A recipe to warm the heart
What do you get when you mix almost 300 kilograms of baking ingredients, 100 homeless children and a grey-haired CEO who still tries to out-burp the youngsters? One helluva party.
Smile for success
Recent research shows that it takes only seven seconds to make a first impression. No wonder today’s male celebrities and fans alike are spending huge amounts of money on grooming, particularly on improving their smile.
Make her day extra special
It's Mother's Day on Sunday. Browse our site for inspirational ideas, competitions and fun features.
Need a little advice?
Afraid the romance has fizzled out of your relationship? Struggling with memories of abuse? Find it hard to control your temper? Psychologist Megan de Beyer offers some advice.
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A muzzle on my merlot
When the Rich Beautiful People who spent their days having fun on the ski slopes and then lighting up a satisfying ciggie disappeared from our cinema screens a few years ago, I smirked puritanically and clapped good riddance. Like Rumplestilskin I danced in glee at the idea that sin taxes were being levied against the nicotenely unrighteous and that the filthy habit of smoking was being demonised.
Panthers in the petunias
Imagine coming across a leopard in your back garden in downtown Cape Town or Jozi. Would you storm towards the cat in an territorial manner demanding that it depart your erf immediately, approach the animal cooing ‘pretty cat, nice cat’ while extending your hand invitingly, or soberly retire indoors and phone an animal rescue organization?
The existential ramblings of pygmy elephants
I’ve always had a bit of a thing for Pygmies. There’s just something about whole tribes of really short folk living in rainforests that seems impossibly exotic. Post colonial theorists would shake their heads disapprovingly, murmuring about a morbid fascination with an archetypal ‘other’.
Through the ages
It may seem like a ploy dreamed up by greeting card companies, but even the Ancient Greeks celebrated their mothers. We take a look at the history of Mother's Day.
» Great ideas to spoil and pamper her
A muzzle on my merlot
Health warnings on cigarette packets are all very well, says Jacqui Zurcher, but it's a different story when the government threatens to do the same to her beloved merlot...
Original ideas for Mum
Stuck for ideas on how to show Mum how much you love her? Check out our list of interesting, often unusual and not necessarily expensive gift and treat ideas to inspire you away from the usual boring card...
» More Mother's Day ideas
» Send her an e-card
Spoil your mom rotten!
It's Mother's Day this Sunday. Don't let the day go by without spoiling your mum! If you're stuck for ideas check out our step-by-step guide to treating her like a queen.
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» Send her an e-card
So tasty
Jocelyn Newmarch gets baking.
Mangoes for your skin
Not only are they deliciously juicy and sexy to eat, mangoes are ideal for buffing up your skin. Karen Whitty gets fresh with mango beauty products.
Going once
Auctions are a great place to pick up bargain furniture. See all those chic junk boutiques peddling retro furniture at modern prices? Chances are they're stocking up at their local auction house...
Lamb kebabs with skordalia
The special aroma and taste of lamb is simply irresistible, and one of the finest accompaniments to lamb kebabs must be skordalia of almonds, garlic, lemon juice and olive oil… absolutely superb!
Pizza paradise
The humble pizza has come a long way from when it was topped with pork fat and eaten by Italian peasants. Amid baking aromas and clouds of flour, Italian food guru Valentina Harris reveals the history and secrets of the perfect pizza.
Letter from your bridesmaid
Sometimes a bridesmaid has to complain. The shocking pink dresses, the lecherous uncles and the adolescent younger brothers. Is it really worthwhile? Mimi Tsiane puts it down in writing…
She's in the navy...
Meet Thabisile Goba, the only black woman in the country with a qualification from the South African Navy, and now a fully qualified navy fleet support diver.
Flumoania
Seasoned hypochondriac Jacqui Zurcher thought she'd put to practice the philosophy of reacting to adversity and suffering with dignity and fortitude of spirit, surely becoming a better person in the process. And then she got a dose of the flu...
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