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Africa’s second Organic and Natural Products Expo returns with exciting offerings

The countdown has begun for Africa’s second Organic and Natural Products Expo Africa. This flagship event, organised by South African Trade Promotions (SATP), takes place at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg from the 14th to the 16th of September. As excitement mounts, exhibitors are eagerly unveiling their plans for this year’s event, which aims to build on the successes of its inaugural edition. 

The much-anticipated HOSTEX 2024, Africa’s leading food, drink, and hospitality trade expo since
1986, is preparing for a bumper year, with nine months until it opens its doors to connect the
industry once again. Taking place from 3rd to 5th March 2024 at the Sandton Convention Centre, the
expo is set to unveil the latest trends and developments in these sectors, all under one roof.

The good, the bad and the ugly of Women’s Day

This day is a positive tribute to gender equality and women’s rights. 9 August 1956 marks the day that about 20,000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest legislation that gave the government control over the movement of black women in urban areas by amalgamating the hated Pass Laws into one Act which would extend its power to include the restriction of the movement of black women in designated white areas.

Unprecedented: Coffee in a the time of Covid

It has been a scary and unprecedented time in the coffee industry. Communities around the world have been in lockdown to halt the Covid-19 pandemic through the past two years. Never before had the human consciousness been so collectively concentrated on a single force and experienced such disruptions to our everyday lives.
By Iain Evans, Publisher of Coffee magazine and Hostex Ambassador

LETTING GO – AN ACT OF SELF LOVE

Overwhelm… it starts with that one little word you said that you regret saying. It’s not a big thing. It is just one little word, but you know you don’t feel right about saying it. What follows is an action. It’s force of habit, oops, “I did it again. I said, ‘yes’ when I decided I would not do it again.” By May van Reenen – Kinesiologist, Holistic Health Practitioner