WHAT'S NEW THIS MONTH

September 2020

 

Virtual Wine Tasting Event, SAAHK Spotlight On, SA Goods in HK, Mzansi Marketplace

Cederberg Wines virtual wine tasting by Cellar to Door - 7 October 2020

Cellar To Door Wines are proud to announce an exciting virtual wine tasting event with winemaker, David Nieuwoudt from Cederberg Private Cellar. Those wanting to sip their way through the experience can purchase one of their Big Six mixes (includes all the Cederberg wines to be tasted and discussed on the evening). For the more selective tasters there are also 3 bottle mixed packages available

Make sure to grab your free tickets soon as spaces are limited! 

 
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WOSA Over the Rainbow Fundraising Campaign

Over the Rainbow is a fundraising campaign to support the South African wine industry. It will be running from 16 August to the end of October. Participating South African wine importers in Hong Kong will donate HK$10 per bottle of South African wine sold to Pebbles Project and the Anna Foundation. These the two charity organisations focus on enriching the lives of disadvantaged children and families in the agricultural communities of the Western Cape. 

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Where to find South African food and wine in Hong Kong (updated list)

It's been months since anyone has been able to go home and we're all starting to get a bit homesick. Luckily we have loads of shops in Hong Kong that offer a taste of home. We have updated our list to include all the latest information on where to find South African food and wine in Hong Kong. Happy shopping!

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Africa Centre Africa 101: South Africa - 20 September 2020

In the weekly Africa 101 series, Africa Centre Hong Kong introduces individual countries/nations within the African continent. It’s a great opportunity to be introduced to various aspects of each country such as their cultures, history, geography, arts and tourist attractions. Join Africa Centre Hong Kong on the 20th of September for a talk about South Africa. For a schedule of their other talks and events, please visit their Facebook page. 

Scratch Maps of South Africa in support of the Kolisi Foundation

South Africa Scratch Map has launched in Hong Kong. These maps are a fun and interactive way to explore our beautiful home country while supporting a great cause. Your South Africa Scratch Map purchase will provide food to a local South African for a month through the Kolisi Foundation.

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Cellar to Door was started by a passionate, wine loving South African family living abroad. Their aim is to share South African wine with the global community. They stock a wide range of Cederberg Wines in their online shop. SAAHK members qualify for a 10% discount and delivery will be free for any order of 6 or more bottles. 

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SAAHK Spotlight On Nathan King - Photographer and Animal Welfare Advocate

This month we're chatting to South African photographer Nathan King from Nathan King Photography in our SAAHK Spotlight On feature. Check out his interview and don't forget to enter the giveaway on our Facebook page where you stand a chance of winning a professional head shot session from Nathan King Photography worth HK$2500. 

 
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Mzansi Marketplace - Supporting South(ern) African businesses in Hong Kong and Macau

In support of South(ern) African owned and operated businesses in Hong Kong, we will be running a series of posts featuring these businesses on our Facebook page. If you are a South(ern) African business owner in Hong Kong and would like to be featured, please send us an email at saahkinfo@gmail.com. For regular updates on all things Southern African, please follow our Facebook page. 

 
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Hope for endangered Pepperbark trees highlighted through Sappi Arbor Week activities

There is serendipity in the fact that Arbor Week and Heritage Day are both celebrated in the month of September, which also heralds the beginning of Spring in South Africa.

 

At Sappi Southern Africa, where the company has 166 Important Conservation Areas (ICAs) listed on its forestry plantations in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, among them, six declared nature reserves covering an area of 6,486 hectares; there is no doubt that Sappi Southern Africa takes the conservation of biodiversity on its property seriously. This commitment is reinforced by its Threatened and Endangered Species Stewardship Programme, with its flagship Warburgia salutaris project.

 

In a continuation of its ongoing work on this project and in a lead-up to Arbor Week, Sappi, in conjunction with the SANPARKS Skukuza Nursery, has made available 2,000 Warburgia salutaris – or Pepperbark tree – saplings to the Endangered Wildlife Trust for their Warburgia salutaris project in the Soutpansberg Protected Area in Limpopo Province. The saplings were originally propagated through the cooperation between Sappi, ARC Nelspruit and SANBI Nelspruit and held at the Skukuza Indigenous Nursery awaiting distribution to qualifying Warburgia projects.

 

About the Endangered Pepper Bark tree

Warburgia salutaris, commonly known as the pepper-bark tree or ‘isibhaha’ in isiZulu, has long been one of the most highly prized tree species in the Southern African traditional healthcare sector. However, with commercial gatherers increasingly crossing into protected areas such as the Kruger National Park (KNP), the trees have become increasingly scarce and are now considered critically endangered – unsustainable bark harvesting means that trees die a few months after harvesting. The tree is formally protected under SA legislation in the revised National Forests Act (2012) and the National Environmental Management Biodiversity Act (2004).

An initiative was launched in 2011 to propagate the trees and distribute them to communities living around the Kruger National Park (KNP) in an attempt to take the pressure off the few remaining wild trees still growing in the park. In 2014, Sappi joined the project participants – SANParks, the Agricultural Research Council (ARC) and the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) – with an initial donation.

 

(Read the full article by Zelda Schwalbach here)

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