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Keep flying the flag in the winelands

Advertising agency Draftfcb South Africa's Group CEO told Cape Talk and 702 listeners today that research has highlighted that all World Cup host nations have suffered from post-event depression. Read more

Plattering begins

For those of us - and there are many, from logistics co-ordinators to writers to tasters to designers to database wizards - who gather each year for a very brief three months to work on Platter's (read my conflict of interest alert), the last week in June is a critical date. Read more

Aaldering on the pitch

On Thursday evening Cape Town was awash in orange as the Dutch made their presence felt ahead of their Soccer World Cup clash with Cameroon at the surreal new stadium. Read more

Simonsig scores

As I drove into Cape Town on the N2 for a new releases tasting on Monday this week, I was sorely tempted to use my cell phone (illegally) Read more

Shanghai on show

Like South Africa, Shanghai is also currently on the global stage - us for one month and a day hosting the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup, the Chinese city for much longer with Shanghai 2010 World Expo. Read more