hello weekendMay 11, 2024.
The latest edition of News24's weekly digital weekend magazine is packed with interviews, reviews, excerpts and in-depth articles. Please read it.
'It's all about creating a legacy': Tashas Group maintains SA while eyeing international expansion
Posted by: Kaunda Serisho
The beloved company, now known as Tashas Group, turns 19 in September and has its sights set on expansion with no signs of slowing down.
The Tashas Group includes several businesses, but the name alone does not fully convey the scale of the business. Beyond the popular Tasha Café franchise, the business includes glamorous locations such as the Flamingo Room, Le Parc by Tasha, Avri, African Lounge, Perlage and Galaxy Bar.
The company is a conglomerate of 35 companies with a global presence in cities such as London, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh, and, as the company's tagline promises, provides patrons with “inspirational experiences.” We focus on providing hospitality.
The group's notoriously reclusive CEO and founder Natasha Sideris, who officially moved to Dubai 10 years ago, has moved to several more cities including Bahrain, Monaco, Marbella, London, Montenegro, Cyprus and Athens. told News24 that it aims to add more international locations. Based on his experience abroad.
Wine Dining | Farm to Table: A Legacy of Winshaw Vineyards' Storied Past
Author: Darlene Fourie
Lieutenant McGuinness had fought in the Anglo-Boer War and had bought mules for Queen Victoria's army. The lieutenant didn't know much about mules, so he offered Winshaw the job of supervising the 4,500 mules on the Larrinaga, which was sailing from New Orleans to Cape Town. Given our man's affinity for travel, he accepted. The Ralinaga finally arrived in Cape Town in January 1900 with Dr. William Charles Winshaw at the turn of the century. Through a serendipitous series of events, Dr. Winshaw married Ada Day, a British nurse, and began making wine on the outskirts of Stellenbosch. In 1905, when the industry fell into a dire slump, as did South African wine exports as a whole, the value of wine exports was only £16,487. Even with inflation, the calculations do not add up).
He founded the Stellenbosch Farmers Winery. This wine manufacturing company was created to help grape growers in beer-rich countries reduce the cost of growing grapes by producing and selling wine, and later became Distell, one of the largest producers of alcohol and spirits. Became a manufacturing and sales company. Africa, the crown jewel of South African wine and a company recently acquired by Heineken (beer won out). I would love to tell you all the intricacies of that story, but unfortunately this is not a history lesson, but rather what Charles' two great-grandsons, Pierre and his JP Winshaw, did on the Klein Wellmode farm. This is an interesting report on what is going on.
Evita, romance, lies and poetry: tickets for the Franschhoek Literary Festival are quickly selling out
Author: Sean de Waal
Session tickets for the Franschhoek Literary Festival (FLF), to be held from 17th to 19th May in historic Western Cape Town, are selling out fast. For example, all workshops, a new element of the festival, are currently sold out. Additional tickets were released for other tickets that sold out early.
There are still some sessions available to book.
Decades of Terror: The Most Memorable Horror Remakes and Sequels Ever Made
Author: Ilan Pleskowski
It's hard to adequately convey just how pleasantly surprising The First Omen, the recently released prequel to the 1970s Antichrist classic The Omen was. A few months ago, the truly abhorrent The Exorcist Believer proved once again that legacy horror sequels are almost always a terrible idea, with very rare exceptions like Annabelle and Ouija Other than that, not much has been said about the horror prequel. (Frankly, most of the prequels are good too).
See | Tequila Showcase: Cinco de Mayo Fiesta combines Mexican tradition with haute cuisine
Author: Phumi Ramalepe
Tequila is the drink of choice when celebrating Mexican holidays like Cinco de Mayo, and what better way to enjoy it than with food that brings out its true natural flavor?
Cinco de Mayo, meaning “May 5th,” is a Mexican holiday celebrating the victory between Mexico and France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. To celebrate the day, Don Julio, a South African Mexican tequila brand, held an event. Tequila and food pairings at Conca Day Club on Saturday.
American tools that help make BMW's inline-six engine so great
Author: Lance Branquinho
You can argue all you want about the merits of V12, V10, V8, V6, and boxer engines, but the most harmonious and perfect engine configuration is the inline-six engine. And it has nothing to do with numerology or physics. With a unique balance that no other engine configuration can engineer, the powerful straight-six engine is ideal for drivers who value the perfect blend of smoothness and power.
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Tyra attends the 2024 Sleeping Beauty Costume Institute Benefit: Fashion Reawakened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 6, 2024. (Photo by Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
Tyra turned heads at the Met Gala, but needed four male Met Gala staff members to carry her around. SA's Tyra turned heads at the Met Gala wearing an incredibly form-fitting, sculptural dress made entirely from sand by Balmain's Olivier Rousteing.
Tyra made her debut at the Costume Institute gala and said the “Sands of Time” theme was inspired by the gala's “Garden of Time” dress code. The dress was so fragile that it was difficult to walk in it, so four male models at the gala had to carry the Grammy-winning artist across the carpet and up the stairs.
Lessons from late motherhood: Cameron Diaz's journey at 51 sparks conversation about pregnancy after 35: Cameron Diaz gave birth to her second child with husband Benji Madden in March at the age of 51. This is not surprising, given that over the past 50 years, the age of her mother has tended to increase globally, thanks to advances in medical care. Assisted reproductive technology, increased employment opportunities for women and subsequent economic security. But what are the risks of becoming a mother after age 35?
Is a round trip to London less than R10,000? Tips for getting affordable flights to cheap European cities: If you've dreamed of escaping Europe, you may have woken up shocked by exorbitant flight prices and the unyielding strength of the euro and pound. Unfortunately, we can't do anything about either, but we can kindly guide you to the cheapest cities in Europe to get to from South Africa. And while it may be tempting to fly directly to your destination, if money is a concern, it's better to start with a cheaper flight, even if you're arriving at a nearby location.
