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Why books and wine go hand in hand

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Who doesn't love curling up on the couch, underneath a blanket with a good book in one hand and a glass of wine in the other? Especially as the temperature continues to dip. Pairing the best of both worlds is Maryna Strachan from the TOPS at SPAR Wine Show and Resa Forgarty from local book store, Fogarty's. Presenting a love affair of literature and fine wine, the pair will recommend which wines best complement a thriller, love story, suspense, drama or comedy, among other genres at The TOPS … [Read more...] about Why books and wine go hand in hand

Quoting Julian Barnes

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"The greatest patriotism is to tell your country when it is behaving dishonorably, foolishly, viciously.""The best form of government is one that is dying, because that means it’s giving way to something else."Related Links: The 2016 Municipal Elections in Nelson Mandela Bay. … [Read more...] about Quoting Julian Barnes

Eastern Cape – Your Ballot Papers are Ready

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With the 2016 Municipal Elections just around the corner on 3 August, the Electoral Commission (IEC) says all logistical preparations are on track. The commission's Chief Electoral Officer, Mosotho Moepya, briefed the media on Wednesday on preparations for the fourth democratic local government elections. Special votes The IEC has received 741 720 applications for special votes in the 2016 Municipal Elections – more than three times the number received in 2011 and nearly twice that … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape – Your Ballot Papers are Ready

Quoting Abraham Lincoln

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"You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.""Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of the United States are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.""Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion and you allow him to … [Read more...] about Quoting Abraham Lincoln

Better services in Uitenhage

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This extract is from a speech delivered today by DA Mayoral Candidate, Athol Trollip, while on the campaign trail in KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage and Despatch: Today, I have once again seen the crumbling infrastructure and rapidly deteriorating service delivery in Uitenhage, KwaNobuhle and Despatch. The DA can win Nelson Mandela Bay at this year's local government election, because the time of broken ANC promises is over. We will immediately begin working to ensure that all parts of the Metro … [Read more...] about Better services in Uitenhage

More joy during Mandela Month

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's commitment to restoration of dignity to the previously marginalised and disrespected by the then apartheid government continues. Yesterday - 19 July 19, 2016 - Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Danny Jordaan and Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu handed over title deeds to the government housing beneficiaries in Missionvale. Editor: Don't forget to vote on 3 August 2016 in the Municipal Elections. … [Read more...] about More joy during Mandela Month

Quoting Mahatma Gandhi

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"I can retain neither respect nor affection for government which has been moving from wrong to wrong in order to defend its immorality""Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.""A man is but a product of his thoughts. What he thinks he becomes.""Be the change that you want to see in the world.""The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.""I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.""Strength does not come from … [Read more...] about Quoting Mahatma Gandhi

Quoting Robert Mugabe

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"I am still the Hitler of the time. This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their rights over their resources. If that is Hitler, then let me be Hitler tenfold. Ten times, that is what we stand for.""Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer - its guarantor. … [Read more...] about Quoting Robert Mugabe