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Robertson Wine Valley proudly presents its most beautiful festival, Wine on the River.    Wine On The River This picturesque festival takes place on the riverside farm, Goudmyn from 14 – 16 October 2016 and gives consumers the opportunity to taste more than 250 wines from 30 wineries. This idyllic, open-air spring festival offers tastings of wines from the regions of Ashton, Bonnievale, McGregor and Robertson. Enjoy a plethora of gastronomic delights, tutored tastings with local wine makers and soak up the sultry sounds of live jazz and blues melodies. Browse and shop at our famers’ market, choose from a wide variety of children’s activities, meander through the arts and crafts, take a leisurely cruise down the river and many more popular attractions that will be on offer. Bring your friends and family along for an extravaganza of fine wine, delectable treats, great music and complete relaxation amidst a rural ambience of spectacular scenery and ...

South Africa’s official entry to the 2017 Academy Awards is NOEM MY SKOLLIE! The special jury convened by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF)  announced on Tuesday, 27 September 2016 that the feature film, Noem My Skollie, currently on circuit in South African cinemas has been nominated as South Africa's official selection to the 89 th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) in the category for Best Foreign Language Film Award. The NFVF CEO Zama Mkosi said: "We are proud that after a rigorous judging process, Noem My Skollie, is nominated as the official selection for the 89 th Annual Academy Awards. This is indicative of the role that the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) plays in empowering, and transforming the film industry by taking South African stories from our streets to the world." Competition this year for the coveted nomination to represent South Africa was intense. This is a remarkable achievement for Daryne Joshua’s fi...

Strawberry Cookie Scoop My SPAR Prep Time:10 minutes A delicious creamy,crunchy frozen dessert made with yoghurt, condensed milk and strawberry biscuits. Ingredients(Yield: 1,5 litres) 250 ml SPAR long-life cream, well chilled 2 x 250 ml SPAR Pouring Yoghurt - strawberry flavour 1 can SPAR condensed milk 1 packet SPAR strawberry cream biscuits, roughly broken Strawberry syrup for decoration (optional) Method Using an electric mixer, beat the yoghurt and condensed milk together. In a separate bowl whisk the cream until thick. Fold into the yoghurt mixture until an even colour. Freeze for 3 hours until some thickening has occurred. Lightly stir in the biscuits and re-freeze overnight. Scoop portions, and drizzle with strawberry-flavoured syrup. Hints and Tips When you purchase long-life cream, store it in the fridge anyway (although it does not need refrigeration to stay fresh unopened), but at least it is conveniently chilled and ready when...

Pan-fried halloumi with caper and lemon dressing with Peppadew® Mild Whole Sweet Piquanté Peppers 400g Peppadew South Africa Ingredients 1 200g block halloumi 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 8 Peppadew® Mild Whole Sweet Piquanté Peppers quartered 1 lemon zested and juiced 1 tbsp honey 1 tbsp small capers 15g flat leaf parsley finely chopped 100g wild rocket 1 lemon for quartering Method Drain the halloumi and then slice in half the long way. Slice each piece in half and then halved again until you have 8 slices. Heat a frying pan with the 1 tbsp of the oil. Brown the halloumi on both sides, about 1 minute each. Remove from the pan and drain on paper toweling. Add the remaining oil to the frying pan and add the capers, honey, lemon juice and zest and the Peppadew® Mild Whole Sweet Piquanté Peppers. Season and cook for 1minute and then remove from heat. Add the parsley. Place two halloumi on each place and a large handful of rocket. Pour the dressing ...

Ster-Kinekor Theatres Magnificent Seven..... The movie premieres in South Africa on Friday 23 in theatres across the country. Cast: Denzel Washington Chris Pratt Ethan Hawke Vincent D'Onofrio Byung-Hung Lee Peter Sarsgaard With the town of Rose Creek under the deadly control of industrialist Bartholomew Bogue (Peter Sarsgaard), the desperate townspeople, led by Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett), hire protection from seven outlaws, bounty hunters, gamblers and hired guns – Sam Chisholm (Denzel Washington), Josh Farraday (Chris Pratt), Goodnight Robicheaux (Ethan Hawke), Jack Horne (Vincent D'Onofrio), Billy Rocks (Byung-hun Lee), Vasquez (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), and Red Harvest (Martin Sensmeier). As they prepare the town for the violent showdown they know is coming, the seven mercenaries find themselves fighting for more than money. Don't miss director Antoine Fuqua's remake of Magnific...

# EatMoreFish . Hit LIKE if you will be trying out our scrumptious Cape Hake and Nori Wraps! A jubilee of julienned styled carrots, hake, shaved lettuce, cucumber and avo – with spicy dipping sauce. You and your family are in for a treat!  Cape Hake and Nori Wraps Serves: 6 Ingredients: 6 sheets of Nori 1 cup (250 g) shredded lettuce 6 carrot shavings cut to fit the sheet of Nori 6 shavings of cucumber cut to fit the sheet of Nori 12 slices of avocado 6 Sea Harvest Hake Medallions dusted with flour and pan fried in a little olive oil. Method: Make one at a time by placing the sheet of Nori onto a sushi mat on a flat surface, a quarter of the way down place some lettuce and top that with the carrot, the cucumber and avocado and lastly a hake medallion. Flip the top of the Nori over the hake and then fold in the sides and roll up into a cigar. Let it rest for 5 minutes before you cut them and serve with the dipping sauce. The wraps can also be rol...

Catch Allana Aldridge, Justin Wilkinson, Luella Holland and Michael Kirch in this hilarious MURDER MYSTERY COMEDY! AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION! Fresh from SOLD OUT performances at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, "Butlers and Broadway" is ready to dazzle and spook audiences at the Cape Town Fringe Festival this September/October! Ever wanted to kill off characters in a show? Now’s your chance! A group of aspiring performers are vying for the limelight on Broadway until they begin dying, one by one. When it comes to fame, some people will do anything to get to the top! Justin Wilkinson’s madcap comedy is a thrilling ride with suspicious characters and ingenious plot twists right up to the final scene! Murder-mystery theatre has never been this exciting! And since the audience decides… who knows what’s going to happen? “Witty and hilarious… filled with suspense and mystery!” – CUE “A Festival favourite! – ARTSMART Get booking folks, tickets ...

Botriver Education Foundation success stories continue to grow The Botriver Education Foundation (BEF) together with the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Events is excited to continue growing the success stories in the Botriver Community. Established in 2005, the BEF is a voluntary association that aims to motivate and encourage students in the Botriver community to study in the fields of engineering, accounting and medicine. “Our mission is to develop a community to one day see at least one graduate in each household in Botriver,” says Anthony Hess, BEF Coordinator.   “ We nurture students, from as early as Grade 8, through their schooling career and hopefully into an institution of higher learning.     Currently we have seventy learners of which fifty-eight are at tertiary institutions and twelve are at high school.   In July this year we started mathematical conceptualization which is a new academic initiative for grade 4-7 f...