Johannesburg

  A South African Art and Food Pairing The opening of the Anton Smit art exhibition at The Menlyn Boutique Hotel which took place on the 16 th of April was well attended, witnessing the first ever South African art and food pairing.  Several of Smit’s art works were paired with decadent canapés created by talented Head Chef Pellie Grobler of The Black Bamboo, The Menlyn Boutique Hotel’s signature restaurant.  The inspirational sculptor will be showcasing his finest works from the past 40 years in an exhibition called ‘In Retrospect’ at various locations of the exquisite hotel.  Encompassing themes of suffering, reconciliation, glory and sublimation, it is easy to see why Smit is an acclaimed South Africa artist.  On the art & food pairing Pellie Grobler explained “incorporating and translating these themes into the food was extremely challenging.  Art is not tangible and is based on personal preference.  Everyone interpr...

  KwaDukuza welcomes world’s best surfers for Ballito Pro in June Surfing’s elite performers will return to KwaDukuza for a seventh successive year when the Ballito Pro presented by Billabong, a QS10,000 rated event on the World Surf League (WSL) Qualifying Series (QS), runs from 29 June to 5 July. The third of nine events that carry the highest ranking on this year’s QS, the Ballito Pro offers a US $250 000 (approx. R3 million) prize-purse and an invaluable 10 000 points on the world rankings. It will feature a 96-man field of the world’s best surfers from every corner of the planet, all of whom are striving to qualify for a spot on next year’s WSL Championship Tour (CT). “As the host and Licence holder of the Ballito Pro event, we as KwaDukuza are very pleased to take the event forward together with the World Surf League and our new partners,” said the Mayor of KwaDukuza, Cllr Ricardo Mthembu. “The Ballito Pro International Surf Festival event i...

  The magic of The Royal Ballet comes to the Big Screen with Cinema Nouveau A CLASSIC PRODUCTION OF SWAN LAKE – THE WORLD’S MOST LOVED BALLET – COMBINES DRAMA AND TRAGEDY IN THE BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL “If you only ever see one Swan Lake in your life, see this.” – The Independent A season of five famous ballets from the Royal Ballet is being screened at Cinema Nouveau theatres over the next few months. The season launched with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in March. The next production to be shown on the big screen is the iconic ballet set to Tchaikovsky’s beautiful music, Swan Lake ( from Saturday, 0 2 May). Swan Lake , surely the greatest of all Romantic ballets, is the captivating story of a beautiful woman transformed into a swan, and a heart-rending tribute to the power of love. The ballet is a perfect synthesis of choreography and music and, though Tchaikovsky did not live to see it become a success, his first ballet score is now synonymous...

  Managing a Golf Course Golf is a much loved sport around the world, and whilst for some golf is a hobby, for others it is a fast paced, adrenaline fuelled sport.  What most golfers don’t know, is the hard work and maintenance that goes on behind the scenes to make this sport an enjoyable experience.  A well-kept golf course with perfect sand textured bunkers, fast and sustained golf greens is imperative in ensuring a great round of golf.  Golf superintendent, Igor Roland Duvel at the Sea Cliff Hotel & Spa Golf Course, the first course on the majestic island of Zanzibar advises “players have the misconception that running a golf course is just about cutting the grass.  It is much more than that, the role of a superintendent is about the time, materials, labour and financial resources that are required to upkeep the grounds of the course.”  Environmental factors have a huge impact on the quality of the course and being a superinte...