Archive for November, 2008

Zadi’s First Day

Sunday, November 30th, 2008 Posted in Innovations, Video | No Comments »

south africa: day 1: arrival in johannesburg from Zadi Diaz on Vimeo. Read more..

Room With A View

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Blogger Tour 2008, Travel, Video | No Comments »

Also shower with a view. Read more..

Too Much Information?

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Blogger Tour 2008, Oddities | No Comments »

Spotted in Johannesburg. Read more..

Backstory, please

Saturday, November 29th, 2008 Posted in Blogger Tour 2008, questions | No Comments »

Does anyone know what the Khalil Gibran quote was doing on this orange jumpsuit, spotted at Click's In Rosebank? Read more..

Shameless Self-Promotion

Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Blogger Tour 2008 | 1 Comment »

Brand South Africa's US country manager Simon Barber is interviewed about the bloggers tour by John Maytham on Cape Talk. Click below to listen. The Business Day column John mentions ... Read more..

South African Wine Report…

Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Wine | No Comments »

...is a good-looking, and sounding, new blog hosted by sommelier Roland Lundall. Features regular podcasts about the industry.  Listen to a podcast of Roland's interview with Kanonkop's world champion winemaker, ... Read more..

We’d Go Back in a Heartbeat

Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Travel | No Comments »

Rudy Maxa is one of America's top travel journalists. Today he was on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, a popular call-in show on Washington's WAMU radio station. He is just back ... Read more..

Meet the Bloggers

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in Featured | No Comments »

Quick bios of the participants in Brand South Africa's 2008 Bloggers Tour. Read more..

Blogging South African Innovation

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in Announcements | No Comments »

South Africa is alive with possibility, but whose word are you going to take for it? Ours? We hope so, but let's be candid. It really helps to hear first-hand ... Read more..

World’s Best Winemaker

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Wine | 1 Comment »

Kanonkop winemaker Abrie Beeslaar was voted the International Winemaker of the Year 2008 at the International Wine and Spirits Competition's (IWSC) gala award ceremony in London last night. Peter May ... Read more..

You Won’t Be Blue on Route 62

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Travel | No Comments »

Associated Press writer Claire Nullis heads from Cape Town to the Port Elizabeth the back way on a drive she finds evocative of the old Route 66 between Chicago and ... Read more..

A Very Stable Country

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Nature | No Comments »

Chris Rowan, a British geologist doing post-doctoral work at the University of Johannesburg, is fascinated by our old rocks. "My geological instincts, honed back in the UK where 'Precambrian' is ... Read more..

The Word is Out

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 Posted in Blogger Tour 2008 | No Comments »

The countdown to the 2008 Brand South Africa Bloggers Tour has begun. Matthew Buckland reveals who's joining us on the adventure. Stay tuned. Read more..