• Summer is the season to enjoy live music and fresh farm air in the beautiful outdoors. You won’t want to miss an evening of chilled-out, laid-back sounds while the sun sets over Spier Werf. Between 18h00 and 20h00, you can dance, tap your feet, lounge on the lawn and spend quality time with friends and family. Mapumba Cilombo is bringing the tunes to entertain you. The multi-skilled musician – he’s a singer, songwriter, guitarist and DJ – hails from Congo and has spent time in Zambia before arriving in South Africa. Inspired by folk melodies and Afropop, Mapumba’s international sound…

    Tashas Group opens its 16th South African store combining beautiful newness with old favourites. Pretoria has celebrated the arrival of its third tashas café at the Lynnwood Bridge Retail centre. The café – one of the top restaurants in Pretoria and the 15th tashas in South Africa and 16th for the Group with Le parc by tashas – is inspired by “Le Jardin Majorelle” in Marrakech. As with all of the tashas locations, tashas Lynnwood Bridge has two menus. The Classic Menu features favourite dishes from all tashas cafes, and the Inspired Menu, which is particular to each specific location. For tashas…

    Haloumi & Swiss chard gozleme with honey-roasted grapes More is more with this delicious and creamy Haloumi & Swiss chard gozleme with honey-roasted grapes. PREP TIME 20 min | TOTAL TIME 40 min | SERVES 4 INGREDIENTS ⅓ cup olive oil 2 cloves garlic, crushed 4 cups shredded swiss chard leaves 300 g red and black grapes, cut into small clusters 1 tbsp honey 3 tsp za’atar  2 tbsp oregano leaves 500 g firm fresh ricotta 225 g haloumi, coarsely grated  6 sheets filo pastry ½ tsp sumac METHOD PREHEAT the oven to 200°C. Line an oven tray with…

    Summer-style wines, festive gifting and on-site offerings aplenty: Waterford Estate is the place to be this summer. Perfectly timed with the start of December and South Africa’s favourite season, Waterford Estate is proud to share their selection of summer-style wines with visitors from both near and far.  Summer-style wines Proudly offering an estate collection including crowd favourites like the Waterford Rose-Mary – an elegant incarnation of a Blanc de Noir made with Shiraz, Mourvèdre, Malbec, Cinsaut, Tempranillo and Sangiovese cultivars and ideal for the sunny days to follow.  For lovers of Chenin blanc, the ‘Waterford Old Vine Chenin blanc’ boasts grapes…

    Stand the chance to win one of 6 bottles of Cape Town Gin from Cape Town Gin & Spirits Company this festive season! Congratulations to our winners! Berrenice De Hahn Patricia Moore Duncan Brown Paul Karam Yolandi Roets Thabani Xaba The Cape Town Gin & Spirits Company (est. 2015) launched the super-premium Cape Town Gin brand as a truly South African gin. Distilled and bottled locally, their gins have a distinctly South African flavour and celebrate the vibrant diversity and inspiring creative energy of Cape Town. All you need to do to stand the chance to win one of these…