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Spier Woolworths Dinner
SEPTEMBER 06, 2016 | On 22 August Spier and Woolworths invited 100 guests to a dinner party hosted by Taste's Food Editor Abigail Donnely and Spier's Cellarmaster Frans Smit. The event took place at the forum | the Campus in Bryanston.
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The Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator
SEPTEMBER 03, 2016 | With two out of three South Africans between 18 and 28 are unemployed, Spier is keenly aware of the need to create job opportunities for young people. It partnered with Harambee in July 2014, recruiting 18 candidates. 83% of these have been retained, working at the Spier Hotel, Eight restaurant, and Eight to Go – a marked improvement on 2013’s turnover rate of 77% for entry-level employees. In September 2015, a new intake of approximately 14 Harambee candidates will begin work.
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Ladies of Spier: Zukiswa Matiwane
AUGUST 25, 2016 | Born in Ugi in the Eastern Cape, Zuki is one of our Restaurant Floor Managers, and moved to Cape Town as a girl.
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Tree-preneurs
AUGUST 25, 2016 | The Tree-preneur project gives more than 100 people from some of the Cape’s poorest communities the opportunity to change their lives.
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21 Gables Chenin Blanc comes out top – again!
AUGUST 24, 2016 | Spier’s 21 Gables Chenin Blanc 2015 has been heralded as one of the best Chenin Blancs in the country through its inclusion in the Standard Bank Chenin Blanc Top 10 Challenge.
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Decadent red wine hot chocolate
AUGUST 22, 2016 | What's better than chocolate with wine? Chocolate in wine of course!
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