Meet the Makers

Local artisans creating spectacular ceramic products, detailed cakes, trendy neon signs and fabulous skin-loving soaps.   What’s better than buying something handmade? Umhlanga is full of creative craftsmen waiting to tell you their stories. We have highlighted a few to learn more about them and their fantastic products. #supportlocal. Put a pinch of colour, creativity, and sunshine together, and you’ll get Brogan, a 25-year-old female entrepreneur, who worked incredibly hard to start her business, The...

FABSTUFF JUNE/JULY 2022

We’ve got loads of stuff you’re going to love!     SOCIETY MOCHACCINO Do you love coffee or hot chocolate more? Now you don’t have to choose. NEW Society Mochaccinos are made from the finest 100% Arabica coffee beans perfectly paired with indulgent cocoa – bringing together premium coffee and chocolate for an indulgent, luxurious taste experience. Packaged in convenient single-serve sachets, you can now enjoy the best of both. Retail price from R38.99 www.joekels.co.za...

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....

FABSTUFF APRIL/MAY 2022

We’ve got loads of stuff you’re going to love! GUARDIAN AFRICAN GIN Is not only a craft gin of exceptional class and character, but it is also a guardian of nature, dedicated to conservation.  Only local botanicals such as juniper, baobab, spekboom, orange and lemon zest, are wild harvested to craft a most flavourful gin in a “London Dry Gin” style. It is beautifully packaged in a majestic box including a surprise package of the...