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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.

Guest house | Be credit card smart

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Thursday, 03 June 2010 19:00
By Corine van Dyk Be credit card smart: Five things you need to know about credit card transactions Credit cards have become the international standard for payment worldwide. If your guest house establishment doesn’t accept them yet, it is essential to consider implementing a credit card payment system. Here are a few important things you need to know about credit card transactions. Read more... Add new comment

Wine evaluation | Serving wine and cheese

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Thursday, 03 June 2010 00:00

By Anna Malczyk

If you’ve always thought that serving cheese and wine as a meal is a posh and pretentious thing to do, think again! In a country that makes some of the best wines in the world (and some pretty good cheeses too), you’d be missing out if you didn’t have a go at creating your own wine and cheese platter.

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Guest house | Transporting your guest house guests

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Thursday, 06 May 2010 11:35
By Corine van Dyk 2010. As we know, everybody thinks it is all about soccer and nothing about 2010 being a new decade. We want to please our guests and provide them with those extra services like transport and tours to see our beautiful country. How many of you will answer this truthfully? Have you ever checked if your shuttle service or tour guide is registered and legal? Please do ensure that the following is in order for any driver transporting your guests. Read more... Add new comment

Creative writing | Random House Struik Creative Writing Course in review

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Thursday, 06 May 2010 00:00
By Ron Irwin The Random House Struik Creative Writing Course was a pleasure to teach over the ten week period from 8 February to 16 April. There were 125 participants in the class and by the end of the course 26 students had made significant and meaningful plans to submit finished novel manuscripts for publication. Read more... Add new comment

Wine evaluation | The wine evaluation workshop

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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 00:00

By Tamara Breytenbach

“Life is too short to drink bad wine”

The first workshop of the Stellenbosch University Wine Evaluation course took place last month. The 3-hour workshop was held in Cape Town and Johannesburg, with Course Convener and wine guru Charl Theron taking the students through every step of wine evaluation and through a whole range of wines, from white and red to port and even faulty wines.

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