Stellenbosch

Stuart Taylor is probably best known to South Africans as the presenter of SABC 3′s hit travel show, Going Nowhere Slowly. But when this Stellenbosch University science graduate is not in front of the camera with mud-powdered face and wind-styled hair, Taylor is enchanting local and international audiences with his headline, stand-up comedy and magic shows.

www.celebritywinereview.tv During the 2010 World Wine Symposium we took a break to tour Lake Como and have a one on one chat with Hylton and Wendy Applebaum, the owners of DeMorgenzon, an amazing South African winery from the Stellenbosch region.

The South-African band BCUC recorded a song for Football Maties and had a video message for them

Nothing like the old school to get happy wappy!

Best bottled wines from particular areas
The Novare SA Terroir Wine Awards is the only wine competition in South Africa in which the best bottled wines from areas are chosen, besides the national winners.

Read more on South African Wine News

DESMOND TUTU RECEIVE AWARD OF RECOGNITION FOR HIS ROLE AS MENTOR Mentors should fill learners with pride! Dont tolerate low standards, that was the main message former Archbishop and Nobel prizewinner Desmond Tutu gave representatives from the Media24 Rachels Angels and MultiChoice Fort Hare Inkwenkwezi trusts on Thursday, 25 June at a function in the Naspers Centre. He was honoured by the two trusts with an award of recognition for his role as mentor across the globe. The Inkwenkwezi and Rachels Angels trusts, in short, are mentorship programmes that operate in the Eastern and Western Cape. Mentors, senior university students from Fort Hare and Stellenbosch University are teamed up for a period of two years with their selected grade 11 mentees and through the mentorship programme, continue to strive for excellence in their academic and social skills. The programmes include various workshops, campus visits, social events and regular interactions between the mentors and the mentees. In the Eastern Cape, the Fort Hare Inkwenkwezi Trust recently donated 1000 Lap desks, durable portable school desks, to needy primary schools as part of our outreach programme. An integral part of the Trusts is to empower and mentor young minds. The best mentor of 2007, miss Khanyisa Mrubata of the Eastern Cape, is now a trustee of the Inkwenkwezi Trust and the most recent staff member, miss Lumka Songwiqi, was not so long ago, a security guard at Media24. Today, she is running the …

Prof Louis-Henry Verbeke, chairperson of the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Board in Belgium, who spoke at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) Leader’s Angle presentation in Cape Town South Africa, said the stage is set for competing corporate governance models to emerge.

Prof Louis-Henry Verbeke, chairperson of the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Board in Belgium, who spoke at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) Leader’s Angle presentation in Cape Town South Africa, said the stage is set for competing corporate governance models to emerge.

South Africa’s Manufacturing Index Drops From 13-Month High, Survey Shows
South Africa’s purchasing managers’ index fell in April from a 13-month high the month before, Kagiso Securities Ltd. said, indicating a weak recovery in manufacturing.

Read more on Bloomberg

From cancer patient to nurse
Michelle Thomas, a nursing student, practices taking blood pressure on a dummy patient at the College of Nursing at University Medical Center. Thomas decided to become a nurse because of the nurse who cared for her when Thomas was a cancer patient at UMC 10 years ago.

Read more on Arizona Daily Wildcat