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festive season

18 Nov 2025

A celebration of festive coffee rituals

By Staff Writer

Nespresso magic in the making invites you to celebrate the festive season with a blend of artistry, craftsmanship, and flavour. The 2025 Nespresso festive collection brings exceptional coffee and design together. Thoughtfully crafted blends and Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s vibrant creations are central to this release, transforming everyday coffee rituals into celebrations of art and connection....
11 Dec 2020

Gateway's fantastical Sweetopia is a visual treat these holidays

By Staff Writer

Escape to the candy-themed picture-perfect fantasy world we call Sweetopia at Gateway Theatre of Shopping this festive season. It’s jet-fuel for your imagination when you cross the threshold into the magical world of Sweetopia. Keep your eyes wide open as childhood dreams come to life in this indulgent visual feast. Sweetopia is a playful place for adults, parents, children,...
10 Dec 2020

Collect your family’s treasured recipes this festive season with Food24 and McCain

By Staff Writer

Festive gifts are sorted this year, McCain, one of SA’s most trusted brands for quality, frozen vegetables, has joined forces with Food24 to offer South Africans the chance to create a fully customisable cookbook. Never before has it been so easy to get a collection of your favourite recipes in a self-curated, one-of-a-kind personalised cookbook!...
30 Sep 2020

Limited edition Roku Gin gift pack is the perfect serve for the festive season

By Staff Writer

As we enter the season of giving, Roku Gin entrenches the age-old Japanese tradition of sharing with its limited edition festive gift packs – a treat for both the new gin lover and experienced veteran. Roku, which landed in South Africa over a year ago, attributes its subtle, yet complex flavour profile to the seasons...
17 Dec 2019

Appeltiser’s latest edition brings the sparkle this festive season

By Staff Writer

Appletiser has announced its biggest innovation yet, just in time for the festive season, a new canned and bottled sparkling fruit juice – Appletiser Spritzer.
13 Dec 2018

How to approach your finances this festive season

By Janice Roberts

By Lettie Mzwinila, Business Development Manager at Allan Gray. In the hive of festive activity, it’s easy to forget your financial goals and spend more than you planned. Next thing you know, it’s the New Year and the long month of January, with its all too familiar financial hangover, is stretched out before you.
03 Jan 2018

Freight looting a growing concern

By Staff Writer

The escalating voracity of freight looting – the theft of goods off the back of fleet vehicles, sometimes while moving – was highlighted in a recent Carte Blanche insert.  This criminal act has massive financial repercussions for the fleet and insurance industries, and ultimately the consumer, and is expected to intensify in the run-up to...
18 Dec 2017

Avoid common financial mistakes during the festive season

By Janice Roberts

Have you accumulated so much debt during the course of the year that you avoid phone calls from private numbers to dodge one of the many creditors coming after you during the festive season? Burying your head in the sand is definitely not a solution and will not make your debt disappear.
11 Dec 2017

Don’t let your insurance cover take a holiday

By Janice Roberts

By John Marsden, Managing Director: Citadel Financial Protection. Each December holiday season, South Africans are confronted with shocking road fatality statistics. According to the AA, as many as 14,071 people died on South Africa’s roads in 2016 – a 9% increase from the12,944 deaths recorded in 2015.
04 Dec 2017

Stick to your financial plan this festive season

By Janice Roberts

By Nico Coetzee, Executive: PPS Financial Planning. According to the latest statistics from the National Credit Regulator, collective consumer debt is currently more than R1.69-trillion. With South Africans facing an even tougher economic situation this festive season, it is critical that everyone makes a concerted effort to avoid falling even further into debt by sticking...
23 Nov 2017

Exquisite new Nicolas Feuillatte Champagnes for the festive season

By Staff Writer

Nicolas Feuillatte Champagne, the number one selling Champagne in France and the third biggest-selling Champagne brand in the world, have released five new limited edition exquisitely showcased Champagnes for the festive season. Nicolas Feuillatte Brut Réserve – elegantly presented in a snow-white tin This Champagne is a blend of 20 per cent Chardonnay for elegance...
24 Jan 2017

How to recover from the festive season shopping spree

By Janice Roberts

By Joanne Brown, Principal consultant, Momentum Consult. The tinsel has fallen off the tree, the lavish meals have been eaten and for many consumers, the festive season’s financial hangover has set in.