* A Canadian wine writer chose Mulderbosch Cabernet Sauvignon Rosé (no vintage revealed) as one of nine Rosé wines from around the world, and a (KWV) Cathedral Cellar Chardonnay 2012 for one of his four white wine recommendations.
* Franschhoek has been named as our country’s favourite Winelands destination, and the third most popular Continue reading →
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* Cape Town has a new feather in its cap, having been announced in Vancouver in Canada on Thursday as the WWF Global Earth Hour Capital 2014. Won in competition against 163 cities, including Colorado, Chicago, Cleveland in the USA; Seoul and Suwon in South Korea; Copenhagen; Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo; Antwerp; and Edmonton and Surrey in Canada, the accolade recognises Cape Town’s actions on climate change and its focus on creating a sustainable environment in the city. Cape Town’s reduction of its dependence on fossil fuels by retrofitting the City buildings, improving the energy efficiency of street and traffic lights, the introduction of its solar water heater program, the MyCiTi Bus network, the city centre cycle lanes, and the campaign to save electricity were recognised through the accolade.
* The potentially most crippling strike ever in Germany is the threatened 3 day Lufthansa pilot strike, from 2 – 4 April. which will ground all planes of the airline.
* Europe and the UK turned back the clock to Summer time today, Europe being in the same time zone as South Africa, and the UK Continue reading →