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Should Twitter be used as a ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Red Room of Pain?
The EL James trilogy of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ books has become an international publishing phenomenon, the 40 million books sold to date outselling the previous world record book sales of all Harry...
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Social Media Trends 2014: Facebook leads in South Africa!
Facebook has the largest number of Social Media users in South Africa, and grew by 40% to reach 9,4 million active users in 2013, a survey entitled ‘South African Social Media Landscape 2014’, and...
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‘Hayden Quinn: South Africa’– who is he, are SA viewers being misled,...
The question on the lips of many South African viewers of ‘Hayden Quinn: South Africa’ is: why Hayden Quinn? Why choose a MasterChef Australia top 3 finalist (no, not winner) of 2011 (no, not even...
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Restaurant Review: TRUFFLE first ‘5 star 100% Halaal Fine Dining Bistro’ in...
The bottom end of Chiappini Street has housed two of my favourite restaurants in their time – Bruce Robertson’s The Showroom and Cormac Keane’s Portofino, both the talking point of Cape Town in their...
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WhaleTales Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines: 2 February
Tourism, Food, and Wine news headlines * Ghanaian rapper D Black has been holidaying in Cape Town, his Instagram and Twitter (with 146000 followers!) shows. He visited Robben Island, Table...
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Franschhoek Literary Festival 2015: Social Media ‘the CCTV footage of our...
The Franschhoek Literary Festival has never viewed Social Media as a serious literary genre, and its token recognition of writing on Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram is reflected in the event’s...
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Panic appears to be setting in at the SA Butler Academy in reaction to Carte...
On 27 December 2020 Carte Blanche broadcast its program about the South African Butler Academy (SABA), featuring former student Lin Yang, who has taken on SABA to get her money refunded, and to...
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SA Butler Academy pleads ‘guilty’ to criticism by Belgian International...
The SA Butler Academy (SABA) appears to be digging a bigger and bigger hole for itself, its latest faux pas being responding to an article written by the head of the Belgian School for Butlers and...
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Scandal: Societi Bistro in Cape Town operates as a Society Brothel!
The talk of the restaurant industry in Cape Town currently is the exploitation of male waiters working at Societi Bistro, performing sexual acts with its owner Peter Weetman and a number of gay...
View ArticleBeloved Carte Blanche presenter Derek Watts passes away.
Today Derek Watts, the well-known, respected, and loved Carte Blanche TV presenter, passed away. He was 74 years old. He was a presenter for 35 years. News 24 writes, quoting his long-standing fellow...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the Camps Bay CID Steering Committee.
Yesterday I attended the first meeting of the proposed Camps Bay CID. It is to have three legs: Crime prevention, Homelessness prevention, and Environment/Cleanliness. The Steering Committee is heavily...
View ArticleChef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen becomes WWF Ambassador
Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen of the JAN Restaurant Group has announced that he is a new Ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund. The article in his weekly newsletter of 25 August follows below:...
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