Tokyo Sexwale's ministry of human settlements spent an average of R72000 a day over 103 days on wining, dining and hotels. In the past seven months Sexwale, his deputy Zoliswa Kota-Fredericks, the director-general, Itumeleng Kotsoane, and his deputy spent more than R7.4-million on hotel accommodation, restaurants and travel. Between April 2008 and October 20 this year, R59-million was spent ...

Join Sunday Times drinks columnist Neil Pendock and radio sommelier Michael Olivier at The Westcliff on Thursday, December 3 for an evening of fine dining and unexpected wines as they introduce you to their new book, The People’s Guide. Cape Town sommelier David Msebi, one of the people who blind tasted his way through over 1200 wines, will be there to assist Michael and Neil as they lead you ...

... the rules say results cannot be overturned once a game is complete. ESPN reports that video replays clearly show that France’s Thierry Henry handled the ball before setting up his teammate for the wining goal, although the contact appeared to be accidental. Henry later admitted that the ball hit his hand, but faulted the referee for not calling it when it happened, CNN reports. The referee ...

To continue the wine buzz, I told everyone to come over because I wanted to finish the open bottles of wine that were sitting in my fridge. I know, I know, my invitations are so tempting. So after the crazy-long laser treatment followed by going into work on my day off for a reading and lunch (which was actually worth doing this time around because the poet was actually connecting with the ...

by James Morley Of all the card games, black jack can be the easiest and best to master. The question is: can you really do it. You can learn the best way to play blackjack. You can learn the best way to play blackjack. Well, dont be mislead. Since it seems pretty straight forward, many amateurs think they can master it pretty easy. But learning how to play black jack and learning how to play ...

You should probably know this already, but here are the basics. All face cards are worth ten. The ace can be either worth one or ten points, depending on which helps you the most.If you are dealt a ten card and an ace, you have black jack and you have automatically won the hand. If you aren't that lucky, you will keep adding cards until you can get as close to 21 and beat the dealer. The risk ...

Attention all lushes: your wine corks just may be a little more cool and a lot less disposable than you think. There are a few ways to reuse these bottle stoppers, so let’s burst the big bubble first: Make a wine cork board! Collect your corks and use hot glue to arrange them to an old frame in several designs, creating a decorative piece for the wall, cork board, or pot holder. See ...

The good stuff Tried to do some homework. We had Thanksgiving dinner at my parents. That was awesome. Ate too much and crashed. Shot a video of Elle and my mother playing ball in the back yard. Natalie burned her hand and hair at Faire because of some drunk. Homework Before I left work, I had a task to do. I had to make a copy of a 16G image on to a flash drive. This osunds so easy. So, I' ...

I have entered a competition on I Love Flavour, Me! the owner of that blog is Ruth, so you can see me below receiving the prize which is a really excellent 1L of Italian super nice olive oil. Thank you Ruth for your generosity, I know it wasn't cheap... The page announcing me as a winner is here and it talks about traditional "pasteis de Belém" one of my favourite cakes, and ...

After reading other blogs I've decided to try to be more "real" because thats what I enjoy. So unfortunately that equals a little bit of winy-ness on my part-ok maybe a lot of winy-ness Life has been very busy to say the least. I worked Fri-Mon (4 in a row), on Sunday I got very little sleep because I had to be up during the day attending meetings and such only to go back to work. ...

... . Edsall praised his players for not giving up against "a very good football team" and wining this one for No. 6, Jasper Howard, who was stabbed to death in a fight last month. An emotional ... . Edsall praised his players for not giving up against "a very good football team" and wining this one for No. 6, Jasper Howard, who was stabbed to death in a fight last month. An emotional ...

... Chinese legislator fed up with lavish banquets and official wining and dining has proposed making the "squandering of ... Chinese legislator fed up with lavish banquets and official wining and dining has proposed making the "squandering of ... and government have issued a series of restrictions and regulations on wining and dining are more and more detailed and severe, but such lavish traditions ...

... m full aware of it. Why do i talk about these things ? oh wel.. wining the war was hoped by generations for many a years. N ... money or for the power ? wel may be both or may be not a ny of the above. But I personally believe that wining a war doesn’t mean that you can rule a country. I know what media reports, ... takes wickets n bring a match to wining end, we, Sri Lankans united as one ...

... passionate wine connoisseurs. If you prefer but a light vein of wining, Verdi wine could be just the right choice for you. Offering an exquisite ... alcohol which makes it an excellent starter in terms of wining. It offers a refreshing change from wines with relatively heavier ... begin an exciting evening of fine dining and wining with but the flavor of Verdi wine. It can be the most suitable choice ...

... ;, said the Chacha cutting a sorry face. "Ok, alright what's the excuse today?" quizzed the Uncle. "No excuse. Its for real and you know it." says the Chacha. "Okay Okay. Stop wining and tell me what's bothering you." - Uncle Sam. Chacha Pakistan pulls up a single sheet of worn out paper and begin to read from it, "Why do you think the bugs are so ...