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Sunset carols at Middelvlei on December 1

CELEBRATE with family and friends at this year’s Middelvlei sunset carols on Sunday, December 1. While the children get to know the farm animals, run around on the sprawling lawn or partake in some fun traditional games, the older generation can sit back and relax while sipping on a glass of…
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Nik Rabinowitz’s Late Bloomer at the Baxter

STAND-UP comic Nik Rabinowitz returns to the Baxter Concert Hall from November 26 with his latest special Late Bloomer,directed by Rob Van Vuuren. South Africa’s original Xhosa-speaking, Jewish leg-spinner-turned-comedian’s new stand up show gets under his skin - literally - as he ruminates over…
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Gate69’s raunchy 3 Blind Mice panto

DRAG queens are so deliciously confusing, blurring the lines so you don't even know if or when you've crossed them. For me, it's Holly at Gate69. She's never been hotter than she is in this season's very naughty pantomime, The Three Blind Mice. I'm not shy to say I watched slack-jawed as she…
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Relax in style and comfort in Montagu

WHEN my friend Terri and I spent the weekend at The Vineyard Country House in Montagu around about a year ago, it wasn't the first occasion I'd been there. Several years before that, I was involved in the collection of a classic - possibly vintage or even antique - Ferguson tractor. Details of the…
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Experiences redefined at Hazendal

THERE are so many things to do and see at Hazendal in Stellenbosch, they require a six-page fold out guide, with three rows of activities on each page. Where to begin? Maybe with the thing that first drew my attention on Facebook a few months ago - Wonderdal, the interactive, immersive and…
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The Glass Menagerie 75th anniversary at Artscape

ON a cold winter night in December 1944, The Glass Menagerie had its world-premiere in Chicago. That legendary performance, and the ardent support of two Chicago theatre critics, catapulted Tennessee Williams, the then-unknown author, to celebrity status and launched his career as America’s greatest…
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Go country chic at Opstal in Rawsonville

AN easy hour’s drive from Cape Town, through the tunnel then left and left again and you’ll find yourself in Slanghoek Valley. If you go left-right, you’ll be heading to Rawsonville. It was difficult to tell on the day I went down that road for the first time, on account of it being full of low…
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