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  • TRULIFE – Empowering the Next Generation

    TRULIFE is an NPO that believes that educating and inspiring South Africa’s youth today will lead them to make better decisions for their and our country’s future.  Trulife uses dance, drama, slam poetry, workshops and digital media to tackle topics such as human trafficking, bullying, substance abuse and self-identity. They believe that awareness leads to prevention,

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  • Fort Klapperkop in Pretoria

    On a recent visit to my sister in Johannesburg we took a drive out to Pretoria for the day. On our list to visit was coffee shops (of course), charity shops and a historical place of interest. We had visited the Voortrekker Monument a few years ago so we needed to look for somewhere else

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  • SCASA National Coffee Competitions 2019

    The Speciality Coffee Association of Southern Africa’s National Coffee Competition took place this past weekend (21 – 24 February) at the Ballito Lifestyle Centre in KwaZulu-Natal. Coffee aficionados from across South Africa competed in Latte Art, Cup Tasting and Barista events. It was a hard fought competition notwithstanding the terrible heat with competitors, judges and

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  • Happy New Year 2019

    I hope that you all had a fun and restful Christmas holidays. We stayed at home (as we do every year) as we always have a long to-do list to tackle. These holidays seemed to fly by and it was definitely much shorter for the school kids who returned today instead of having the usual

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