DANELA CONTI BRYANT - Decorex Cape Town 2019 Designer Spotlight (Exhibitor of the Danela Conti Bryant brand )

Decorex Cape Town brings global décor trends home

This year’s premier décor and design exhibition, Decorex Cape Town, will focus on the continent’s influence through its 2019 theme, “Designing for Africa – feels like home”. The region’s leading design visionaries will converge at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from May 1 to 5, showcasing innovative décor solutions that incorporate global trends.

Dr. Yjan Gordon- research scientist in astrophysics at the University of Manitoba in Canada

First black hole photo confirms Einstein’s theory of relativity

Black holes are long-time superstars of science fiction. But their Hollywood fame is a little strange given that no-one has ever actually seen one – at least, until now. If you needed to see to believe, then thank the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), which has just produced the first ever direct image of a black hole. This amazing feat required global collaboration to turn the Earth into one giant telescope and image an object thousands of trillions of kilometres away.

Chris Hattingh is a Researcher at the Free Market Foundation. He has an MPhil in Business Ethics from Stellenbosch University. He is the author of published articles on consumer rights, economic freedom, inequality and individual freedom.

Regulation of Airbnb is draconian

Government published the Tourism Amendment Bill on April 12. If this had happened on April 1, one could have believed that it was an April Fool’s Joke, so comical is the logic underlying the bill. The amendment, once adopted, will mean that all ‘short-term home rentals’ are legislated under the Tourism Act.

TU NOKWE, singer, actress, guitarist, composer, lyricist and teacher.

Besides being an actress, South African born Tu Nokwe is a singer, guitarist, composer, lyricist and teacher. Tu Nokwe’s passion and love for children and community is the driving force behind her music. This has seen her Album, African Child win ‘Best release from Africa’ on the British world music magazine. In South Africa, she has performed for the corporate, government and commercial audiences. She acted in the movies Shaka Zulu, The Red Scorpion and has mentored some of the actors for Sarafina, and many other artistic productions.

NONHLANHLA MOKOENA-CHIMHANDAMBA- MD & MASTER GROWER at Urban Grown

URBAN GROWN: CHANGING THE FACE OF FARMING

If you think farming only happens on the outskirts of the country and that it’s done by old people, think again! Urban Grown, a woman-owned and youth run Agricultural and Agro-processing business – based at Riversands Incubation Hub – is proof that this is certainly not the case. The business – established in 2015 by Nonhlanhla Mokoena Chimhandamba, ably supported by her husband Simbarashe ‘Simba’ Chimhandamba – is going against convention and farming close to the city using hydroponics.

Jean Van De Velde – Director
Antoinette Louw – multi award-winning South African actress

An Act of Defiance review – Brilliant account of Bram Fischer
The film has a potent message to impart, especially in the lead-up to the election in May.

An Act of Defiance is one of those films that will remain with you long after the images have disappeared from the screen.

This production is a vivid, brilliantly depicted account of the significant role Afrikaner advocate Bram Fischer played in the struggle for freedom, and in the riveting Rivonia Trial.

Kim Lazarus, Co-Founder of Goodbye Malaria
Heidi Kerwan from Nova

Meet South Africa’s guilt-free chocolate

Goodbye Malaria and Nova Chocolate collaborate to create a life-changing chocolate

South African brands Goodbye Malaria and Nova Chocolate have teamed up to launch a feel-good, taste-good, does-good, artisanal chocolate that uses ethically sourced ingredients. Does it get any better than that? Well, actually it does. Every Bite Counts is also
sugar-and-gluten-free, and 100% vegan-friendly, removing all the guilt without compromising
on the taste.

Roberta Thatcher - organizer

Cannabis, craft and couture at the Keyes Pantry Market

The Keyes Pantry Market returns to Rosebank on 27 April. Here’s what you can expect this month:

Cannabis

Everybody’s talking about it: CBD oil. Touted as a cure-all for everything from anxiety to insomnia, pain and cancer-related symptoms, the cannabis-derived oil is taking the world of alternative healing by storm. But can it really improve your quality of life? Cannabis advocate and alternative doctor Mike Renda will be giving a free talk at 10.30am in the Mesh Cinema on the uses of CBD oil, followed by a Q&A session.

Lars Fischer - Operating Director, Michael Page Africa

South African salaries in 2019: what top professionals earn

Specialist recruitment firm Michael Page has published its latest salary survey, showing what skilled professionals in 180 different jobs in South Africa can expect to earn in 2019.
According to the recruitment specialists, the South African labour market has once again experienced an unpredictable year.

Professor Lucille Blumberg – Chairperson of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee and Deputy-Director of Epidemiology & Medical Consultant, Centre for Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases

Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by any one of five malaria parasite species i.e Plasmodium falciparum, ovale, vivax, malariae and knowlesi. The disease is transmitted to people by the female Anopheles vector mosquito. This disease is a leading cause of debilitating illness, with over 200 million cases each year from around the world. The disease is widespread in Africa, and over one million people die of malaria every year on the continent, mostly children under the age of five.