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 JAMES BLUNT LIVE IN MAY

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James Blunt plays SA in May

Fri, 18 Jan 2008

Haven’t heard ‘You’re Beautiful’ enough? Now’s your chance to see James Blunt performing it — and his other hits — live when he plays three shows in South Africa this May.

Performances will take place at The Coca-Cola Dome in Johannesburg on 24 May, the Botanic Gardens in Durban on 26 May, and finally The Grand Arena at Grand West Casino & Entertainment World in Cape Town on 28 May 2008.

In the three years since James Blunt released his debut album, ‘Back to Bedlam’ it has sold 11 million worldwide, going No. 1 in 18 countries and cracking the top 10 in 35. Locally, the album is certified triple Platinum.

The album also saw Blunt nominated for five Grammys, landing the first No. 1 single in the United States, ‘You’re Beautiful’, by a British act since Elton John’s ‘Candle in the Wind’ and winning two MTV Awards and two Brit Awards. He has also won two World Music Awards, two Ivor Novello Awards, and two MTV Video Music Awards, amongst others.

His new album, ‘All the Lost Souls’, which features the hit single ‘1973′, and ‘Same Mistake’, was released late last year, and has already reached Platinum status in SA.

Tickets go on sale on Thursday, 24 January and are available from Computicket on 083 915 8000, or log onto www.computicket.com.

Tour Itinerary

Saturday 24 May
The Coca-Cola Dome, Johannesburg
Tickets from R250 to R500 (excluding service charges)

Monday 26 May
The Botanic Gardens, Durban
Tickets R300 (excluding service charges)

Wednesday 28 May
The Grand Arena, Grand West Casino & Entertainment World, Cape Town
Tickets from R250 to R450 (excluding service charges)

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So its the beginning of the year and at lass there is something to watch on SABC2 and 3!! I enjoy the Apprentice so much and it is good to see what other successful people get up to out there, and of course how they react after claiming their titles on AIR. The first show started on Tuesday night the 15th January @ 19:30 and I don’t have any favorites yet but my least favorite and most irritating candidate, Melissa was FIRED. Boy o Boy was she annoying, and even claiming in the boardroom that she couldn’t work with woman and that woman found her intimidating because of her good looks and intellect. Man was that irritating, blaming other females because you are so damn irritating and unprofessional. I was truly annoyed with her tantrums and swearing. But great minds think alike and MELISSA, YOU’RE FIRED !!!So as it goes on I will get my favorites and I will enjoy the boardroom and the quarrels within with sure joy.

Come on, there is only one or two TV SHOWS on SABC worth watching … and when do you see high powered business men and woman running across a golf course in search of Donald Trumps private helicopter. High heels flying, tempers firing out of control and butts kicked out of the boardroom. Definitely my kinda show ….

keep watching …

Popularity: 8% [?]

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Leaving Century City on Friday afternoon at 14:00 from work we set out on the N7 towards Citrusdal. This was the first time I ever drove on the N7 and I almost chew my wrists’ off, it was such a boring drive. The scenery is truly dull and it was so dry everywhere. I don’t think we saw green patches for miles. The highlight of our trip was stopping at a Shell in Piketberg where at the station a white 20year old woman walked to the toilets with nothing but her bikini on. You can imagine everyone’s eyes popping out but I didn’t blame her, it was like a heat wave smacked us in the face. It was boiling.

We reached the baths and in jeans and high heels we set camp up. The campsites were truly wonderful and without electricity the skies were lit up like a valley of spotlights above us. It was however very sandy and although there is an abundance of springs around their isnt much grass around. The ablution blocks were also not the best but bearable.

Walking towards the hot and cold swimming pools the electricity spots were constipated with all cultures and their different noises. They were camping on top of each other and late night parties and boisterous shouts made me respect our decision for camping without the luxury of cold beers.

The Restaurant McGregor’s is fabulous and with the friendly service and character it made us go back for more. Sitting on the deck made the perfect spot for having sundowners with the mountain ranges overshadowing us. I would definitely recommend their Gordon Blue and Mediterranean veggie dish. Their R 27 breakfast was Wimpy-like and you get a free coffee/tea/fruit juice. A must have.

The hot pool was enjoyable late at night but during the day the cold swimming pool was at times too noisy with the children running amok, but the original rockpool further up past the cottages were very private and the waterfall runs into it.

I would go there again with a group of friends if invited, but I would not go back there again by choice. We had a great time and relaxed immensly. The Little Shop in the restaurant works wonders for left behind items, especially a torchlight which we would have been terribly lost without. From batteries to marshmallows and lighters for setting the fire alight, you will have everything there at your beck and call, if you catch it open at the right time ….

Popularity: 10% [?]

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This excellent wine and olive farm is a must see, also consider this for a wedding venue. They have a stunning restaurant that is surrounded by glass overlooking the farm and olive hill. There is also a magnificent fireplace at the wine tasting and their olive and wine sales do really well. They also sell a pepper chocolate that you simply have to try.

Situated on the crest of the Hellshoogte pass in Stellenbosch South Africa they have the wine tasting and sales, the olive shed and restaurant.

SAA AIRWAYS 2008 - TOKARA CHARDONNAY 2006

For all our frequent flyers, our TOKARA Chardonnay 2006 has been listed on Business Class flights 2008.  Therefore you can sit back and relax while sipping on fine wine.

The TOKARA Chardonnay 2006 is a well integrated wine with tropical fruits and spice which are complimented with lemons and lime on the nose.  A perfect balance of minerality and buttery accents.  The entry offers broad and generous flavours held in check by a taught, textured and smokey finish.  Hints of peach skin and intelligent use of restrained oak add to the dimensions of this classy wine!

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For all those wine and cheese lovers this is the farm for you. I recently went their with the inlaws and it was a great experience. We couldnt keep my boyfriends dad away from the lovely cheese counter and he was having lunch right there with some chenin chakalaka cheese.

It was really wonderful here and I would recommend this farm to everyone. They had a rooibos cider as well in a beautiful bottle and I suggest you try it.

From their website - www.fairview.co.za !

The home of Fairview wines is a 300ha farm on the south-west-facing slopes of Paarl Mountain, a granite rock outcrop in the heart of the Paarl wine district, viticulturally among the most historic and influential areas of the Cape winelands. Standing among the lavender beds in the terraced front garden of the winery, you’ll look out across rolling fields and see distant flat-topped Table Mountain, a world-famous landmark standing guard over the city of Cape Town, South Africa’s tourist mecca perched on the Cape Peninsula at the southern tip of the African continent.

Winemaking on the farm can be traced back to 1699, not quite a half-century after the first European settlers arrived in southern Africa. But its wines entered the modern era with the first bottling under the Fairview label in 1974 by the Back family, owners since 1937. Today, some three decades later, grandson Charles Back II has brought Fairview wines to world markets. One of South Africa’s pre-eminent vintners, he has earned Fairview a reputation for consistent quality across a range of innovative styles, using both classic and unusual varieties. And he has helped pioneer a modern culture of wine growing in South Africa that embraces typicity of terroir, unrestricted by ‘estate’ appellation, by both developing his own vineyards to their full potential and seeking out new viticultural sites to grow fruit for wines to please popular tastes and discerning palates.

Charles Back’s philosophy is that wine is an integral and joyful part of everyday life. His unbridled enthusiasm, sense of fun and pure pleasure in growing vines, vinifying wine, and presenting it to wine lovers in all manner of exciting guises, pervades Fairview. You sense it when visiting. It’s a busy, happy, humming place. You get to taste and buy a vast array of different styles: from top-end, exclusive, often one-off bottlings through some fine Fairview standards to easy drinkers. An old maturation cellar has been converted into a casual Mediterranean-styled indoor/outdoor eatery called The Goatshed. Included on the menu are Fairview’s own internationally award-winning farmstyle Jersey milk and goats’ milk cheeses. Fairview has a resident herd of 600 goats, some of whose members like to soak up the sun on the Goat Tower in front of the winery, as depicted on Fairview’s wine labels. Their antics have also been immortalised in the irreverently named, premium quality Goats do Roam range of wines.

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Cubana
Havana Lounge – Latino Caffé

Whether you go to the one in Edward Street Tygervalley, Porterfield Road Tableview or the one in town, Main Road NEWLANDS, this is the place to go to. This is a Latino Themed social bar/cafe and you will always feel welcome there.

I have gone their numerous times on a friday night with friends and on a saturday arvie for lunch and each time i have enjoyed their music, food and people. This is a must visit when you are in Capetown and you feel like shaking it up a bit.

Their website : www.cubana.co.za

Popularity: 4% [?]

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Hillcrest Estate just a drop away from Durbanville Hills was my second stop on my visit to Cape Town and I simply loved the olive tasting and the friendly serving of their awesome wine.

I bought one of their bottles there and it was the best dry white wine I have tasted in a long time. The Hillcrest Sauvignon Blanc 2006 !!!

From their Website : http://www.hillcrestfarm.co.za/ !

Hillcrest Estate, nestled in the rocky Tygerberg Hills, Boasts a panoramic view of Table Mountain, Robben Eiland and northwards, along the West Coast. Historically, a stone quarry on the estate supplied material for the construction of Cape Towns roads.

The Farm was and still is head quarters to the engineering company Haw & Inglis. However due to it’s prime location and suitability to olive and wine farming it has slowly transformed into a working farm producing high quality olives, oils and wine.

These Projects have been spearheaded by the original founders and engineers of Haw and Inglis.

Engineers have become farers, a biologist a winemaker and the success of these transformations is proof that with dedication and determination anything is possible.

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Recently on a holiday to Capetown I was lucky enough to go to the Durbanville Hills Wine Farm. Very Close to Blouberg it was a wonderful setting and my first taste of Wine Farms. This was one of my reasons for moving to Capetown, except of course the yummy guy I came down for.

From Their Site - www.durbanvillehills.co.za .

A world class quality wine producerAgainst the background of a 300 year old viticulture heritage and a modern day reputation as one of South Africa’s top three wine districts, seven leading vineyard owners and renowned grape producers created Durbanville Hills together with Distell, the country’s leading and largest wine and spirits purveyor and producer. Our vineyards that supply our fruit, comply with 3 basic and unyielding criteria: Only shareholders provide grapes. Only grapes grown in the limited appellation of Durbanville are cellared. Only fruit grown under constant and scientifically enforced viticulture practises are used in our wines.

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I grew up on the Vaal river, it comes alive when you know the right people in the right rivers !!! When I use to stay in Smoggy Jozi I went to the Vaal each weekend. Not only to see the parents but to go rafting with my friends Tanya and Pieter who started their own river rafting company Tapimanzi,  Ta for Tanya, Pi for Pieter and of course manzi for water. You have to go check them out if you ever go there. See below!

Tapimanzi Adventure !

www.tapimanzi.co.za !
Tapimanzi Adventure’s home is on the scenic banks of the Vaal River Between Vanderbiljlpark and Vereeniging on the Barrage reservoir stretch in the Vaal triangle South Africa (Vaal Meander).
   
We have different accommodation venues to choose from on the Vaal River, vredefort/parys mountains, game farms and we do paintball, weddings, functions, team building, rafting, quad biking, parties,adventure activities, inflatable’s, adventure bookings events all year round etc!
  
We are also mobile for paint ball, quad biking, team building, sa river rafting parys and upper vaal river, raft fishing safaris south africa etc. And we have some wonderful venues to choose from! We offer a whole range of activities from mild to wild!! We cater for the young the old, corporate, leisure,bachelor parties and hen parties, adventure seekers, year end functions, adventure camps for school groups,experienced and inexperienced market! For all your affordable adventures!
  
WE’VE GOT over 10 years experience in this Business!! We believe in a Hands on approach!

Tapimanzi Adventures is a company specializing in white water river rafting, abseiling, tubing accommodation, team building, quad biking and Raft Fishing Safaris in Southern Africa for big or small groups of friends, family, work colleagues, tourists, etc. wanting an exciting day (or a few days) spent in nature.We do most of our white water river rafting, quad biking and raft fishing safaris trips in South Africa on the Vaal River near Parys in the Vredefort Dome , the worlds oldest and largest meteorite impact site ( World Heritage Site ) and the upper Vaal River from the Vaal Dam wall close to Denysville down to Vischgat in the Vaal Meander Midvaal. Summer and winter!

Popularity: 25% [?]

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		Table Mountain On top of the mountain you will find unspoiled pathways, a curio shop and refreshments at the restaurant or bistro. Fantastic views of the Cape peninsula. Go to Table Mountain.
		Robben Island Robben Island also tells us about victory over apartheid and other human rights abuses and is a Heritage Site. Take the ferry and tour the island. Go to Robben Island.
		V & A Waterfront The Waterfront is one of the few Victorian harbours still in existence in the world and  has 38 national monuments. A vibrant working harbour and a fest for the senses. Go to V & A Waterfront.
		Cape Point It has stunning views, plant life, bird life, animals, history, light houses, restaurant, cliffs, beaches and mountains. Spend time walking the many paths. Go to Cape Point.
		Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden World-renowned for the beauty and diversity of the indigenous flora displayed in a magnificent setting on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. Go to Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens.
		Cape Winelands While discovering the Cape’s rich cultural heritage and beauty, sample the large number of wine routes. Take your time to taste the wine. Go to Cape Winelands.
		Cape Town City Centre You will never be bored in Cape Town. There are so many things to see while in the Cape Town city centre area, including  interesting museums and historical sights. Go to Cape Town City Centre.

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