by SFT | Nov 13, 2024 | St Francis
Kouga Municipality appeals to all residents, including schools, daycare centres, and community facilities, to remain vigilant following reports of tampered food products being found in certain areas of the country. These incidents involve allegations of strange or foreign objects being discovered in packets of chips, snacks, or other food items.
Kouga Residents Must Exercise Caution
Public safety is our top priority, and residents are strongly urged to carefully inspect all snack packets and food items for any signs of tampering or unusual contents before consumption. Should anything suspicious be identified, it is crucial that the product is not consumed, as it could pose potential health and safety risks.
Ensure Safety
To ensure the safety of your household and the wider community, residents are encouraged to:
Check the packaging of all snacks and food products for irregularities, including tears, punctures, or signs of tampering.
Inspect the contents thoroughly for any foreign objects or substances.
Immediately discard any item that appears suspicious or unsafe.
Suspected Tampering
In the event of suspected tampering or counterfeit food products, members of the public are advised to report the matter promptly to their nearest South African Police Service (SAPS) station for further investigation.
by SFT | Nov 13, 2024 | Photo Of The Day
When You Can’t See You Stand On The Car is a photo taken during the recent Rip Curl GromSearch Seal Point. Photo by Kai Wulff
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by SFT | Nov 13, 2024 | Wildside TIMES
The divide between digital and print magazines grows ever wider like a teen’s bedroom floor separating clean and dirty laundry. On one side, we have sleek and environmentally conscious digital magazines, where every page swipes with a satisfying whoosh and videos spring to life like jack-in-the-boxes. Flashy, modern, and constantly needing charging at inconvenient moments.
Reliable and Tangible
Meanwhile, print magazines soldier on like Nissan bakkies: reliable, and tangible. They don’t crash, freeze, or demand software updates just as you’re settling down to read that fascinating article about artisanal cheese-making in Knysna.
Digital magazines promise infinite scrolling and endless content, which sounds great until you realize you’ve spent three hours following a rabbit hole of hyperlinks and somehow ended up reading about conspiracy theories involving government-trained dassies. Print magazines, by contrast, have the decency to end. There’s something comforting about reaching the back cover and knowing you’ve finished, rather than facing the endless anxiety of unread content.
Yet digital publications have their perks. They don’t pile up in corners like guilty reminders of subscriptions you meant to cancel three years ago. They don’t gather dust, turn yellow, or become impromptu homes for spiders. Plus, you can pretend you’re working while reading about celebrity breakups – try doing that with a new glossy mag in the office.
Ghost In The Machine
Perhaps the most telling difference is in their afterlife. A print magazine can live on as craft project material, novelty wrapping paper, or drink coasters. Its digital counterpart just disappears into the cloud, like a ghost in the machine, leaving behind nothing but a faint memory and several gigabytes less storage space.
The future may be digital, but there’s something reassuring about knowing that there will be a new issue of Wildside Times in our hands soon, just in time for summer. We will publish a print version and our popular and fully interactive online version.
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by SFT | Nov 13, 2024 | SPAR
Tuesday the 12th November saw the St Francis Bay Wine Club hosted by the Tops at SUPERSPAR Village Square, gather for the Veritas/Deloitte Wine Tasting under the guidance of Bennie Howard, a legend in the industry.
Bennie qualified as a Cape Wine Master in 1983 and was amongst the first group to achieve this prestigious qualification. His career has seen him involved with Stellenbosch Farmers Winery and organising the Nederburg Wine Auction (1989-2005). He is currently the Public Relations Officer for Meerendal Estate in Durbanville, where he also applies his passion for wine education at the Meerendal Wine Academy. Bennie is currently the vice chairman of Veritas, the longest-running and biggest wine and spirits competition in South Africa.
The selected wines included a Vintage Cap Classique, Jacques Bruére Brut Reserve, five white wines and three reds.
As usual, all the wines were noteworthy and preference depended on individual taste and imagining a suitable dish to accompany the wine. Bennie’s exceptional wine knowledge, anecdotal information and pearls of wisdom were undoubtedly a highlight of the evening.
Jean du Plessis, Richard Moolman, Jean Pierre du Plessis, Brett Botten, Mark Johnson, Lizelle Botten and Chrissie Johnson.
While presenting the Kleine Zalze Vinyard Selection Chenin Blanc 2023, Bennie shared that the Chenin Blanc varietal had its roots firmly based in the 1959 Lieberstein wine, which is said to have changed the wine-drinking habits of many South Africans. Lieberstein broke all sales records in 1964 by shipping 31 million litres of wine, making it the world’s largest-selling bottled wine of its time.
He described the South African journey of the Cinsault grape, from its humble beginnings in 1936, when, with a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, it was presented as Tassenburg, to the more refined products, such as the 2023 Piekenierskloof Cinsault of today.
Other interesting facts about wine history include the fact that South Africa boasts the largest population of old vines in the world.
“A day without wine is like a day without sunshine,” explained Bennie while mentioning that “life is too short to drink bad wine!”
SUPERSPAR Team – Morgan & Mickey Lindsay with Rue Masabalala
The St Francis Bay Wine Club hosts at least 20 tastings per year, with three special events towards the end of the year. This was the second of the three special events with one to go. If you are interested in participating, leave your details at the Tops at SUPERSPAR Village Square for Mickey Lindsay’s attention to include you on the WhatsApp group.
All the wines tasted are available at the Tops SUPERSPAR Village Square, St Francis Bay, while stocks last.
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