Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance

                                                                                                                 

Professor Ian Goldin will introduce his new book 

"An essential guide - and a superb ride - through our current stormy moment."

Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington

Date                            Tuesday 14 February

Time                           12 noon for 12h30

Venue                         Jonkershuis, Groot Constantia       

Guest Speaker           Ian Goldin

Enjoyable to do lunch on Valentine’s Day; a tasty meal; quaff Groot Constantia’s delightful wine and meet one of the authors of this stimulating book that brings hope and advice to weather the storms of the very tricky times we live in.

Guest speaker, Oxford University Professor Ian Goldin is a world-famous academic and author. 

Previously Vice President of the World Bank; he has been nominated Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum.  From 1996 – 2001 he was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa and also served as an economic advisor to President Nelson Mandela.  He has been knighted by the French government and is an acclaimed author of 20 books.

In Age of Discovery, Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna show how we can draw courage, wisdom and inspiration from the days of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci in order to fashion our own Golden Age.

A delicious 2 Course meal accompanied by Groot Constantia's award winning wines will cost you R320 per person fully inclusive.

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

  

"A powerful journey…This book will help the world."

- Founder; Virgin Group - Richard Branson

Marianne Thamm at Groot Constantia

Greetings and here’s to a happy and prosperous 2017!

When:                         Thursday 19 January 2017

Where:                       Jonkershuis, Groot Constantia

Guest Speaker:          Marianne Thamm

Marianne Thamm, top-selling author, comedian and commentator-at-large, has written several successful books, including the recently filmed I Have Life, Alison Botha’s story. Marianne's following is huge; she has a presence across media including online and television. She is known in particular for her for her in-depth, off-beat journalism. She is assistant editor at The Daily Maverick.

In her first openly personal book, she delves deeply into her own unconventional life story. Her German father fought for Hitler and designed munitions for Verwoerd. He married her Portuguese mother in England, where she was working as a cleaner. Marianne, an outspoken gay feminist and political activist, grew up tough amid Afrikaans neighbours in Pretoria’s less salubrious suburbs. Today she is a leading South African journalist and the proud mother of two teenagers...

Marianne’s story is the story of a father and a daughter, of the ghosts of history, of family and forgiveness. But it is also the story of the last century, of the defeat of fascism and bigotry and a new era ushered in by Nelson Mandela. Sad at times, deeply moving and, like Marianne, hugely entertaining.

We thoroughly enjoyed the food at Jonkershuis when we met there in August last year, the service was outstanding.  The award-winning Groot Constantia wines are the perfect accompaniment.

Please either telephone or email Sandy for further information or to book on 021 685 8016 or sandybailey@telkomsa.net    Seating is limited.

“Thamm’s ability to tell a story is what made her a respected and popular journalist. The anecdotes of her adolescence in the suburbs, the fumbling discovery of her sexuality, and her hesitant first steps into motherhood are told with compassion, insight and self-deprecating humour, and are bound to resonate with many readers who have had similar experiences. But it is her ability to contextualise these personal experiences within the racist, homophobic, and paranoid South African society that imbues them with a much broader resonance.”

-          Herman Wasserman , Rapport

Published by Tafelberg 

True Story - Dr James Barry Cape Town Launch

Dr James Barry

A Woman Ahead of Her Time

Michael du Preez and Jeremy Dronfield

The remarkable story of the extraordinary woman

who defied her times by living as a man

Lunch at Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Thursday 24 November at 12 noon for 12h30

Guest speaker, author Michael du Preez graduated from medical school in 1958 and went on to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Since retiring in 2001, he has spent over a decade researching the life of Dr James Barry. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Jeremy Dronfield is a writer, biographer and novelist. He lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire.

About the book

Dr James Barry: Inspector General of Hospitals, army surgeon, duellist, reformer, lady killer, eccentric. He performed the first Caesarean in Africa, was deported from St Helena and gave Florence Nightingale a dressing down in the Crimea. At home, he was surrounded by a menagerie of

animals, including a cat, a goat, a parrot and half a dozen small terriers. Long ago, in Cork, Ireland, he had also been a mother.

The amazing true story of Margaret Ann Bulkley, the young woman who broke the rules of Georgian society to become one of the most respected surgeons of the century. Her life became one long, audacious act of deception that saw her rise to positions no woman had ever reached

before, but it also left her isolated, even costing her the chance to be with the man she loved.

Chef Edgar Osojnik will be working his magic in the kitchen and Lars Maack’s elegant Buitenverwachting wines will delight.

The cost of the lunch is R300 per person inclusive.

Please call Sandy on 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@tekomsa.net for more information.

Some UK reviews:

Irish Independent

‘Fascinating’

Daily Mail

'An astounding story – of obstinacy, ambition, genius, fearlessness and

pioneering feminism.'

Lunch with Helen Zille at Buitenverwachting

Launching Helen Zille’s Autobiography

One of the most important political autobiographies

to be published in many years

Join us at Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Meet Helen Zille

Thursday 13 October at 12 noon for 12:30

Guest Speaker Helen Zille said the following about her planned biography: “It is a lot of fun, and a great challenge to write a book that weaves together my personal life story with the political transformation of the country.”

About the book:

Helen Zille’s long-awaited autobiography is one of the most fascinating political stories of our time.

Zille takes the reader back to her humble family origins, her struggle with anorexia as a young woman, her early career as a journalist for the Rand Daily Mail, and her involvement with the End Conscription Campaign and the Black Sash. She documents her early days in the Democratic Party and the Democratic Alliance, at a time when the party was locked in a no-holds-barred factional conflict. And she chronicles the intense political battles to become mayor of Cape Town, leader of the DA and premier of the Western Cape, in the face of dirty tricks from the ANC and infighting within her own party.

This is a story about political intrigue and treachery, floor-crossing and unlikely coalitions, phone tapping and intimidation, false criminal charges and judicial commissions. It documents Zille’s courageous fight against corruption and state capture and her efforts to realign politics and entrench accountability. And it describes a mother’s battle to raise children in the pressured world of South African politics.

This book is as frank, honest and unflinching as Helen Zille herself, and will appeal to anyone interested in the story of South African politics over the past fifty years.

Chef Edgar is excited to be hosting Helen Zille and is planning a menu par excellence to be accompanied by Buitenverwachting’s superb wines.

Tickets are R300 per person

Early booking is suggested, for more information or to book, please contact Sandy by telephone  on 021 685 8016 or sandybailey@telkomsa.net

“The memoir of Helen Zille is the most anticipated political biography in South Africa, and Penguin Random House South Africa (PRHSA) is immensely honoured to be this iconic politician’s publisher of choice.” 

Spring lunch with Chantell Ilbury

Welcome to the Age of the Fox


Spring Lunch ~ Buitenverwachting Restaurant

Thursday 1 September 12 noon for 12h30

Guest Speaker ~ Chantell Ilbury

A Fox’s Tale is loaded with strategic insight, yet often reads like an adventure

novel, rich with humour and entertaining anecdotes.

Sit down with one of Africa’s most creative strategic minds, and really get to know her and how she thinks … In this book, and for the first time, Chantell Ilbury – bestselling business author, renowned scenario strategist and speaker – tells her remarkable story. It covers her formative years in a country at war, her early days as an educator and entrepreneur, the roots of her successful partnership with Clem Sunter, and what she has learned steering the executive-level strategies of global organisations and some of the biggest names in business.

Buitenverwachting Restaurant re-opens after its winter break and Chef/Patron Edgar Osojnik has created a special gourmet lunch which will be accompanied by Buitenverwachting’s elegant wines.

The cost is R300 per person fully inclusive. Please book early for this event as it is bound to popular.  Telephone 021 685 8016 or email sandybailey@telkomsa.net

Cape Town Launch - Sam Cowen's Great New Book

Cape Town Launch

 From Whiskey to Water

Sam Cowen

From Whiskey to Water is the no-holds-barred memoir by one of

South Africa’s most loved radio talk show hosts, Sam Cowen.

When                           Thursday 11 August 12 noon for 12:30

Where                          Jonkershuis, Groot Constantia

Guest Speaker             Sam Cowen

Sam Cowen is the longest-running female morning show host in the country, having worked Joburg’s biggest breakfast show on 94.7 for over 18 years with radio icons Jeremy Mansfield and Darren Whackhead Simpson. In 2015 she replaced Jenny Crwys-Williams on the wildly popular 1pm–3pm slot on 702.  She currently co-hosts the Weekend Breakfast Show on 702/Cape Talk with Africa Melane. Sam is also the bestselling author of Waiting for Christopher and Good Enough Mother, two popular books on motherhood.

Recently launched in Johannesburg the book is flying off the shelves and has just gone into its second reprint due to overwhelming demand…

Having kept her alcohol addiction well away from the public eye for over 14 years, in this tell-all tale Sam finds the courage to talk about her struggle with her addiction to whiskey, food and finally to a passion that saved her life – marathon swimming. Told in her characteristically hilarious dead-pan style, this is one of the bravest books you’ll read this year.

“So this is a book on how I stopped drinking? No, it’s not. It’s how I stopped drinking, started eating, became clinically severely obese, stopped eating (everything that wasn’t nailed down) and swam my way to freedom. No, it’s not. It’s actually about addiction and learning and sadness and anxiety and love and drive. It’s about channelling the unchangeable into the miraculous. It’s about dragons and learning how to put them to sleep when you can’t slay them. It’s about being my own Daenerys.”

The Jonkershuis did us proud when we met there for our July meeting. The delicious menu will be accompanied by great wines from Groot Constantia.

The price per person fully inclusive is R300.

Please either telephone or email for further information or to book 021 685 8016 sandybailey@telkomsa.net  

ISBN 987-1-920601-72-0 

Launching Gavin Rich's ~ The Springbok Coaches

                                                                                                      

Launching

Fascinating and revelatory

Well worth the read – John Mitchell

When               Thursday 21 July 12 Noon for 12h30

Where              Jonkershuis – Groot Constantia

Speaker            Gavin Rich

In the middle of an exciting Rugby season;  the Springboks beat Ireland in a nail-biting series and Super Rugby is drawing to a nail biting close; the guest speaker will answer questions and give us the low down.

Gavin Rich is an award-winning rugby writer who is ideally placed to write about the post-isolation Springbok coaches. He covered the first tour in 1992 and has remained on the beat ever since, a period of 24 years. His observations of the coaches as senior rugby correspondent for Supersport.com, the Weekend Argus and other publications such as SA Rugby Magazine.  Rich is the author of former Bok Coach Peter de Villiers’ best-selling autobiography, Politically Incorrect and Mitch, The Real Story, the autobiography of John Mitchell. He is a Rhodes University Alumni.

A fan of Gavin Rich’s rugby writings, Sandy feels that we couldn't have chosen anybody better placed to write The Springbok Coaches. A riveting and controversial read!

Was Coach Heyneke Meyer the reason the Springboks failed at the 2015 Rugby World Cup? What does the future have in store for the incumbent coach, Allister Coetzee?  In this new, updated edition of The Poisoned Chalice, rugby writer Gavin Rich takes us past the disappointment of the 2015 Rugby World Cup right up to the appointment of Allister Coetzee in April 2016, and dissects not only the successes and failures of these two Springbok coaches, but of all the post-isolation coaches who preceded them.

JONKERSHUIS

c o n s t a n t i a   e a t e r y

 The delicious two course menu including service and wine will cost you R300

Sauvignon/Semillon 2015

The ripe fruit flavours of the Sauvignon Blanc follows on the palate,

while the Semillon adds body to the wine and gives it a long finish.

 Merlot 2013

A multi layered Merlot that shows flavours of mulberry,

raspberry, plums and hints of spices on the nose.

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Please either telephone or email Sandy for more information or to book 021 685 8016 or sandybailey@telkomsa.net   ~  Seating is limited.