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Bravo Chef Margot Janse

FOOD ANGEL: Top chef Margot Janse is feeding hungry minds in Franschhoek Isabelo started as a feeding scheme run from the kitchen of one of the world’s best fine-dining restaurants, The Tasting Room, under world-renowned chef Margot Janse. For a decade it has provided hundreds of meals to schools in Franschhoek where inequality persists despite the town’s growth. Jan...

Some interesting insights from agricultural economist Wandile Sihlobo on the particpation of young people in agriculture.

OPINIONISTA: SA youth doesn’t like farming because it’s not sexy. True or false? Some agribusinesses and agriculturalists argue that vocational training institutions are not efficiently producing skills needed for agriculture today, and that might be part of the reason why some young people are not finding work in this sector.

Congratulations to Kobus van Der Merwe and his Wolfgat Restaurant being crowned world's Restaurant of the Year. South Africans making waves globally proving, local is always lekker (nice). Have a great weekend.

Watch: Tiny South Africa beach restaurant named world's best! South Africa wins big as Wolfgat in Paternoster – tucked away in a 130-year-old ocean-side cottage on the historic Wolfgat cave, with a menu specialising

Constitutional Law Expert Professor Pierre de Vos unpacks the potential for state interference in the management of pension fund assets in order to fund ailing SOEs (state owned enterprises) in South Africa. Food for thought.

Is the government coming for your pension – and would... Business Day has reported that financial institutions may approach the Constitutional Court if the South African government forces pension funds to invest in bankrupt state-owned enterprises. This is in response to a proposal in the ANC election manifesto that the government will investigate th...

Great opportunity for young women interested in furthering their careers in IT

We are proud to officially announce the launch of the "Jay Ireland Africa Rising Women in Tech Scholarship" for the AIIP class of 2019! There will be five full scholarships for women that are accepted to the programme, apply now at https://alueducation.com/aiip
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Anine Kriegler unpacks how inequality drives crimes in this great article, published in Biznews. Be safe and have a productive week.

Fighting inequality is fighting crime – Anine Kriegler - BizNews.com The release of crime statistics in South Africa always triggers great angst among ordinary citizens, and this year was no exception.

Bravo David and Elaine Potter with this incredible project, uplifting the lives of their farm-workers with homes and community facilities.

Farmer hands over R30 million village to his 150 workers The village was secretly developed with the intent to give the new homes to the 150 farm-workers who would inherit the land.

Congratulations to South African Lewis Pugh conquering the English Channel with a record 530 km swim and highlighting the environmental challenges facing our oceans.

University of Cape Town professor completes mammoth channel swim The British swimming association says endurance athlete Lewis Pugh, who completed his 530-kilometre swim along the length of the English Channel

A balanced perspective on the issues of balance in the provision of healthcare in South Africa, but Mark Heywood.

It’s a stick-up. Your money or your health! | Daily Maverick The Health Market Inquiry report has been published at a rare moment of opportunity for a new dawn in health reform in South Africa. In the context of a crisis in the public and private health systems, it is the time for active citizenship – or forever hold your peace.

It is time that the abuse by lawyers and financial institutions is ended. Sad part is the existing legislation does not effectively deal with treating customers fairly.

Amazing initiative for our continent. Have an awesome weekend

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Stary, stary nights .... Rob Southey’s spectacular photography of our Karoo skies.

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Startrails - Great Karoo

this was captured over 36 minutes, pointing South, each line is a star, the center of the circle is called the Celestial Southern Point, the point on which the earths axis aligns with and rotates about.

it was ONLY -6degC temperature while photographing this, when looking down the frost had already formed on the grass at our feet :)

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Enjoy Joburg Ballet combining the Africa-positive imagery of Wakanda with contemporary choreography, inspired by Black Panther.

#BreakingBallet No.8 The incredible global success of ‘Black Panther’ has placed Africa at the epicentre of contemporary popular culture. For centuries, this continent has been e...

Happy 100th Birthday Madiba. Fitting tribute to your great work and a challenge to all of us to make a difference in the lives of others, from another icon Barack Obama. An inspiring speech encouraging each and every one of us to accept the challenge.

Obama’s Speech at the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture | Daily Maverick This is a transcript of former US President Barack Obama’s speech at the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture in Johannesburg on Tuesday 17 July 2018.

Congratulations to Les Bleus for a fine win yesterday

In Pictures: The most poignant reactions that sum up the World Cup | Daily Maverick It's been a wild World Cup.

Bravo to William Kentridge and his South African cast with the premiere of The Head and Load at the Tate Modern in London. The stellar performance recognizes the contribution of 2 million African soldiers in World War 1, exposing the gross omission of this contribution and the inequalities of the colonial overlords during the war effort. Recognition is the first step, the prickly question of restitution for colonialism remains, and not just for Africa.

The Head and the Load, William Kentridge’s epic production on imperial indifference in WWI, premieres in London | Daily Maverick An astounding work by SA’s premier artist William Kentridge pays homage to the hundreds of thousands of African soldiers who fought and died in World War I. The survivors – about two million served – returned to their countries with their service and humanity unacknowledged by their colonial o...

Halala indeed.... go Kevin

Halala! Kevin Anderson has knocked out Roger Federer to take his spot in the semifinals! (Image via Wimbledon)

Keep warm this weekend.

In Pictures: The Snow has arrived in South Africa and it's beautiful! Just as predicted, the snow has made an appearance across South Africa and it is so beautiful we just had to share a collection of pictures.

The competition commission weighs in on medical funding situation in South Africa as reported by Biznews. The market mechanism is by no means perfect with spiraling costs, a lack of transparency and the concentration of providers offering increasingly complex products from their shiny office towers. Change and controls are necessary, but one cannot ignore the disaster of the management of the public health system, which is not a viable alternative in its current form. The Minister and industry have a mountain to climb.

How your health issues are manipulated to serve the interests of big medical business | Daily Maverick Private healthcare companies continue to build new facilities and doctors have been referring patients to hospitals to fill the beds, with some patients not needing to go there in the first place. This was one of a number of findings from the Competition Commission’s report on the costs of private...

Interesting developments in South Africa as micro-loan colossus Capitec faces potential investigations over duplicate charges for origination fees. Will be interesting to see how the investigations unfold.

The Viceroy Effect: SARB confirms it referred Capitec multi-loan probe to NCR - BizNews.com South Africa’s central bank confirmed that it had asked the country’s credit regulator to look into an allegation made by a short-seller that Capitec continued to use its so-called multi-loan product.

Bravo to Thakgallo Mapalakanye who saved his family from disaster. Vigilance and the energy of youth is inspiring. Have a wonderful weekend.

10-year-old saves entire family before house goes up in flames Thakgallo Mapalakanye was studying when he smelt fire, he got up to search the house, he got his family out before the house went up in flames.

South Africa prepares for the introduction of a National Health scheme by 2026 with the tabling of the NHI Bill. Sasha Stevenson from SECTION27 provides a balanced view of the laudible objectives of the Bill, and some of the challenge faced in the implementation of universal healthcare coverage for South Africans. Balancing the needs of every citizen for accessible healthcare, stakeholders' requirements to make a fair living and the unfortunate history of poor service delivery by the State presents the biggest challenge.

OP-ED: Sorry, but the NHI Bill is just not the right medicine SECTION27 supports the extension of healthcare to as many South Africans as possible, but until the public health system is fixed and private healthcare better regulated, this will remain a chimera.

Congratulations to Chad le Clos

Chad le Clos does it again-Gold at the Commonwealth Games Australia - Zapiro's archival cartoon in The Times https://www.zapiro.com/120802tt

Happy Birthday Ntombi - Jozi team celebrating

Shawn Hagedorn unpacks the problem with micro-lending in South Africa and its culpability in perpetuating poverty in this Biznews article. He argues that micro-lending interest rates are simply to high and entrench poverty. Banking is not the only culprit in financial services in South Africa as many insurance products charge high administration fees, limiting the ability for working class people to generate wealth and escape the poverty trap. MIHR focuses our benefit solutions on adding real value and making a difference in the lives of working class South Africans with cost effective group risk products.

High interest micro-loans and wealth redistribution, a toxic mix - Hagedorn - BizNews.com Whatever you think about Viceroy’s apparently damning report on Capitec, there’s a much wider issue at stake.

South Africa mourns the passing of our music giant Bra Hugh Masekela. MHDSRIP

Helping our non-South African friends understand our concept of NOW

Africa time actually 😅

Bravo to Ethiopian Airlines charting the way in opening up our continent and remaining profitable. Have a great week everybody

How Africa’s largest airline will dominate the continent’s skies Ethiopian Airlines not only wants to take over African skies but to change the nature of air travel in the continent