Cape Times 2021-10-06

Thobile Mazibuko thobile.mazibuko@inl.co.za Smile Artists Africa, a non-profit organisation founded by Dr Brian Monaisa and Azael Langa, has raised over R1 million at the Fusion Art Fashion event recently held at Kyalami Racetrack. The event was in support of raising money for the funding of reconstructive breast surgeries of women affected by breast cancer. Last year, they managed to raise over R300 000 for three breast cancer survivors who were assisted with reconstructive breast surgery. Mutangwa Machaba, one of the beneficiaries from last year’s fund-raiser, spoke about her healing journey after her breast reconstruction surgery. “I would not have started healing spiritually and mentally had I not healed physically. To have my breast back together was one of the best things that ever happened to me. It made me think…

Thobile Mazibuko thobile.mazibuko@inl.co.za South African Fashion Week (SAFW) is back at Mall Of Africa this October for the Autumn/Winter 2022 collections. This season, 29 designers will unveil their collections at the fashion week from October 28-30, followed by the SAFW Trade Show in the Crystal Court at the Mall of Africa in Gauteng. Some of the new designers who will be showcasing include the six finalists of the Scouting Menswear Competition. They are Marquin Sampson, Refuse Clothing Brand, Saint Vuyo, Umsweko, Vanklan and Boyde. The trade show will exhibit 40 designers of men’s and women’s wear as well as accessories ranging from footwear and handbags to costume jewellery and millinery from October 31 – November 1. And then, from December 3-5, designers will showcase their work at the SAFW Pop…

Viwe Ndongeni-Ntlebi viwe.ndongeni@inl.co.za DJ Zinhle and Oskido’s relationship goes beyond Zinhle being an artist at Oskido’s label. In the latest episode of her reality show, Unexpected, on BET, Zinhle told her fans announcing a pregnancy has never been easy for her, not with baby Asante and not with Kairo over six years ago. Zinhle told her fans how nervous she was to reveal news of her pregnancy to Oskido when she fell pregnant with Kairo Forbes, who was fathered by rapper AKA. “I feel like it’s so tough to report to everyone that I am a fifty-thousand-year-old who’s pregnant ... he was cool with me when I told him I was pregnant with Kairo; he even gave me money,” she said. Zinhle also revealed that Oskido gifted her with…

Dave McIntyre Here’s a pro tip for you: If you ask a retailer or sommelier for a “dry”wine, you will probably be offered one that has perceptible sweetness. An industry maxim says think dry but drink sweet. This makes sense, given our sweet tooth. But we have this notion that wine – fine wine, at least – is supposed to be dry, so we frown on sweet wines as unsophisticated. This prejudice should change as boomers yield to more open-minded and adventurous generations, but my recent conversations with winemakers and retailers suggest the anti-sugar bias remains strong. Here are five things to know about sugar and wine: Sugar is indispensable to wine. Vintners spend the entire growing season coaxing grapes to ripeness, trying to optimise their sugar content. Brix –…

From page 1 tenders were tenders where different units had access to a panel of service providers who had been approved during the tender process. “They can then draw on service providers for an hourly rate. Under a directorate such as Corporate Services, some of the services (work) requested could be strategic planning, coaching and leadership development, facilitation, the drafting of planning documents, ICT systems etc. “Because the statements of work are not public, there’s a loss of transparency and that creates the potential for ethical lines to become blurred for what work is sold and procured by the City.” Cape Town activist Roscoe Palm slammed Kesson and the City for the use of taxpayer money, “with no opposition, or scrutiny”. “Craig Kesson has redistributed billions of Rands of…

Dr Amos Wallace Mgoqi, chairman of AYO Technology solutions, who was nominated for the post of Chief Justice of South Africa announced yesterday that he would be withdrawing from the process. Mgoqi said in a statement that receiving a nomination for the post came as a great surprise to him. “Honoured by this acknowledgement, I would of course be pleased to serve our country in this capacity. While I know I have the requisite intellect, integrity, and experience to fulfil such an august post, having had time to reflect, it occurs to me that at times, we can best serve our people and country by stepping aside to let others who may be a little more energetic and agile, take the baton. “And so, having taken my advanced years…