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Champagne – The Drink of Choice of Paupers and KingsText: Deidre Theron-Loots
Images: © L’Esprit Photo & Peridot Communication
“Come brothers, hurry! I am drinking stars!” shouted the famous blind champagne monk, Dom Pierre Perignon, centuries ago upon tasting his accidental creation for the first time.
UMOJA – Bound Together by Song and Dance
Text: Mandi Jordaan
Images: © Picture Perfect (011) 791-4212
The proudly South African musical production UMOJA, The Spirit of Togetherness, is dancing its way through the world to the beat of drums and the clapping of hands. Meet the enthusiastic people who are behind this spectacular musical explosion with heart and soul.
The Day of Love
Text: Kelsey Tobolik
Image: © Getty Images/Touchline Photo
Annually on the 14th February, lovers from certain cultures let each other know about their love. This is usually done by sending Valentine’s cards, often anonymously, and is a clever way of letting that special someone know how you feel without revealing all!
Abram Mmile – From Ga-Rankuwa to SalvadorText: Bronwyn Blom
Images: © Peridot Communications
“We rest here while we can, but we hear the ocean calling in our dreams, and we know by morning the wind will fill our sails to test the seams.” – Michael Lille.
A Couple Matched for Bliss – Dugong Beach & Jackalberry LodgeText: Hendrik J Pelser
Images: © Dugong Beach & Jackalberry Lodge & L’Esprit Photo
An incredible thing they call the human psyche! How, by the mere mention of a ‘Beach and Bush Safari’, vast arrays of images are instantaneously conjured up and replayed from the innermost sanctums of the subconscious mind. Would this venture match up to those destinations so romantically portrayed in the movies and television ads? What would it be like? can be heard drifting on the wind.
Maropeng at the Cradle
Text & Images: © Maropeng
The next time your six year old asks where we come from or you need convincing that cousin Norman is in fact not the missing link, a visit to Gauteng’s Maropeng at the Cradle of Humankind is waiting to answer these age-old questions!
Living in the Wild
Text & Images: © Pam Golding
Imagine living in your own home among herds of wildlife in a vast, private game reserve of unparalleled beauty. Conservationists Mark and Wendy Rutherfoord have created this unusual opportunity, carving out Gondwana Game Reserve from a location on the Garden Route that offers an exciting retreat from modern life.
The Fairest Cape
Text & Images: © Ron Toft & L’Esprit Photo
Imposing mountains, rugged cliffs, beautiful valleys, stunning bays, postcard- picture beaches, diverse flora and fauna and a Mediterranean-type climate, the finger of land from Signal Hill and Table Mountain above Cape Town in the north to Cape Point in the south has them all.
Windhoek’s Splendid Railway Museum
Text: Roland Hanewald
Images: Roland Hanewald & Walter Rusch Private Collection
By the end of the 19th century the German empire was firmly established in distant Southwest Africa after the European powers had, in 1884, agreed on the division of the big continent among themselves. Its southwestern corner became a German “protectorate,” and in the following year the first German settlers started arriving. In 1891 Windhoek, located near the geographic centre of the new colony, was proclaimed the administrative capital.
Entrepreneur with a Social Conscience – Dr Solomzi MakohlisoText: Mandi Jordaan
Images: © Dr Solomzi Makohliso
If knowledge is power, then Solomzi Makohliso is a very powerful man. A fervent researcher, focused businessman and distinguished academic, Dr Makohliso is reaching new heights in the field of biomedical engineering in Switzerland.
The Investment Weather Report – Investment forecasting has more to do with the weather than you think
Text: Paul Marais (NFB Asset Manager)
You may not have been consciously thinking it when you boarded this flight but you were probably hoping for clear skies, a distinct lack of crosswinds and a smooth landing. Unless of course you’re an adrenaline junkie or trying to cross a border illegally in which case you probably have a parachute strapped to your back.
i-mate™ Unleashes the BigLeet the Garmin Nuvi 350. It is a small, portable GPS navigational unit with voice-instructional directions. It is the end to all of your navigational worries. But, why stop there? The Nuvi also comes with additional features and useful add-on tools that will make it the ideal travel accessory. This latest release in i-mate™’s popular SmartPhone series is a very stylish, businesslike phone with the features and functionality of Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.It continues the previous SmartPhones’ reputation for a brilliant, crisp display with a 2.2” LCD with 64000 colours and an LED backlight.
The Heart of the Entrepreneur
Text: James Kennedy
Images: © SpaceX
At age 34, Elon Musk has already founded three highly successful companies, sold two of them for $307 million and $1.5 billion respectively, and now aims to build cost-effective rockets that launch satellites into orbit around the earth. Not bad for a young South African entrepreneur.
Chocolatier – Chef Nicholas van der WaltText: Jay Marié
Images: © L’Esprit Photo
The power of chocolate has had the world wrapped around its finger since the early fourteenth century, and through the ages, it has given rise to a lifestyle all its own. Many have attempted to master the subtle delicacies of chocolate sculpting and culinary art, but few have managed it to the same degree of perfection as has Nicholas van der Walt. A brilliant culinary artist and creator of indescribable desserts and sugar sculptures, he is undoubtedly one of the best in his field.
Letter from the Editor – Siyabonga Memela
Letters from our Passengers
SAX Fleet Captains
Text: Mandi Jordaan
Image: © SA Express
Responsible for the two fleets of South African Express Airways, Fleet Captains Manie Geldenhuys and Walter Bacchialoni approach their work with a big smile, great enthusiasm, and a sense of adventure.
X-Hale
Text: Noeleen Maholwana-Sangqu
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