BY MADELEINE MORROW, JUNE 30 2016 You have booked the flight via Doha, forked out for a visa, and secured a cousin’s sofa bed. Pack an umbrella, and you are ready for London. Now take a deep breath as you exchange almost R20 for each pound coin. London is expensive, even for locals. For…
Jame Halliday | Halliday Wine Companion 2017 | Hardie Grant Publishing 9781743791721 | A$39.99 | 4 August Keenly anticipated each year by winemakers, collectors and wine lovers, the Halliday Wine Companion is recognised as the industry benchmark for Australian wine. The 2017 edition has been completely revised to bring you up-to-the-minute information. In his inimitable style, Halliday…
Acknowledgements : Moneyweb ‘Little Shop’ promotion sums up the group’s shrewdness, perfectly. Hilton Tarrant | 29 July 2016 00:01 The last thing I ever thought I’d be writing about is miniature grocery items. Toys. Then again, the last thing I ever thought I’d be discussing with friends (and seeing plastered all over social media) is…
MEET THE MINIS Albany Superior White Bread All Gold Tomato Sauce Clover Fresh Milk Colgate Original Toothpaste Dove Bath Soap Handy Andy Ammonia Fresh Flora Fat Spread Head & Shoulders Classic Clean Shampoo Liqui-Fruit Fruit Juice Blend Beacon Pink & White Marshmallows Omo Auto Washing Powder Clover Krush 100% Orange Fruit Juice Pampers Pants…
The BBC has announced that a number of websites, including BBC Food and Newsbeat, are to close as part of plans to save £15m. The online News Magazine will also close but “long-form journalism” will continue under a current affairs banner. Local news indexes for more than 40 geographical areas around the country will…
HC and Red magazine hunt for African cookery star Published May 6, 2016 by Natasha Onwuemezi HarperCollins has joined forces with lifestyle magazine Red to find a new cookery star to bring their style of African cookery to the masses. Entrants are asked to select their category of cuisine (West, South, North or East…
Acknowledgements : Moneyweb Thoughts on Starbucks pricing in South Africa Premium, sure, but we should not expect R50 cups of coffee! Hilton Tarrant | 18 April 2016 00:45 The first Starbucks store in South Africa (and indeed Sub-Saharan Africa) opens in Rosebank on Thursday with expectations very high. Few overseas chains and brands are capable of capturing attention (and…
The Wine pages on Books Etc South Africa have been revised and there are now separate pages for South African red wines South African white wines South African dessert wines Wines of the World The wines listed are those that I have tasted and most of which I have enjoyed. Only a few are not to…
Earlier this year my wife and I were in the Cape on a long-overdue wine tasting trip and the results of our visit – what we bought – can be found on the Wine pages on the Books Etc South Africa website. Among the wineries we visited were : Bilton, Bon Courage, De Wetshof, Diemersfontein,…
From a Pick n Pay till slip dated 30 March 1996 US$1.00 = R3.9285 (Nedcor Economic Unit) PnP 2-ply toilet rolls (9) R21.35 (Brand?) petit pois (500g) R8.75 PnP whole chicken (mass?) R11.29 Kerrygold butter (250g) R3.95 Eskort Russian sausages (500g) R9.85 Eskort beef sausages (500g) R10.15 Omo washing powder (1kg) R8.69 Carmel…