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This section of the blog is a collection of short articles and video clips on designed to help you get a little smarter in the field of Lifestyle skills, including guest house management, wine appreciation and creative writing.

Lifestyle | Random House Struik strikes again with their online creative writing course

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Monday, 12 July 2010 16:39
South Africa’s leading trade book publisher, Random House Struik, is partnering with GetSmarter, a specialist online training company, to present a second run of the hugely successful Random House Struik Creative Writing course. The 10-week, part-time course is presented entirely online via GetSmarter’s tried and tested Internet training platform. Read more... Add new comment

Guest House | Guest House Management course welcomes even more new students

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Monday, 12 July 2010 16:09
The University of Cape Town Department of Construction Economics and Management, in partnership with specialist online training company GetSmarter, is pleased to announce the fourth presentation of the extremely popular UCT Guest House Management course. The 10-week part-time course, which has seen almost 500 students in just three presentations, will take place over September and October 2010 and will be conducted entirely through Internet-based distance learning. Read more... Add new comment

Guest house | It is not all about the money

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Monday, 12 July 2010 12:19
By Corine Van Dyk Everybody was waiting for millions of visitors to come to South Africa for the World Cup; in the end, far fewer visited our beautiful country. People saw moneymaking opportunities everywhere – every second home became a B&B, guest house or privately rented accommodation. Little did they realise that the cost of running such a business is high and that travellers expect certain standards and features. Read more... Add new comment

Creative Writing | Meet Erna Graham

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Friday, 09 July 2010 11:10

By the Newsletter team

Erna Graham Writers are people from all walks of life - whether they’re published authors, aspirant novelists or just people who enjoy expressing themselves for fun. To celebrate this diversity, GetSmarter is showcasing three of its Random House Struik Creative Writing students: a published poet, an enthusiastic hobby writer with big dreams, and a stay-at-home mom who recently discovered the power of the written word.

Let’s meet Erna Graham, who found herself overflowing with inspiration when she fell pregnant with her first child – and decided to write it all down.

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