Category: General

Overhearing what people say as they walk out of a documentary viewing is always interesting to me. I’m amazed how people take what they have just watched as gospel truth just because it’s a documentary. Last night I watched a documentary called ‘Manufacturing Dissent‘ at the Encounters Documentary Festival. It was about Michael Moore and the…

Regular readers will know that this is not a promotion website. I only promote things that I really like and I don’t get any financial benefit from it. I’m definitely more into electro/housey music, which is why Goldfish and Coda are my favourite Cape Town bands. But the other day I was listening to the…

It’s been interesting seeing the effects of the NCA. I imagined that it would have some effect on the economy, but I didn’t realise it would be this big. There was an article in a newspaper saying that rejections of home loan applications had increased four fold. There was an interview on the radio with…

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I’m interested to hear if someone has some knowledge or experience on this topic. I might be the only one who gets uncomfortable when companies ask me for a copy of my ID. I often read in the newspapers about people having their identity stolen. Fake ID books are used to get credit cards and run…

I have done some work on the website over the past few weeks and am quite pleased with the results. I hope that they make your interaction with the site easier and more enjoyable. I’ve added a poll to the sidebar which I will change every few weeks. Please take the time to vote, the more…

Health and dieting are common topics of conversation these days. Most people seem fairly concerned with trying to eat healthily and getting some form of exercise. There are people who take it far too seriously though, and sometimes it does seem like a lot of us have become obsessed with ‘being in shape’. It doesn’t help…

This news headline caught my eye the other day: China sentences former food and drugs chief to death Basically, he was found guilty of accepting bribes in return for expediting the approval of new drugs. Now he is going to die. I have a feeling that whoever replaces him as food and drugs chief is…

The May newsletter has been sent out. It’s available under ’Newsletters’ on the navigation pane.

South Africa only has 1 restaurant in the Top 50 this year and that is Le Quartier Francais in Franschoek at position 47 (it was 38 last year). Bosman’s in Paarl came in at 81. In the less competitive Middle East and Africa category, the top 5 are all in the Western Cape: Le Quartier Francais…