{"id":60124,"date":"2014-08-06T19:45:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-06T17:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=60124"},"modified":"2014-08-07T14:06:56","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T12:06:56","slug":"whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-6-august-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/whaletales-tourism-food-and-wine-news-headlines-6-august-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 6 August"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WhaleTales\"<\/a>Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 South Africa is <\/strong><\/span><\/a>‘open for business, open for tourism<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and open for partnerships in many sectors’. \u00a0<\/em>This message was presented by President Jacob Zuma to the USA Chamber of Commerce African Business Initiative on Monday, running parallel to the United States – African Leaders Summit. The President reminded the Chamber that 600 American companies operate in our country, employing 150000 staff in total.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The American Congress has banned the use of styrofoam<\/strong><\/span><\/a> for take-away beverages and foods from 2016, due to it not being biodegradable. \u00a0Americans throw away 25 billion Styrofoam cups away annually.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 By 2020 all South Africans should have access to broadband<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, as part of a government-financed program via the National Development Plan, recognising the role of broadband in growing the economy and employment. \u00a0The service should be affordable, reliable, and secure. \u00a0 The Western Cape appears to be leading the broadband roll-out, Neotel implementing the service via the provincial government’s 384 buildings. \u00a0The province has committed to investing R3 billion on the service over the next three years.<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 To celebrate National Braai Day on Heritage Day (24 September), Leopard’s Leap and Weber will offer a braai of four meats and fish, served with the Leopard’s Leap Harvest Table salads and vegetable dishes, and desserts, at R300. Wines will be sold at cellar door prices. \u00a0(received via media release from Amplicon PR)<\/span><\/p>\n

* \u00a0Jackie Rab\u00e9, previously of Rickety Bridge, has been appointed the Sales and Marketing Director of Strandveld Vineyards, the southernmost wine estate in Africa. \u00a0The core strength of the company’s brands is ‘that it offers \u201cthe whole package\u201d \u2013 passionate people, a unique terroir, excellent wine and a remarkable story. \u00a0The rewarding aspect of being part of the Strandveld Vineyards team is working with wines from a relatively new growing region with a very special terroir and getting the message of this magic to wine lovers around the world’, <\/em>said Jackie.\u00a0<\/em>(received via media release from GC Communications)<\/p>\n

* \u00a0 The solo art show ‘<\/strong><\/span><\/a>Puberty<\/strong><\/span><\/a>‘<\/em>\u00a0by Mari\u00e9 Stander will open at Holden Manz in Franschhoek on Women’s Day. (received via e-mail from Holden Manz)<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \u00a0Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * \u00a0 South Africa is ‘open for business, open for tourism and open for partnerships in many sectors’. \u00a0This message was presented by President Jacob Zuma to the USA Chamber of Commerce African Business Initiative on Monday, running parallel to the United States – African Leaders Summit. The President […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,124,1918,266,528,22,516,21,19,293],"tags":[26896,20021,3639,2163,32378,30,19836,2305,9360,1538,1232,4911,26902,17151,26898,26899,26901,26296,26897,5,26895,26894,19482,32387,32373,10,365],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t