Author Lunch at Kelvin Grove - 3 December

    Meet Tony Park - Author

Launching An Empty Coast

Sonja Kurtz - a former soldier, supposedly retired mercenary

 - is in Vietnam carrying out a personal revenge mission

 when her daughter sends a call for help

Thursday 3 December 12 Noon for 12h30

Palmyra Room – Kelvin Grove

Guest speaker, International Author, Tony Park is on a brief visit to launch his latest novel, An Empty Coast which is set in Namibia. He says, “this beautiful country not only has bounteous wildlife, but also a rich mix of vibrant cultures and a fascinating history. It’s also shaping up as a beacon for the rest of the continent.”

He has worked as a newspaper reporter, a government press secretary, a PR consultant and a freelance writer and is also a Major in the Australian Army Reserve; he served in Afghanistan in 2002. Tony and his wife divide their time between Sydney and southern Africa where they own a home on the border of the Kruger National Park. He has written 12 Adventure books and also a number of autobiographies.

When asked where he gets his inspiration from he says “From all sorts of sources: conversations I’ve had with interesting people I’ve met in Africa, and also from unusual stories I’ve seen reported in the African media.”

‘One of our best and most consistent thriller writers’

The Canberra Times

An Empty Coast tells the story of Emma, a student archeologist, on a dig at the edge of Namibia’s Etosha National Park.  She has discovered a body dating back to the country’s liberation war of the 1980s.  The remains of the airman, identified as Hudson Brand, are a key piece of a puzzle that will reveal the location of a modern day buried treasure - a find people will kill for. Sonja returns to the country of her birth to find Emma, who since her call has gone missing.  Former CIA agent Hudson Brand is very much alive and is also drawn back to Namibia to finally solve a decades-old mystery whose clues are entombed in an empty corner of the desert.

A good lunch and an open bar in the delightful Palmyra Room will cost R240 per person.

We will have lots of lucky draws as this will be our last luncheon until January.

Please telephone Sandy on 021 685 8016 to book or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net  for more information.

Cape Town Launch - The Cape Aflame

Cape Town Launch ~ The Cape Aflame

Wednesday 25th November 12 Noon for 12h30

Buitenverwachting Restaurant

To be introduced by Braam Malherbe.

In April 2015, a small group of photographers sharing a passion for the Cape coalesced around the notion of volunteering its skills to produce a permanent record of the Muizenberg Fire of March 2015. Its intent was to raise funds for organisations that worked to contain and suppress the fire before dealing with its inevitably costly consequences.  The word was out and a talented team got together http://capeaflame.org/projectteam/  this included extreme adventurer and eco-warrior Braam Malherbe.

Braam is an International motivational speaker, MC, extreme adventurer, conservationist, youth developer, TV presenter and author of the best-seller, The Great Run.

As a conservationist and Honorary Ranger for SANParks, Braam is involved in counter-poaching operations and finding sustainable solutions to save the rhino from extinction.  He has an unbridled passion for the natural world and is well known in wildlife conservation - a topic extremely close to his heart and he inspires people to act and be part of the change required to ensure a sustainable future for all species on the planet.

Braam’s adventures are extraordinary and always purpose driven. He is a riveting international motivational speaker, applying lessons learnt from his experiences to talk about themes relating to goals, courage, leadership, teamwork, purpose and making the impossible possible.

The Book 

During the furnace heat of early March, the Muizenberg Fire ripped our iconic Cape Peninsula in two, uniting Capetonians as never before. Sweeping from coast to coast, the largest single wildfire in Table Mountain National Park’s history razed 5120 hectares of fynbos, four homes and a luxury resort.

Residents feared its vindictive ferocity. Ecologists welcomed its life-giving, rejuvenating power. Both sought to protect their interests.  The book sets wildfire in the context of history and our fynbos biome’s needs.

The Lunch

A great menu created by the talented Edgar Osojnik of Buitenverwachting Restaurant, elegant wines from the winemakers at Buitenverwachting Wine Estate and good company will all add to the enjoyment of a fabulous afternoon.

The menu is available on request.  The price per person is R270 fully inclusive.

For information or to book either telephone 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net 

            All profits are to be donated to;  

        

The Cape of Good Hope SPCA 

Volunteer Wildfire Services (VWS);

SANParks Honorary Rangers (SHR) 

Cape Peninsula Fire Protection Association (CPFPA).

           

The team involved in publishing this informative and magnificent book have all donated their time.

A great story - A beautiful book

                                                                            

                                           

A Heritage Cookbook by Mietha Klaaste

as told by Niël Stemmet,

Thursday 12 November at 12 noon for 12h30

Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Guest speaker Niël Stemmet is a food writer, photo journalist, consultant and interior designer. He is also a great storyteller with a passion for heritage food – a topic he writes on for many magazines.  He has a unique writing style with a large following both young and old.

He will be talking about his book bitter + sweet which has been nominated as one of the top 6 cookbooks in SA for 2015 - Sunday Times and is so much more that a cook book...          

"Traditional country food meets a soul-stirring story of a rural woman, a domestic worker and nanny, who tells her life story to Stemmet in 29 chapters, reminiscences that start with her childhood on a farm near Robertson and finish as her charge, the adolescent son of her employers, leaves the Cape to head to a new life in the Transvaal.

Mietha Klaaste was also a keen and talented cook who regarded preparing meals a privilege rather than a chore. So it seems only right that between the events that coloured her humble life, she also shares her recipes, wonderful, honest fare where the simplicity of farm ingredients is never overshadowed by surplus ingredients or fancy garnishing.

A third element is Stemmet’s inclusion of carefully selected poems and excerpts that emphasise the content, physical and spiritual, of the preceding chapter. They come from diverse sources ranging from the Bible to Lewis Carroll, from Adam Small to Ingrid Jonker, from Antjie Krog to timeless nursery rhymes."

From a review by Myrna Robins that appeared in the Saturday Weekend Argus on 19 September 2015 – the full review can be seen http://www.myrnarobins.com/books/book-reviews

Edgar Osojnik has been creating superb menus for this luncheon club so be assured that it will be a mouth watering lunch which will be accompanied by Buitenverwachting’s outstanding wines.  The price is R270 per person fully inclusive.

Please telephone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or per email sandybailey@telkomsa.net for more information or to book.

 bitter + sweet is published by Human & Rousseau 2015

Eyes Wide Open - Lunch at Buitenverwachting

RW Johnson’s recently launched book

 ‘South Africa can either choose to have an ANC government or

it can have a modern industrial economy. It cannot have both.’

Thursday 8 October at 12noon for 12h30

Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Guest speaker RW Johnson is an Emeritus Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and was the only South African Rhodes Scholar to return to live in South Africa after the fall of apartheid. He has published twelve books, scores of academic articles and innumerable articles for the international press. His former students include three members of the current British Cabinet, an editor of The Economist and a large number of leading academics and journalists. He lives in Cape Town.

In 1977 his best-selling How Long Will South Africa Survive? provided a controversial and highly original analysis of the survival prospects of apartheid.  He retained the title for his new work, partly for nostalgic reason.

Now after more than twenty years of ANC rule, he believes the situation has become so critical that the question must be posed again.  ‘The big question about ANC rule’ he writes, ‘is whether African nationalism would be able to cope with the challenges of running a modern industrial economy.  Twenty years of ANC rule have shown conclusively that the party is hopelessly ill equipped for this task…

A fascinating book; a fascinating man. 

Lunch at Buitenverwachting Restaurant is always scrumptious.  Chef/Patron Edgar Osojnik will be creating a menu to delight and the Buitenverwachting wines to accompany are elegant and superb. 

The price per person is R270 fully inclusive.

Telephone  021 685 8016 for more information or to request a seat or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net .

How Long Will South Africa Survive - The Looming Crisis by RW Johnson is published by Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Justin Cartwright at Buitenverwachting

From Whitbread Novel Award Winning and Booker Prize shortlisted

Author Justin Cartwright comes an intimate exploration of one man’s

relationship with South Africa and its turbulent history

               Tuesday 15 September at 12 noon for 12:30

              Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Guest Speaker award winning author Justin Cartwright is on a lightning visit to South Africa to attend the Open Book Festival in Cape Town.

A descendant of Piet Retief, he was born in South Africa and lives in London;  in his brilliant new book Up Against the Night he manages to include Notting Hill, the New Forest, Cape Town and California as well as Boer Leaders and Scientologists.

Justin Cartwright possesses that rarest of novelist’s skills – the ability to create fiction which is intensely serious but which also vividly encompasses the absurdity and comedy of life. Up Against the Night is a subtle, brilliant novel about South Africa – its beautiful, superbly evoked landscape, its violent past and its uncertain present.

It's a great menu which will be complemented by Buitenverwachting’s elegant wines. 

The price per person is R270 fully inclusive.

For more information or to book please telephone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or book by emailing sandybailey@telkomsa.net 

International Praise :

‘Justin Cartwright is one of our best novelists’  - Daily Telegraph

‘Few living British novelists write English fiction quite as well as Cartwright’ - Eileen Battersby, Irish Times

‘Sharp observation, waspish wit, and evocative expertise’ - Sunday Times on Lionheart

Lunch with Rebecca Davis and Marianne Thamm

Up to the minute, informative and enjoyable.

‘This book is teeming with incisive commentary on big, scary concepts,

coated with just enough LOLs to make the medicine go down.

It’s Rebecca Davis at her hilarious and thought-provoking best.’ – T.O. MOLEFE

Where                         Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Date                            Thursday 27 August 2015

Time                            12 noon for 12h30

Speaker                       Rebecca Davis in conversation with Marianne Thamm

Guest speaker Rebecca Davis will be in conversation with Marianne Thamm  her newly launched book BEST WHITE AND OTHER ANXIOUS DELUSIONS will be introduced.

Rebecca Davis has been described as one of the funniest writers in South Africa today. Her razor-sharp wit combines with her acute powers of observation to produce social and political commentary that will have you in stitches even as it informs and provokes you to think seriously about the topics she discusses.

An award-winning journalist, Davis' writing appears in The Daily Maverick and other South African publications, including a weekly column on TV for The Sunday Times.  Her Twitter bio @becsplanb – ‘30 something writer, dreamer, lover, lemur, thinker, talker, reader, stalker’ pretty much says it all.  You may also have heard her on Thursdays on the John Maytham show on Cape Talk…  Don't miss it!

Author, ghost writer, comedy script writer, journalist, editor, columnist, translator, blogger, MC and occasional public speaker Marianne Thamm is a woman of note. Some of her recent books are Here I Am - memoir of PJ Powers and To Catch a Cop - The Paul O'Sullivan Story among many more. I could go on and on but space constraints don't allow.

 Chef/Patron Edgar Osojnik  will be creating a delicious luncheon and the menu will be accompanied by Buitenverwachting’s excellent wines.  The price is R270 per person.

Exclusive Books Cavendish will have a selection of books on sale for those who would like to buy books.

A few seats still available at what promises to be a fun and informative luncheon.

To reserve your seat or for more information email sandybailey@telkomsa.net or telephone Sandy on 021 685 8016.

 

‘Rebecca Davis is wicked, wise, frank and indecently funny. I urge you to buy this book immediately.’ – LAUREN BEUKES

The First 30 Days - Ariane de Bonvoisin

Up to the minute, informative and enjoyable

 Since change is the only constant in life, it helps to have an

expert navigate through the ups and downs of life.

The First 30 Days is an excellent guide. – Deepak Chopra

When                                   Thursday 25 June 2015

Time                                    12 noon for 12h30

Venue                                  Buitenverwachting Restaurant, Constantia

Meet guest speaker Ariane de Bonvoisin; she is a writer, speaker and change optimist.  Her books, work and websites are attempts to offer inspiration for people who seek knowledge and are engaged in the world.  Her life’s work is to help people transition through any change.

Ariane has a degree in economics and international relations from the London School of Economics. She has lived and worked in dozens of countries and has an MBA from Stanford,  a speaker of note she has appeared on dozens of American TV and radio shows including NBC’s The Today Show, CBS Early Show, Fox and Friends, CNN Radio and ABC News Now.   She is also an accomplished athlete, having been a competitive swimmer, a ski instructor and a runner in a series of marathons and triathlons.  She has summited Kilimanjaro and accompanied a group of students to Antarctica.

She lives in Cape Town.

The First 30 Days is published by Jonathan Ball Publishers and has been a best seller on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Everyone experiences change; it’s the one constant in life.  Be it a job, relationship, health or the changes in the world we live in, change is unavoidable.  A first time mom recently divorced, a sick parent, one could go on and on.

Whatever change you’re experiencing – whether unexpected or planned – the first few days and weeks are often the hardest, most emotional time.  Whether you are at the start of a change or far into it, this book will help you understand what makes change easier and how to start handling it in a positive empowering way.

Chef/Patron Edgar’s cuisine is to dream about and he will be creating a delicious luncheon to be accompanied by the elegant wines from Buitenverwachting. 

Price per person is R270 please telephone Sandy on 021 685 8016 or book by return email.

Warm regards

Sandy

PS           Exclusive Books, Cavendish Square will be at the luncheon to sell The First 30 Days

               Hot of the Press!

Funds raised - Motor Neurone Disease

Fundraising Luncheon : 12 May 2015

The Mission Statement of our Association is:  

“To provide and promote the best possible support for people living with Motor Neurone Disease, their families and carers and to raise public awareness”

and to accomplish this, funds are in on-going need.   Although we are not able assist our patients financially, we provide equipment such as Bi-Pap machines [which facilitates breathing] wheelchairs, walkers, commodes, raised toilet seats, and other aids, to assist them with their day to day activities and give them some quality of life.   Our Consultants visit patients, counsel families and carers and arrange monthly support groups where patients and carers can interact.

So a big thank you to Sandy Bailey for organizing the lunch at Buitenverwachting, Philippa Jolly for the suggestion, to the members and guests of “The Thursday Club”,  to each and everyone who attended and contributed in any way to make the donation of R5,255  (Five thousand two hundred and fifty five Rand) possible.   This donation and your generous support is very much appreciated and will greatly assist us in our aim.

Caring makes a difference.

MND / ALS Association of South Africa

Fabulous Prizes - Thursday CLub Luncheon

Clem Sunter is Guest Speaker at a luncheon

 Buitenverwachting Restaurant - 12 May 2015

Fundraising for Motor Neuron Disease

A motor neuron disease (MND) is any of five neurological disorders that selectively affect motor neurons, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity including speaking, walking, swallowing, and general movement of the body. They are neurodegenerative in nature, and cause increasing disability and, eventually, death.


PRIZES

 A One night stay at this luxurious and beautifully located

Hotel including a sumptuous breakfast.

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Mowbray Golf Club                 Experience one of the Cape's finest Golf Courses.

                                                    2 x 4 Ball Vouchers for Mowbray Golf Club

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At Ginkgo Spa and Wellness Group we invite you to relax with us and recapture the forgotten sense of well-being.

4 x Gift Vouchers for an Elixir Full Body Signature Massage


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Enjoy Master Chef Edgar Osojnik's superb cuisine.

    Dinner for two - Lunch for two - Breakfast for two

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The Real Meal Revolution signed by Prof Tim Noakes

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Beautiful Botanical Prints by renowned artist Phil Scott

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Vouchers from Starke Ayres

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Voucher from Silvermist Eastery - The Green Vine

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 Elegant Wines from this glorious Estate

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Thursday Club is extremely grateful to all our generous sponsors.

Tickets will be available at the luncheon.

21st Century Megatrends - Clem Sunter

Join us for lunch with renowned business strategist Clem Sunter.

21st Century Megatrends - how a fox sees them

Date                            Tuesday 12 May

Time                           12 noon for 12h30

Venue                         Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Guest Speaker           Clem Sunter

Challenging times globally, South Africa seems to have lost the plot in many areas… 

Fortunate indeed to have the opportunity to listen to some good advice from Clem Sunter, world famous Scenario Planner and Futurist as out guest speaker.

Imagine if you could imagine the unimaginable, sketch possible futures about it and then make a choice between the options available to you

Believe it or not, it is feasible to sketch possible and sometimes extreme futures and to optimise your strategy accordingly. But you need the bright eyes of a fox to survey the world around you; you need the mind of a fox to map out the best way of handling the changes you see happening; and you need the speed and agility of a fox's response in turning your thoughts into action.
From Clem's website www.mindofafox.com

A delicious five star lunch and elegant wines from Buitenverwachting to accompany is on the Agenda. 

Price per person is R270

Raising funds for Motor Neuron disease; super prizes so bring along some cash to buy tickets.

Phone Sandy on 021 685 8016 for info or to book or sandybailey@telkomsa.net .

PS        Exclusive Books will have Clem’s The Fox Trilogy and

21st Century Megatrends available at the lunch.

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A Mover & Shaker or a Moaner & Groaner?

Up to the minute, informative and enjoyable.

Luncheon at Buitenverwachting Restaurant - Guest speaker Ken Annandale

Thursday 9 April at 12h30

“Within me burns a knowledge that we can do more,

See more, have more, make more and influence more!”

So says Ken Annandale, Thursday Club’s guest speaker for the April get-together.   He is up there with some of the best speakers around.  He keeps one spell bound and wanting him to go on and on...    He will take questions.

 Movers and Shakers; Moaners & Groaners is a fascinating book in which Ken shares the secrets of his success and his joy in life.    

Ken and his wife Penny were co-recipients of Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Award. "In recognition of a significant contribution made to South Africa's international standing and reputation as a world-class sporting and conference provider". Previous recipients include: Dr Anton Rupert, BJ Vorster, Justice Tshungu, PW Botha, Dr Denis Worrall, Prof Anna Neethling Pohl, Clem Sunter, FW de Klerk, Dr Ali Bacher, Justice R Goldstone, Hansie Cronje, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Dr Chris Stals, Pieter-Dirk Uys & Vuyo Mbuli.

Ken's book will be on sale.

The lunch created by Edgar Osojnik Chef/Patron at Buitenverwachting is scrumptious:

Bread & Spreads

Amuse Bouche

Butter Nut Kohlrabi Soup

with Duck Confit Springroll

Starter

Pan fried Norwegian Salmon Terrine

cucumber, pak choi, spring onion, pea shoots, micro coriander,

citrus dressing, ginger jelly, sesame & soya

Main

Beef Medallions with Stroganoff Sauce,  

parsley crème Fraiche puree in potatoes potato casing & a assortment of vegetables

Filter Coffee & Friandise

Accompanied by Buitenverwachting wines.

R270 fully inclusive.

All welcome! Please telephone Sandy 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net

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Warnings for Nations That Print Money - Talk

Cape Town Book Launch

When Money Destroys Nations

“The simplicity, clarity, and great use of metaphors in this book make When Money Destroys Nations a warning for the rest of the world. It makes me ask: ‘Will the U.S. be next?’” 

Robert Kiyosaki

Educator, Entrepreneur, Investor and Author of Rich Dad Poor Dad

In their book, When Money Destroys Nations, authors Philip Haslam and Russell Lamberti tell the fascinating story of Zimbabwe’s economic turmoil and how ordinary people survived. In late 2008 the Zimbabwe dollar collapsed after eleven years of unrestrained money printing. Hyperinflation had blazed out of control, turning lives upside down as soaring prices destroyed the once prosperous economy. This book reveals the ominous parallels between Zimbabwe and countries around the world that are printing money to fund their debts.

Date:                Thursday 26 February

Time:               12 noon for 12h30

Venue:             The Pavilion, Kelvin Grove Club

Speaker:           Philip Haslam

 On a recent trip to Johannesburg,  people were talking about this book and saying how accessible it was to the non-financial person and also fascinating. I contacted the authors and publishers and to our good fortune author Philip Haslam is visiting Cape Town and has agreed to give a talk as well as answer some of our financial questions.  He will also briefly discuss the Macro aspects of the Budget.

Philip Haslam is a qualified chartered accountant and economic advisor, writer and speaker. As a speaker, he regularly presents to a variety of audiences on money, banking and the international financial system. Philip has lived in both Europe and America, and currently resides in his hometown of Johannesburg. He runs a business with other economists providing macro-strategy consulting advice to companies to inform their strategies. He says “As the global economy changes significantly with massive money printing schemes, the effects will impact us all. And therein lies the risk and the opportunity.”  

Could other nations be following in Zimbabwe’s footsteps? Read this book to find out.

The menu is a starter and a main course with coffee to follow. There will be a limited cash bar on the day; the Kelvin House Wine is reasonable and highly recommended.  As always a Vegetarian option is available, please let me know when making your booking.  The cost is R200 per person.

Book by email to sandybailey@telkomsa.net or telephone me on 021 685 8016.

Praise for When Money Destroys Nations 

“To understand the future you must first understand the past. Haslam and Lamberti have done a great job at documenting the Zimbabwean hyperinflation in an easily readable manner. Even if you haven’t studied economics or central banking, you’ll be able to understand what happens when countries print money and why hyperinflation is coming to countries across the world, including the US dollar.”

Jeff Berwick

CEO and founder of The Dollar Vigilante

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Meet Author Barbara Kingsolver

Barbara Kingsolver
"The power is in the balance: we are our injuries as much as we are our successes."

Date:               Thursday 12 February 2015

Time:               12 Noon for 12h30

Venue:             The Pavilion at Kelvin Grove Club, Cape Town

Speaker:          Barbara Kingsolver

Cost:                R200

Barbara Kingsolver and her husband are visiting South Africa and we have the pleasure of hosting her.  It is also our first get together this year and we would like to take this opportunity of wishing all a happy and successful 2015.

Kingsolver was named one of the most important writers of the 20^th Century by Writers Digest.  In 2000 she received the National Humanities Medal, America’s highest honour for service through the arts. Critical acclaim for her books includes multiple awards from the American Booksellers Association and the American Library Association, among many others.

The Poisonwood Bible was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Orange Prize, and won the national book award of South Africa before being named an Oprah Book Club selection. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle won numerous prizes including the James Beard Award. The Lacuna won Britain’s prestigious Orange Prize for Fiction in 2010. In 2011, Kingsolver was awarded the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for the body of her work.

Kingsolver has been honoured by her peers and embraced by readers as one of the most popular literary novelists of modern times. The Dallas Morning News called her latest novel,  Flight Behaviour" as close to a truly perfect book as I have ever read."

Exclusive Books Cavendish will have a selection of her books on sale for those who would like to buy any of them.

The menu is a starter and a main course with coffee to follow. There will be a limited cash bar on the day; the Kelvin House Wine is reasonable and highly recommended.  As always a Vegetarian option is available, please let us know any dietary preferences when making your booking.

If you cancel with less than 24 hours’ notice we will try to fill your place, but if not successful, you will be liable to pay.

Information or book by email sandybailey@telkomsa.net  or telephone on 021 685 8016.

Another Kingsolver quote from her book Animal Dreams

 “The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. The most you can do is live inside that hope, running down its hallways, touching the walls on both sides.” 

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