Connecting People Through Coffee

If you’ve driven through the beachfront over the last few months, you would have probably noticed the friendly faces gathering outside a quaint wooden shed propped primely on the corner of South Beach Road and Margaret Bacon Avenue at Fairlight B&B.   On a scorching hot summer’s day in Umdloti, Bruce and Michele Deeb, owners of a familiar and firm favourite, Fairlight B&B, sat down with me under an umbrella with a decadent iced coffee....

Around the Table

We sat down with a few passionate businessmen and women from investment to coaching in Umhlanga to learn more about them and their most commonly asked questions in their fields of work. Shirley Pearson from Action Coach iNala  Business coaching is relatively new in South Africa. Will you and your business be better off if you invest some of your hard-earned money in business coaching? If you’re serious about your own success, take the time...

Generations of Adaptation and Perseverance

Woodhead Bigby Inc. celebrates a century of legal excellence built on generations of wisdom. Such milestones are not reached by chance but rather by strategic intelligence, diligent hard work and bestowed knowledge. It takes considerably more than a pedigree and qualifications to persevere and thrive in a highly competitive profession. Adaptability, continual development, cultural inclusion, and an emphasis on being better before becoming bigger have helped forge a robust resilience to changing times, changing laws,...

The Future is Bright

Many students have had to adapt to operating during the pandemic, and they have achieved greatness through the amazing schools. We find out more about some of our schools on the East Coast and look at what the new year holds for them.   Crawford International La Lucia Future-focused education is best described as an emerging cluster of ideas, beliefs, theories, and practices drawn from many sources, within and outside education. These ideas are mobilised...

Not Your Average Unions

I’m such a wedding person. I love weddings and anything to do with them. And when I heard about these two out of this world weddings – I was so excited to share them with you all.   THE WEDDING UPON A MOUNTAIN TOP MIKE + KIRSTY BAKER After nine years of being together, Kirsty and Mike decided it was time to tie the knot. “We always felt people spend too much money on weddings,”...

Speak My Love Language

We’re all looking to amaze our partners with every gesture. Learning to speak their love language can significantly impact the success of your future endeavours. Here’s a crash-course introduction to love languages and some date ideas you could use as a base for your adventures. Everyone “speaks” a particular language, even our non-verbal actions are interpreted as “body language“. It follows that the way we express and interpret love has a language of its own....

THE VALENTINE’S DOUGH-NOTES RANGE IS HERE!

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Krispy Kreme The month of love is upon us and Krispy Kreme’s Red Velvet Limited Edition range of Valentine’s Doughnuts are here to steal your heart. The Turkish Delight Kreme is simply ‘delightful’. It’s an unglazed Red Velvet heart filled with a Turkish Delight Kreme, hand-dipped in a Turkish delight milk choc dip, drizzled with a milk choc spread and topped with edible rose petals. It’s smooth, sweet and you won’t...

Comedic Timing is Everything

We were delighted to have Prev Reddy A.K.A. Aunty Shamilla sit around the brown boardroom table with the FabMags team with coffees and Krispy Kreme’s to chat about everything; from his rocky start to his career, a Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award, an international tour and of course, we got to meet the legendary Aunty Shamilla, in all of her robed glory! Prev always knew that he wanted to be a performer. “I knew that if...

Five in One

There’s nothing better than stumbling upon hidden gems in the most unexpected places. I was incredibly excited when I discovered Northshore and these five exceptionally talented women. They are firmly carving out their marks in their respective industries. Erisha Reddy – Bonafide Beauty “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself!” Qualified somatologist, Erisha has been in the beauty industry for over 12 years. She opened Bonafide Beauty two years ago and has watched...

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“It has been touch and go as to whether the 2021 event would even be able to take place this year,” says Alene Naidoo, Organiser of The Durban Botanic Gardens Trail of Lights. “Last year was such a disappointment, when we had to close early, due to adjusted COVID restrictions; but we have received the go-ahead from the relevant authorities and barring any major announcements from the President, we are optimistic that the 2021 show...