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  BURNT movie review By Lisalee Solomons                  Picture Sourced: Lisalee Solomons, Cape Town. Academy award winner Bradley Cooper gives a stellar performance in this brilliant film about his passion for making food that will leave a lasting impression on his customers. With a brilliant cast including Sienna Miller, Uma Thurman, Omar Sy, Matthew Rhys, Ricardo Scamarcio, Alicia Vikander and Emma Thompson. Adam Jones whose character is played by Cooper; was a well-known chef at a Parisian restaurant owned by his late mentor Jean-Luc until his drug use and very bad temperamental behaviour destroyed his career and his restaurant.  Adam goes into self-isolation in New Orleans to sober up and plans to head to London to restart his career and earn his much wanted third Michelin Star. Back in London, Adam searches for old colleagues to help him open a new restaurant, keeping in mind that all his ex-colleagues/ friends have beef with Adam. He meets Tony Balierdi (Daniel Bruhl), now a

Food crises remains a concern in Cape Town.   By Lisalee Solomons                                                           Picture Sourced: Lisalee Solomons, Cape Town  Since COVID19 hit the world globally, its no secret that many have had to resort to desperate measures in order to get food in their house considering that the lockdown period has caused many to lose their jobs. Some have now taken up the task of planting their own fruit and vegetables in their back garden instead of waiting for government to finally wake up and realise the hunger crises we faced with.  Food is a necessity! It is what is needed to make many of us function throughout the day. It should not be normal to see pensioners or young kids standing in long queues to get food for themselves during the day. We’ve seen a lot of this on our tv screens during the lockdown of many people in Cape town standing outside shelters with their own bakkies or plates waiting for food handouts from people and

<iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/d/embed?mid=11Muzq-VCq4anuZsR_XonS_jN2rvr0mo0" width="640" height="480"></iframe> South Africa has some of the most beautiful provinces you will ever see. Have you ever wanted to travel but you not financially stable to be able to travel where you want to? Well, look no further, South Africa boasts 9 different Provinces that most certainly will grab your attention and make you want to plan some sort of getaway with either your family or friends. You really don't need to have bucket loads of money to have to enjoy what South Africa has to offer. Limpopo is one of the Provinces that has many interesting facts about it, not only does it boast beautiful get away places to escape the busyness of the city, it also is rich in mineral deposits that also include the platinum group metals such as iron, ore, chromium, high-and middle grade coking coal, diamonds, antimony, phosphate and copper to name a few. Thi

  Veteran Broadcast Journalist hangs up her microphone. By Lisalee Solomons       Former broadcast journalist Leigh-Anne Jansen. Picture sourced from Leigh-Anne Jansen’s Instagram account.   When one talks about formidable journalists in South Africa, one cannot form a list of names and not have the incredible Leigh-Anne Jansen featured. Jansen, who is born and bred in Cape Town graduated from The Cape Peninsula University of Technology with a Diploma in Journalism and has not looked back since. She’s won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year award in 2013 for her outstanding reporting on the many different stories she’s had to cover over the years, so it’s still quite surreal to not see Jansen appear on our TV screens for news updates. I put out a call to Leigh-Anne to find out if she’d be keen to sit down with me for a one on one interview about her career, of course with any interview requests one has to sometimes wait days if not months for a response from the person w