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Get Your Braai On This Heritage Month With Spice Route Chakalaka, A Proudly South African Red Blend

Heritage Month, a time to honour our Rainbow Nation's rich cultural diversity, culminates in celebration on Heritage Day, on September 24, also fondly known as Braai Day. It's a special day to embrace what makes us uniquely South African — and no special occasion in South Africa is complete without a braai, the tradition…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 22, 20250Comments

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Spring clean your insurance, honour your heritage: 5 tips for fresh financial habits this season

By Michele Jennings, Chief Executive, glu September always feels like a new beginning. The days get brighter, wardrobes get swapped around, and many of us all get the urge to tidy up and make space for what matters. It's also Heritage Month, which invites us to reflect on the values and legacies we want to…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 16, 20250Comments

Lifestyle The Look

From Baobab to Fynbos: African Superfoods Powering Modern Rituals

South Africa’s Heritage Month invites us to celebrate the powerful superfoods and botanicals native to our continent; plants that have nourished, healed, and inspired for generations. Today, pioneers like Nicole Sherwin, Founder of Eco Diva Natural , and Dr. Stephan Helary, Founder of Terres d’Afrique , are reimagining these ancient ingredients in ways that connect…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 16, 20250Comments

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Heritage & Tourism Month: Table Mountain Cableway unveils yellow New7Wonders of Nature frame on Table Mountain

Visitors to Table Mountain will now have even more to look forward to when they reach the summit. Yesterday (Friday the 12 of September), the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) celebrated Heritage and Tourism Month with the unveiling of a yellow New7Wonders of Nature frame at the summit of Table Mountain. The idea…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 13, 20250Comments

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#BookTok, where readers and creators put South African stories first

With the #BookTok hashtag amassing over 64.4 million videos, enthusiasts and authors are using short-form videos to champion local literature and reimagine how heritage can be celebrated and preserved Every September, Heritage Month and National Book Week give South Africans the chance to pause and reflect on who we are, where we come from and how we carry our stories…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 11, 20250Comments

Food & Wine

Our Heritage’s Brew: Rooibos roots, GI protection, and tea-novation

This Heritage Month, rooibos takes center stage as a uniquely South African story, one that weaves together heritage, geography, Indigenous Knowledge, and innovation. Recognised internationally with Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, rooibos remains a crop tied to place and people, with companies like Carmién Tea, launched 26 years ago, contributing to both its preservation…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 9, 20250Comments

Lifestyle Out & About

Last chance to see! Groundbreaking Grounded Practice is on until halfway through Heritage Month

This Heritage Month head out to Spier Wine Farm’s historic Old Wine Cellar for ‘Grounded Practice’ – a landmark ceramics exhibition on until 14 September 2025. Curated by Tamlin Blake, Chief Curator at Spier Arts Trust, the exhibition features 63 ceramic artworks by 42 artists from across South Africa – each one thoughtfully selected to…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 3, 20250Comments

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Reflecting on 80 Years of Laager Rooibos: A Brand of True Heritage and Heart

Few things are as uniquely South African as rooibos tea – and few brands as iconic as Laager Rooibos, which in 2025 celebrates 80 years of warming the nation's hearts and homes. September, being both Heritage Month and Heart Awareness Month, is the perfect time to honour a brand that embodies South Africa's natural heritage…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 2, 20250Comments

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Heritage Month: 10 Money-smart travel tips

Heritage travel involves taking a trip that’s connected to your culture or family roots. With so many diverse histories in South Africa, the occasions could range from marking the end of Ramadan, attending an initiation ceremony, or celebrating Diwali, to gathering for a wedding or travelling to a family home over Christmas. It’s more…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 1, 20250Comments

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Discover rich Stellenbosch farm heritage

This Heritage Month, immerse yourself in the unique stories and experiences of Vergenoegd Löw, one of South Africa's oldest working farms, established in 1696. Under the ownership of noted German historian and heritage specialist Prof. Dr. Dr. Peter Löw since 2015, this Stellenbosch estate cherishes its proud history and traditions while continuously innovating towards a…

BySpice4Life NewsSeptember 23, 20240Comments