Cape Town

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL AT STELLENBOSCH SLOW MARKET ON SATURDAY, 01 OCTOBER On Saturday, 01 October 2016, strawberry season will officially be celebrated at the Stellenbosch Slow Market where everything from freshly plucked strawberries, strawberry sausages, to strawberry soaps and bath salts as well as strawberry plants will be on sale. Meet South Africa’s queen of strawberries Come and meet South Africa’s queen of strawberries - strawberry farmer, Deonette Bourbon-Leftley, who has been growing these ruby red beauties for more than 31 years on her 24 hectare farm in Paarl. She says: “Our strawberries are grown with love and delivered with pride. They are ripened by the sun, and therefore are plump and sweet and last longer.” Deonette farms with 5 strawberry varieties - Festival, Honour, Virtue, Monterey and Commitment, and ensure that 6 hours after picking the strawberries they are at the market or other clients. “Honour is a big, delicious and plump and a bi...

NEW CAPE TOWN SPORTS & BIKE STORE WINS RETAIL DESIGN AWARD   THIS WAY OUT, a new adventure sports and bicycle store in Cape Town, has been named the winner of the 2016 Retail Design & Development Award for stores occupying less than 1000 square metres of floor space. The awards, which consider five different retail categories, were made on the first day of the 20 th annual South African Council of Shopping Centres in Sandton. The awards celebrate exceptional designs of retail development projects within the South African property industry, together with their economic success. They include new shopping centres, the redevelopment and refurbishment of existing centres, as well as the design of retail stores and restaurants.  “The development and design of shopping centres and stores is a multidimensional and sophisticated discipline. It’s a creative, technical and commercial discipline that brings architecture, interior design, retail princip...

Helderberg Rotary ready for Stage One of the FNB W2W MTB Events As part of its fund raising program, the Rotary Club of Helderberg will be seen in action manning water points and providing marshal support on route during Stage One of the FNB Wines2Whales (W2W) Mountain Bike (MTB) Adventure, Ride and Race. The Rotary Club of Helderberg was founded in 1983 and has been involved with the FNB W2W MTB Events for four years.   “Our main function is to serve the community,” says Brian van der Grijp, President of the Rotary Club of Helderberg.   “ Our work with W2W enables us to provide funds to various charities including our chief project which is the Bizweni Centre for Children with Disabilities.   Our Bizweni Project started in 2005 with fundraising for the building of the original Centre.   This was completed in 2010.   In 2013 we started raising funds for the building of the Skills Development Centre for children between the ages of 12 to 18. ...