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South African Wine Harvest 2027: Five Encouraging Signs as New Season Begins

Thea JacobsOctober 16, 2026

SOUTH AFRICA, 16 October 2026 – The South African wine harvest 2027 is showing encouraging early signs, with vineyards across the country’s major wine-producing regions entering the new growing season with good reserves, generally sufficient water availability and promising production potential. According to South Africa Wine, favourable vineyard conditions following the above-average 2026 harvest have...

Make More Of the Festive Season

Annette HavengaOctober 16, 2026

By MICHAEL NEL MANAGING DIRECTOR The festive season is a time for being together, and there is something special about stepping away from the everyday to celebrate. Set between the Twelve Apostles mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, THE TWELVE APOSTLES HOTEL AND SPA offers a spectacular Cape Town setting for a summer escape close to...

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Youth Ideas Unlock 3.2 Million More Meals – From Hack to Hunger Impact

Annette HavengaOctober 16, 2026

Youth ideas are fuelling evolution and suppliers, retailers and surplus food recovery partners are moving the Biggest Hunger Hack from innovation to impact Ideas generated by the youth of South African are fundamentally fueling the evolution of KFC Add Hope, South Africa’s biggest corporate feeding programme, with new partners, new revenue and millions more meals...

Upgraded Night Shelter with 150% More Beds to Help People Off the Streets Launched by Mayor

Annette HavengaOctober 15, 2026

Upgraded Night Shelter in Cape Town – Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has officially launched the expanded Haven Night Shelter in Kensington following the City’s R12m upgrade project. Beds have increased by 150% – from 80 to 200 – at this Haven-operated facility, which the City owns and maintains. The Mayor was joined by Councillor...

R30.25 per Litre: Is South Africa Ready for the Monday Shutdown?

Annette HavengaOctober 15, 2026

Compiled by Annette Havenga and Koedoe South Africans stood at filling stations this week with a heavy heart. With petrol prices officially hitting the record mark of R30.25 per litre, the country has reached a breaking point. But while frustration is boiling over, a massive dilemma looms: Is a national shutdown the solution, or a...

World Homelessness Day brings partners together to strengthen the response to rough sleeping in Cape Town

World Homelessness Day – 10 October, Brought Partners Together to Strengthen the Response to Rough Sleeping in Cape Town

Annette HavengaOctober 15, 2026

To commemorate World Homelessness Day observed on 10 October, the City of Cape Town brought together government, civil society, service providers, people with lived experience and community stakeholders for its first official dialogue on homelessness, with a focus on strengthening collaboration, preventing rough sleeping and achieving lasting outcomes. Cape Town –Held on 13 October under...

Women in Logistics - Lebo Mbethe, Group Executive and Board Member at Reinhardt Transport Group.

Women are shaping the future of logistics in South Africa

Annette HavengaOctober 15, 2026

Lebo Mbethe, Group Executive at Reinhardt Transport Group, shares her experience within the logistics industry to show the strides being made by women in the sector. South Africa’s logistics sector remains traditionally male-dominated, but women are increasingly making their mark across national operations. With women also occupying influential positions in transport policy, including the national...

I_Menstruate Movement calls for action on menstrual health and mental wellbeing

Annette HavengaOctober 13, 2026

Girls should not have to suffer in silence. The I_Menstruate Movement has called for urgent systemic action linking menstrual health directly to mental wellbeing, dignity and education equity. 75% girl learners surveyed in I_Menstruate Movement’s Bleeding in Silence: Barriers to Menstrual Hygiene Among School Girls in South Africa research reported distress at menarche, their first...

Stem Cell Donors – Financing Reforms to Turn Matches Into Transplants in South Africa

Annette HavengaOctober 13, 2026

By Palesa Mokomele, Head of Community Engagement & Communications at DKMS Africa For a patient with blood cancer or another life-threatening blood disorder, finding a matching stem cell donor is a breakthrough. But it is not a transplant. Finding Stem Cell Donors A patient may still be stopped by late diagnosis, fragmented referrals, delayed testing,...

Hot and Dry Summer Expected for 2026/27 – Overstrand Prepares

Annette HavengaOctober 13, 2026

– RESIDENTS URGED TO USE WATER WISELY AS FIRE RISK INCREASES – The Overstrand Municipality and the Western Cape Government are urging residents and farmers to prepare for a hotter, drier summer driven by El Niño conditions. El Niño Weather Pattern Weather forecasts point to a very strong El Niño weather pattern during the coming...

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South African Wine Harvest 2027: Five Encouraging Signs as New Season Begins

Make More Of the Festive Season

Youth Ideas Unlock 3.2 Million More Meals – From Hack to Hunger Impact

Upgraded Night Shelter with 150% More Beds to Help People Off the Streets Launched by Mayor

R30.25 per Litre: Is South Africa Ready for the Monday Shutdown?

World Homelessness Day – 10 October, Brought Partners Together to Strengthen the Response to Rough Sleeping in Cape Town

Women are shaping the future of logistics in South Africa

I_Menstruate Movement calls for action on menstrual health and mental wellbeing

Stem Cell Donors – Financing Reforms to Turn Matches Into Transplants in South Africa

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