Join Starfish and legendary South African wine writer Dave Hughes for wine tasting and canapés.

Melissa Powys-Rodrigues has been nominated for Rising Star of the Year in the South African Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2013. Read her profile and vote for her here.

Zimbabwe’s reigning ‘Mr Ugly’, William Masvinu, has made it to the national final of this year’s pageant that celebrates ‘the other side of beauty’.

Mark Jankovich has been nominated for Business Leader of the Year in the 2013 South African Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. Read his profile and vote for him here.

South Africa is ranked among the top five countries in the world in respect of tourism growth and is on its way to achieving its goal of becoming one of the top 20 destinations in the world by 2020

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity; the topic for this year’s lecture in London is ‘The Social-Cultural Foundation of the 21st Century New Pan-Africanist Consciousness.’

South African directors are stamping their mark on Hollywood with science fiction blockbusters. Hot on the heels of ‘District 9’ director Neill Blomkamp’s movie ‘Elysium’, starring Matt Damon, Jodie Foster and Sharlto Copley, comes ‘Tsotsi’ director Gavin Hood’s ‘Ender’s Game’, opening in UK on 25 October.

Seven South African photographers have taken top prizes in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and will go on display at the Natural History Museum in London.

58% of South Africa’s aircraft do not have airworthy certificates

Lisa Copley has been nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year in the South African Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2013. Read her profile and vote for her here.

Beating almost 43,000 other entries from across 96 countries, Greg du Toit’s photo of elephants will take centre stage at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opening at the Natural History Museum on 18 October 2013.

South Africa’s Jeremy Loops creates his finely woven tapestry of sounds using his guitar, ukelele, harmonica and beatbox skills. As his name may suggest, he then runs this through loop pedals, echo and distortion units layering tunes like a one man band. Catch him in London on 22 October.

Dan Patlansky is one of the busiest and most respected blues artists to come out of South Africa.

Art from Africa is one of the fastest growing and most vibrant scenes in the art world. At this week’s 1:54 fair in London, 15 galleries will showcase work by more than 70 artists, providing a unique opportunity to see and acquire work from across the continent and its diaspora

Red October supporters demonstrated outside SA House in London last week. They displayed both an old and new South African flag and carried signs that read ‘Black on White Genocide’; Stop the Boer Genocide and ‘No Farmer, No Food’

Popular South African funnyman Trevor Noah appears as a guest on panel quiz show QI, where he sings a snippet of Miriam Makeba’s famous ‘Click Song’.

Cape Grand Cafe and Restaurant in Beaconsfield will host two South African food evenings this autumn. The mouthwatering menu includes bobotie, smoked snoek samosas with homemade chutney, Cape Malay chicken curry, fish and rice potjie and lamb bredie.

You’re invited to join South African singer and UCT alumnus Aviva Pelham for a London concert in aid of the UCT Opera School.

Robyn Orlin, who is known for reflecting the difficult and complex realities of her native South Africa, brings Johannesburg dance troupe Moving Into Dance Mophatong to the UK in ‘Beauty remained for just a moment then returned gently to her starting position…’

Although set in Zimbabwe’s future, the plot of this play could be set in any postcolonial, post-conflict society, particularly on the African continent where numerous self-styled ‘Black Jesus’ characters have created mayhem in the name of loyalty to their nations.

UK-based graduates of Rhodes University in South Africa are invited to a reunion in London on 23 October.

The Marist Alumni Get-Together in London will be held on Tuesday 22 October.

Irma Stern’s painting was the top-selling item at the Bonhams South African Sale in London, held on the artist’s birthday.

Catherine Maclay has been nominated for Woman in Business of the Year in the South African Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2013. Read her profile and vote for her here.

Steve de Klerk has been nominated for Entrepreneur of the Year in the South African Chamber of Commerce Business Awards 2013. Read his profile and vote for him here.