The annual Waterblommetjie Festival in Paarl is back on Saturday, 2 September, and visitors can expect a jam-packed day filled with fabulous wines, live entertainment and obviously this amazing local gourmet treat.
National Women’s Day is celebrated annually on 9 August and is a South African public holiday. In line with the above event I did some research and found out that more than 20 000 South African women of all races attended a march on the Union Buildings in protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act of 1950, commonly referred to as the “pass laws” in 1956. They protested against the country’s pass laws that required South Africans defined as “black” under The Population Registration Act to carry an internal passport that would limit their rights during apartheid. The women stood silently for 30 minutes and then started singing a protest song that was composed in honour of the occasion: Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo! (“Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock” or its latest incarnation: “you strike a woman, you strike a rock”). This song has come to represent women’s courage and strength in South Africa and was followed by 14 000 petitions that were left at the door step of the prime minister at the time.
This has got be one of the most fun experiences this year… Paarl Rock in the rain!
On Saturday, 12 August Paarl Tourism took a group of bloggers, hikers and influencers to experience our stunning mountain. They were blown away by its sheer magnificence and beauty.
Thank you Lans Pepler from Run the Vines for being our guide for the day, thank you Keith Edwards for bringing Cape Town to Paarl and thank you Travelvids.tv for the amazing clip.
See what it’s like to step back in time at the Grande Roche Hotel in Paarl South Africa where history and modernity collide in the best of ways.
“Nobody does luxury better than Africa.”
Friends confided this opinion to us during our month in Cape Town. Seriously? Better than Europe? We had our doubts that luxury hotels in Africa were actually better than the rest of the world.
Within moments of arriving at the Grande Roche Hotel in Paarl, we knew that our friends had spoken the truth.