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09/08/2026

Women's Day 🇿🇦

It’s National Women’s Day in South Africa! Commemorating the Women’s March, in 1956, to protest Apartheid pass laws. Zapiro’s archival cartoon in Sowetan (10 August 2001)- https://www.zapiro.com/010810so

31/07/2026

Reisefieber am steigen? Lust auf Afrika bei kühleren Temperaturen? Dazu haben wir die richtigen Angebote. Ein kleiner Vorgeschmack hat das Südafrika Tourismusbüro für uns schon zusammengestellt.
Anfragen und Buchungen sind jederzeit herzlich willkommen.
Bis bald und happy 1. August unseren Schweizer Freunden
https://www.southafrica.net/de/de/travel/article/top-10-gruende-fuer-suedafrikas-green-season

Blühende Wiesen, günstigere Unterkünfte, traumhafte Strände und Pirschfahrten auf Safari mit mehr Sicht. Südafrika lohnt sich das ganze Jahr über, nicht nur zu den Sommermonate. Auch die Wintermonate haben einiges zu bieten.

21/06/2026

Once not South African related, but from my original home town ZUG.
our beloved Chriesi aka cherries 🇨🇭😃

18/06/2026

Glenelly Estate in Geneva
what an achievement at 101 years
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Madame Returns to the Commanderie de Bordeaux
Last week, Madame May-Eliane de Lencquesaing presented Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande at a tasting hosted by the Commanderie de Bordeaux Suisse Romande in Geneva, one of the Commanderies de Bordeaux, a global network of wine societies dedicated to celebrating Bordeaux's great estates. Maxime Bureau, her grandson and Glenelly's estate representative, followed by presenting the wines of Glenelly to the room.

For Madame, the afternoon continued a relationship with the Commanderie that stretches back more than four decades. She was inducted as a Commandeur in 1981, following in the footsteps of her father, who was among the very first members when the order was founded after the war. In the years since, she has travelled the world helping establish new Commanderies abroad, from Hong Kong to Singapore to the United States, carrying Bordeaux's traditions to new audiences wherever she went. She has even seen that same spirit take root closer to home, with a Commanderie chapter now established in the Cape.

Maxime spoke about Glenelly Estate's wines and Madame's journey from Bordeaux to Stellenbosch, a fitting follow-on to her own presentation of Pichon Lalande.

It was, by every account, an afternoon to remember. We're grateful to the Commanderie de Bordeaux Suisse Romande for hosting such a memorable celebration of Madame's life in wine.
https://www.decanter.com/premium/from-pauillac-to-stellenbosch-celebrating-may-eliane-de-lencquesaing-at-100-571858/




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16/06/2026

Youth Day 2026 ... 50 Jahre danach
The youth of June 1976 marched against Bantu education. The Soweto Uprising marked a dramatic moment in the South African history. But it was not a turning point; it was a tipping point. 50 years later, the grandchildren of the pupils who marched face unemployment and a government that has failed in its historic mission. We are living on borrowed time, says Carol Paton. What will light the match?
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Die Jugendlichen demonstrierten im Juni 1976 gegen die Bantu-Erziehung. Der Soweto-Aufstand markierte einen dramatischen Moment in der Südafrikanischen Geschichte. Doch er war kein Wendepunkt, sondern ein Kipppunkt. 50 Jahre später sehen sich die Enkel der damaligen Schüler mit Arbeitslosigkeit und einer Regierung konfrontiert, die ihre historische Mission verfehlt hat. „Wir leben auf Zeit“, sagt Carol Paton. „Was wird den Funken entzünden?“
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-06-15-what-the-youth-are-marching-for-in-our-32-year-old-democracy/

25/04/2026

... ein Tag für die Frackträger 🇿🇦🐧🐧🐧.. aber leider immer mehr unter Druck
Eine Reise mit Besuch einer Kolonie der Afrikanischen Pinguinen können wir jederzeit gerne organisiere 😊☀️
https://www.worldanimalprotection.org/our-campaigns/sentience/animal-awareness-days/world-penguin-day/

12/04/2026

there are still some tickets - would love to see all my South African friends
webtickets
https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/seating.aspx?itemid=1586978772
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WindWorx and the UCT Symphonic Wind Ensemble come together to honour the life and legacy of Sean Kierman in a special collaborative tribute concert. The programme features WindWorx, conducted by acclaimed German conductor Christian Kohler, alongside the UCT Symphonic Wind Ensemble—an ensemble Kierman led for many years—now under the direction of Brandon Phillips, Head of Woodwind and Ensembles at UCT.

This much-anticipated concert celebrates Kierman’s lasting musical leadership, his deep commitment to the wind band community, and the artistic legacy he nurtured across generations.

https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/event.aspx?itemid=1586978771

12/04/2026

slow-up in Südafrika - zu erleben in Wellington, 1h von Kapstadt entfernt. Gemütliches Landleben, tolle Weingüter, feine Farm-Restaurants und Glamping ... und was das Herz auch sonst noch begehrt, mit uns unterwegs sein, wird nie langweilig, höchstens entspannend :-)

Hidden mountain valleys, authentic farm stays, long-table lunches and convivial eateries, there’s an off-the-beaten-track charm about Wellington waiting to be explored.