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At 36 years old, Khairunnisa Koorowlay is living proof that it's never too late to chase your dreams. From her childhood home in Eagle Park, Cape Town to her bustling home-based…

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Jul 2025

Life Stories

Self-Concept Is Everything: Do You Know Who You Think You Are?

When I lost my health in my forties, I also lost my mobility and abilities. Worst was losing the joy of speaking to audiences of smiling female faces. Like the…

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Jul 2025

Life Stories

From Diva to Patient Zero To Radical Self-Healing

Where were you in March 2020? By the time lock-down hit I’d already been in isolation for years. No people? No problem. Work online? Already there. Stay indoors? I’m in. After…

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Jul 2025

Food & Wine Life Stories

Wins for Capsicum Culinary Studio students at SA Pastry Championship 2025

Capsicum Culinary Studio's, South Africa's largest culinary school with seven campuses across the country, produced impressive results at the recently held SA Pastry Championship. Lesedi Morudi (22), who hails from…

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Jul 2025

Be the Change Food & Wine Life Stories

Santi’s in Sunninghill: Pizza, People and Purpose

Santi's Bar and Grill has been part of Sunninghill longer than most of its residents. Tucked into The Square Shopping Centre, it is a place where regulars still sit at…

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Jun 2025

Food & Wine Life Stories

Food and family are Chef Zanele’s staples

as she has turned her passion into a successful career Family means everything to chef and cookbook author Zanele van Zyl so it is apt that she credits them with…

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Jun 2025

Food & Wine Life Stories

The Pretoria chef celebrating African culinary heritage by creating indigenous dishes to feed the spirit

Lebo Phala is on a culinary crusade. The Pretoria East based chef and restaurateur is determined to tackle the root causes of the persistent problems associated with unhealthy eating habits.…

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Mar 2025

Healthy Living Life Stories

Rethinking Food: From Restriction to Reinvention

By Chantal Lascaris How listening to my body changed everything. Some years ago, my gut and I had a serious falling out. After a brutal bout of food poisoning, I…

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Jan 2025

Life Stories

“Glammy always knows best”: Lynn and Kairo Forbes explore the magic of Istanbul together

Our favourite grandmother-granddaughter duo, Glammy Lynn and Kairo Forbes, known for their close bond and love for travel, have once again packed their bags and jetted off overseas. This time,…

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Dec 2024

Life Stories

There’s no stopping Thando Manyoni

A talented young chef determined to get to the top Thando Manyoni's interest in food and cooking started in Grade 9, at Randpark High School in Johannesburg, when one of…

Life Stories

Life Stories

From legal ambitions to sweet success: the inspiring journey of Khairunnisa Koorowlay

Self-Concept Is Everything: Do You Know Who You Think You Are?

From Diva to Patient Zero To Radical Self-Healing

Wins for Capsicum Culinary Studio students at SA Pastry Championship 2025

Santi’s in Sunninghill: Pizza, People and Purpose

Food and family are Chef Zanele’s staples

The Pretoria chef celebrating African culinary heritage by creating indigenous dishes to feed the spirit

Rethinking Food: From Restriction to Reinvention

“Glammy always knows best”: Lynn and Kairo Forbes explore the magic of Istanbul together

There’s no stopping Thando Manyoni

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