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Flippen LEKKER Chicken and Pasta Pot Recipe
Do yourself a favour and make this flippen nice dish. You can make it outside in a cast iron pot on the braai, or just make it on the stove in a cast iron pot that has a flat surface. Don’t whatever you do invite too many people because it’s so delicious that seconds is inevitable. When doing this dish on the braai, make sure it’s not too hot but have coals ready to add when needed.
Ingre ...
Fresh Fruit South African Trifle Recipe
Traditional South African Trifle recipe is to get you into a festive mood. In South Africa it is typically enjoyed over the Christmas season but is also a great anytime treat. This trifle recipe was given to me by my friend Ria who makes this in winter or summer. You can use the fruit that is available, sherry, rum brandy or liquor can be used if you don't like the Amarula.
Ingredients:
Amarula cream 150m ...
FOKOFPOLISIEKAR in London
Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel at Clapham Grand – 27 May 2011
TICKETS: Click HereFokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel are two of South Africa’s most celebrated and prolific live rock ‘n roll bands. They are making their way to the Clapham Grand in London on 27 May to blow UK audiences away with the most riveting live experience yet to reach this stage.
Van Coke Kartel has won the award for ...
Free music on Friday 5 Nov
'Free Music' keeps the signature fun, bouncy, energetic Captain Stu vibe, whilst opting for a more mature sound - and also the concept of giving away the music for free...
Friday 5 November sees the much loved Cape Town ska band, CAPTAIN STU, release their much anticipated EP – Free Music. Captain Stu decided to give the EP away for FREE seeing as the music industry has changed drastically over the last fe ...
Filled Iron Pumpkin
Iron Pumpkin baked in the oven (large pumpkin ~ the colour is green grey)
You will need:1 large pumpkin, with the peelPotatoes, peeledCarrots, cut and peeledCabbagePumpkin, flesh from the inside of the large pumpkin, cut Cream of mushroom soup mixCream / Milk (enough to mix, as instructions on the soup mix packet)Salt and PepperOther preferred seasoning to taste
Method:Wash the pumpkin Cut off top part of ...
Fright Night
Fright night
A bone-chilling evening of masks, make-up and costumes, a genuine belief in the supernatural, pagan bullshit or a good excuse to get pissed – Halloween means different things to different people.
Back home in South Africa, some “dominees” still preach fire and brimstone against it, but no matter how you view it, celebrating Halloween has become a festivity most adults and children enjoy alike ...
Farryl Purkiss song to feature on US TV show
Internationally acclaimed Durban singer songwriter, Farryl Purkiss, has cracked the nod from Hollywood. 'Sticks and Stones', a track from Purkiss’ eponymous debut album, has been selected to feature on popular ABC television series, Private Practice.
'Stick and Stones' features in the fifth episode of season three entitled 'Strange Bedfellows' which will air in South Africa on MNet on 9 August 2010. Priva ...
Feral Sun near top spot in UK battle of bands
Feral Sun are to play in the UK's largest industry battle, Surface Unsigned, at The Purple Turtle on Friday 23 July. There will be industry judges present who will tally up the points and then make their final decision as to who goes through. Feral Sun are currently in second place and only trail by 6 points in the Top 10 National charts.
You can help them get back to first place by voting via text or sho ...
Francois Steyn monster drop goal
Clermont booked their place in the Top 14 Semi Final as they battled their way to a 21-17 win over Racing Metro on Friday night. Morgan Parra starred for the home side, but it was young Francois Steyn of Racing Metro that produced a moment of magic that you need to check out.
Farryl Purkiss - Kissing Devils on the Cheek video
An awesome effortless video from singer songwriter Farryl Purkiss for Kissing Devils on the Cheek off his latest album Fruitbats and Crows which was nominated for a SAMA.
Final line up for 2010 kick-off concert
FIFA and Control Room, a producer of global music events, today announced the final line-up of African and South African artists for the FIFA World Cup Kick-Off Celebration Concert.
Five-time South African Music Award (SAMA) winners Freshlyground, legendary South African musician Hugh Masekela, the Soweto-based Mzansi Youth Choir, two-time Grammy Award winners Soweto Gospel Choir, as well as African hip h ...
Flying the flag on Freedom Day
Ours is the only six-coloured national flag in the world and it's a potent symbol of unity and progress. The South African flag is also one of the youngest - sweet sixteen today, Freedom Day, 27 April 2010.
The new South African national flag first flew on 10 May 1994 – the day Nelson Mandela became president, two weeks after the country's first democratic elections of 27 April 1994.
"Not as a symbol of a ...
Freshlyground score World Cup anthem with Shakira
'Time For Africa' by local group Freshlyground and Columbian pop star Shakira, is the official anthem of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The song is expected to hit the airwaves in the next few days, and will be available for download from 26 April 2010.
The news comes as the South African band prepare for the release of their hotly anticipated fourth studio album on 3 May 2010. 'Radio Africa' is set to follow in ...
Fun things to do together this Family Day
5 April is Family Day, so we’ve compiled some things for your to do with your family or flatmates in the spirit of togetherness at Easter.
- Play cards or a board game such as 30 Seconds
- Have an evening of charades or karaoke
- Take a magical mystery road trip
- Plan a holiday to look forward to
- Watch a movie or sports match together
- Cook together and share a meal
- Get creative and make some ...
Fog project boosts water supply
A climatologist from the University of South Africa (Unisa) has helped develop a low cost, eco-friendly system to harvest moisture from abundant mountain fog in a water-scarce region of the Eastern Cape, and communities there are already benefiting from it.
The project was successfully launched in Cabazane Village, in the rural Mount Ayliff area in the north of the province, in mid-March 2010 during the an ...
Festivals and temple fairs
As I am sitting in my office, giving one long yawn after the other, I am silently cursing the temple fair that robbed me from my valuable sleep last night... To understand what this is all about, I want to explain a bit more about the festivals and temple fairs on our sunny island, Koh Samui.
Koh Samui is a living, working island with distinctive local habits and customs. The first settlers that landed her ...
Free 2010 tickets and financial advice
Five thousand low income workers in the hospitality and tourism industries are in for some special treatment thanks to the 2010 Fifa World Cup. The workers will learn how a debit card can improve their quality of life, and will receive free World Cup tickets.
World Cup partner company, Visa, today launched the Visa Ticket Fund, which will distribute free World Cup tickets through a financial literacy road ...
Feeling safe in England. If only in SA...
My son sits upstairs at his computer, he’s busy chatting on Facebook to his many friends both here and in SA and in the background, his speakers are blaring away. Downstairs working on the computer, I listen to the very loud music. I wipe away at tears that stream down my cheeks as I listen to Kurt Darren’s Loslappie – ‘O ek wil huis toe gaan, na mamma toe.’ Robbie Wessels De La Rey and Player 23 follow. ...
Facebook personality types
Four classic Facebook personality types - the passive agressor, the event co-ordinator, the desperate marketer and the rash. Recognise any of these tendencies in your Facebook friends?
First space images delivered by SA satellite
South Africa must never be shy to compete against the best countries in the world, said science and technology Minister Naledi Pandor after witnessing the first images from the Sumbandila satellite on Monday morning.
The Sumbandila satellite"I'm excited that our nation is in space...We intend to use our minds and our resources to take a leadership position in space. We are on track, we can be among the bes ...
