From snake wine to fire water, brandy is all medicinal
In South Africa the dop to drink for just about all disorders has always been brandy.
Melvyn Minnaar
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Another public sculpture for Cape Town: Toy art?
For many hoping to see their work placed in the public sphere, the easy route seems to be an approach of "play-play".
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Nothing cheesy about cheese
The politics of provision are heating up as Slow Food’s symbolic snail sets out to establish global power. Right now the fuel of that crusade is raw milk. Established in 1986 in Bra, Italy, the Slow Food movement is a worldwide organisation. (There are active groups in Johannesburg and Cape Town.) Positioned as a counter-balance […]
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Putting olive oil to the taste
First one nostril, then the other, then both. Whiffs of cut grass, white pepper and, yes, a dash of artichoke, writes Melvyn Minnaar.
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All about identity
Whether festival organisers and sponsors deny, acknowledge, ignore or try to manipulate it, factional-based arts events will play politics.
