by Thando on 20 Jun 2013
Sunday Times adventure travel writer, Claire Keeton, and photographer Marianne Schwankhart have worked together to make sure you never have to spend another weekend at home wishing you were doing something more exciting.
They’ve collected 30 great weekend destinations and given you the lowdown on the adventure activities you can do in each – visit Waterval Boven and try climbing, a mountain bike trail or learn to fly fish; take your children on a hike to explore the sandstone formations of the Cederberg; go horse riding in the Drakensberg; or tackle an urban adventure and bungee jump from the Soweto cooling towers.
Decide where you want to go and they’ll tell you what adventures are waiting for you, or decide what activity you want to do and they’ll tell you the best weekend destinations to head for.
About the authors
Claire Keeton is senior Travel and Adventure Lifestyle writer at the Sunday Times. Marianne Schwankhart is a professional climber and full-time adventure photographer for the Sunday Times Travel Weekly. Together they travel the subcontinent in search for adventure activities as holiday destinations.
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by Thando on 19 Jun 2013
A lively and appreciative crowd of fans, journalists and friends welcomed the launch of well-known mechanic and radio personality Sagie Moodley’s book, Motoring’s Funny Bone, on Tuesday.
Moodley was in his usual good form in conversation with Melinda Ferguson, Drive editor at True Love magazine and author of Smacked and Hooked.
Terry Morris from publishers Pan Macmillan told the guests that her mother had been part of the inspiration for this book, as an avid listener to “A Word on Cars” on 702 Talk Radio on Friday nights with Adam Ford and Sagie Moodley, hosted by Leigh Bennie. Morris described how Moodley had come to the rescue of four Pan Macmillan female staffers one night when their car broke down at the Hector Petersen Museum. He told them to disconnect and then reconnect the battery, and it worked, much to their relief.
Melinda Ferguson kicked off the conversation with Moodley with the remark that she was a late driver herself and had decided to be a passenger rather than a driver until circumstances forced her behind the wheel. She asked Moodley the difference between being a writer and a mechanic. He said that writing a book is a lonely occupation, and very different from being a mechanic as they interact with people all the time.
Ferguson wanted to know what Moodley really thought about women and cars in these days when car manufacturers are making an effort to seduce women into the showroom. Moodley said that a woman will come and say, “My car is making a funny noise.” A man whose car is also making a funny noise will say, “Change my wheel bearings”. The woman’s problem is usually solved while the man will come back and say that his car is still making a noise! Moodley gallantly said that women nowadays are far more knowledgeable about cars than some know-it-all men!
Asked about his biggest challenge as a mechanic, Moodley said there are no hard cars, just terrible clients! Ferguson mentioned that the book displays a bit of a disparaging attitude towards the car industry. Moodley said that if car makers are putting out a good product they shouldn’t have to “kiss ass” or entice people with free gifts, for example.
On a final note, Ferguson said that Jeremy Clarkson is going to be severely worried about this book. A member of the audience asked why the show was taken off 702. To find the answer, one has to read the book.
From how to change a tyre to the pitfalls of car insurance and from buying your first car to knowing when you are being ripped off by a mechanic, Moodley shows the reader how to talk the talk and walk the walk when it comes to cars. Enjoy his hilarious outlook on women and cars, learn from the chapter on the Consumer Protection Act and read more about the unending debate on whether or not all mechanics are “the spawn of the devil”.
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by Linette on 19 Jun 2013
Michael de Jongh, author of Roots and Routes, and David wa Maahlamela, author of Sejamoledi, will be discussing their books at the National Arts Festival’s Wordfest in Grahamstown, which is being held from 29 June to 5 July.
Ilse Carla Groenewald’s Afrikamasutra, will also be discussed by Hetta Pieterse and Hardus Koekemoer.
Monday 1 July
Discussion on Afrikamasutra
11:30 AM (Seminar Room 2)
Cost: R10
Hetta Pieterse and Hardus Koekemoer launch the first ever Kama Sutra in Afrikaans – Afrikamasutra. Tasteful, artistic rendition of a world classic.
Thursday 4 July
Book Signing
12:30 PM (Von Schaik Bookshop
Cost: Free
Meet the author and book-signing. Peter-Dirk Uys, Craig Higginson, Mike De Jongh and Botsosto Jesters.
Discussion with visuals
3:30 PM (Seminar Room 2)
Cost: R10
Mike De Jongh launches Roots and routes: The Karretjie people of the Great Karoo. Moving, illustrated book about a marginalised first people.
Friday 5 July
Book Launches
11:30 AM (Seminar Room 2)
Cost: R10
New voices launch three novels. Shafinaaz Hassim (SoPhia), Reneilwe Malatji (Love, Interrupted) and David wa Maahlamela.
Book Signing
12:30 PM (Van Schaik Bookshop)
Cost: Free
Meet the author and book-signing. Jo-Anne Richards, Shafinaaz Hassim, Reneilwe Malatji and David wa Maahlamela.
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by Ceri on 18 Jun 2013
O, The Oprah Magazine is offering nine lucky readers and their partners the chance to attend a winter cooking workshop with Jenny Morris and Andrea du Plessis from Vital.
To enter the competition, log in and answer the following question on their website, or SMS the following information to 35449: Which Vital product you like the best and why, your full name, address and e-mail address (SMSs cost R1.50). The competition closes today, so get your entries in now.
Q. Which Vital product do you like the best and why?
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by Amanda on 18 Jun 2013
Angela Day has shared five recipes with The Star including a Lamb and Orzo Curry, Beef Mince with Dumplings, a Pork and Prune Bake, Chicken Tagine and a Pesto Roasted Salmon.
These easy, flavourful recipes make great winter meals and leave you with less dishes to wash up afterwards:
LAMB AND ORZO CURRY
Serves 4 – 6
30ml olive oil
1 large onion, thinly sliced
10ml crushed garlic
15ml medium curry powder
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by Chris on 18 Jun 2013
Lanie van Reenen se memoire C’est la vie vertel van haar uitdagende paar jare as die mede-eienaar en bestuurder van ’n Franse boetiek-hotel, waartydens sy byna alles verloor het. Riana Scheepers het by haar gekuier om meer uit te vind oor haar verliese, haar oorwinnings en die spesiale verhouding tussen haar en haar twee dogters.
Dit voel asof ek by die boudoir van die Bybelse koningin Ester instap toe ek by Lanie van Reenen se huis aankom. Binne is ’n warreling van beeldskone vroue, laggende monde, lang, lenige bene.
Die fotograaf is besig om Lanie en haar twee dogters af te neem. Dis moeilik om te sien wie die ma is, want Lanie is net so jeugdig soos haar dogters – die fyn, blonde Michelle (37) en die smeulende donkerkop Nina (35). Die 23-jarige Nicolaas, haar musikant-seun, is nie vandag hier nie. Dis ’n dag vir die vroue: ma en dogters – en ouma, so in haar afwesigheid.
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