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A perfect solution for busy families or those who can’t be bothered to cook, writes
Nottingham Road: (Today) Earth Route Market. While adults enjoy a variety of local fresh produce, kids can have fun. 7.30am-11am.
Shongweni Farmers’ and Craft Market: (Today) Fresh and artisanal foods, craft beers, the best local crafts and décor and local musicians. 6.30am-1pm. 031 777 4686.
Sugar Rush Market, Ballito: (Today) Enjoy homemade goods, handmade crafts, organic produce and more. 8.30am-1pm.
Musgrave Market: (Today) The market has craft, fashion, a food court, live music and children’s entertainment at Berea Park. Wheelchair and animalfriendly. 9am-2pm. Free. 073 625 6725. Pietermaritzburg Farmers’ Market: (Today) The fresh, local market at Botanical Garden in Mayor’s Walk. 9am-5pm. 082 886 0687.
Golden Hours Market: (Tomorrow) Relaxed family market under the mango trees at the Golden Hours School in Uitsig Road, Durban North. Live music and rides for the children. 9am-2pm. 083 262 3693. Sunningdale Centre, uMhlanga Rocks Drive: (Tomorrow) Sunningdale Lifestyle Market. Enjoy a family evening of fun in a relaxed environment, including a fun activities for children, great food and live entertainment. From 3.30pm-8.30pm. Windermere Antiques Fair: Bimonthly antique fair on the lower level of Windermere Centre with about 20 dealers selling a selection of antiques, vintage and collectables, plus treasures of yesteryear. March 7 from 8am to 2pm. Call Helen Clementz on 084 241 0241.
Shongweni Farmers and Craft Market: CraftFest celebrates everything craft – craft beers, gins and cocktails, artisan food, great music. March 22, 10am to 4pm. Tickets R120 from Quicket.
MUSIC
(Today) The Great Gatsby Party. Don’t miss Platform Jazz with music from the 20s and beyond, including numbers such as Georgia, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago and more, at 7pm. Tickets R475, including a two-course meal. Email hello@elephantandco.co.za to reserve your table or call 033 342 4813. Musketeers German Club, Westville: (Today) The Jason Oosthuizen band pays tribute to AC/DC And Deep Purple Tribute at 8pm. Tickets R120 from Quicket or call 031 266 0836.
Rockwood Theatre, Sibaya: (Today and tomorrow) Nothing but ‘90s is a fun fast-paced production that remembers one of the most diverse decades in music history. Until April 5. Whatsapp booking line weekdays, 8am-5pm. 062 453 9237. Ashton International College, Ballito: Classical pianist Chris Duigan plays Fantasy, featuring fantastical, impulsive and imaginative music from Beethoven, Schumann, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin on March 2 at 7pm. www.musicrevival.co.za. Durban City Hall: The final KZN Philharmonic Orchestra Summer Season concert is on March 5 at 7.30pm. Programme includes Beethoven’s Triple Concerto and Bizet’s Symphony No1. Tickets through Computicket or call 0861 915 8000.
Sugar Rush Park, Ballito: Marriott Ballito opens the season with multi-award winning rock band Prime Circle on March 8. Opening the day will be local trio Bradley Grey Band. Gates open at 1pm, music starts at 1.30pm. Tickets R140 adults, R80 children 6-12, and R20 for children younger than 6. iZulu Theatre, Sibaya: Tribute to India’s music icons Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh Mathur on March 6 and 7. Starring Chetan Rana, Jani Punjab, Eshara Maharaj and Seleena Mohanlall, backed by the Conchords. Tickets through Computicket or the Sibaya Box Office.
ART
KZNSA: X, the KZNSA Members’s Exhibition opens on March 6 and runs until March 29. The theme artists are being asked to explore is X, the third last letter of the alphabet.
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg: (Today and tomorrow) An eclectic exhibition of art works from Tatham Art Gallery’s permanent collection by those who work at the gallery. Some of the art works displayed have been in storage for many years, others are old favourites. Ends April 19.
Green Gallery, Mount Edgecombe: (Today and tomorrow) A wonderful collection of paintings by Shirley Brandon, Nicole Pletts, Jill Singery, Kirsty Hall, Allan Kupeta, Justin Mashora, and Beautiful Bronzes by Owen Llewellyn Davies. 031 502 2757.
SHOWS
Rhumbelow, Tina’s: (Today and tomorrow) Legends of Reggae features Tanner Wareham and his trio who pay tribute to Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, UB40, The Police, Eddy Grant etc. Today at 8pm, tomorrow at 2pm. Tickets R130/ R140/ R160 at Computicket or roland@stansell.co.za. 082 499 8636.
Rhumbelow, Durban: (Today and tomorrow) In An Irish Party, Irish vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Dave Monks presents a show jam-packed with nostalgia and sing-a-longs. Today at 8pm, tomorrow at 2pm. Tickets R140/ R160 at Computicket or e-mail roland@stansell.co.za. 082 499 8636. iZulu theatre, Sibaya: (Today) Watch Mervyn Pillay in One Night Stand, a comedy show that is packed with adult humour, innuendos and locker-room talk, touching on subjects such as beauty pageants, adult movies, the anatomy of humans, pornography, marriage, divorce and sexuality in general. At 8pm. Tickets R120 at Computicket.
Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre: Comedians Aaron McIlroy and Lisa Bobbert navigate the rocky shoals and hazardous terrain of life on the home front in Family Therapy. March 4-15. No under 10s. Tuesdays to Saturdays, 7.30pm, Sundays, 6pm, matinée, 3pm, March 14. Tickets R180. Computicket. Rhumbelow, Northlands: Cold Fact – A Tribute to Rodriguez features Barry Thomson and The Reals on March 6 and 7 at 8pm. The show moves to The Grand Exotic in Salt Rock on March 8 at 2pm. Tickets R130/ R140/ R160 at Computicket or e-mail roland@ stansell.co.za. 082 499 8636.
EVENTS
Westville Athletics Club: (Tomorrow) Jump for Paws. Help raise awareness and funds for Serendipity which assists with adoptions and care for unwanted pit bulls. From 10am to 5pm. Tickets R50/ R100 call 083 780 1664 or 084 979 0690.
Durban Country Club: It’s Tafta Movie Night again. Catch Robin Williams on the big screen while supporting an excellent cause, with the showing of Jumanji, the 1995 classic, at Tafta’s Old School DriveInn movie night on March 6 between 6pm and 10pm. For R220 a car, or R100 a picnic spot you and your family can enjoy an evening under the night skies. A variety of food and drinks vendors at the venue, or you can bring along your own picnic. The movie night will raise funds for Tafta’s Needy Pensioner’s scheme, which supports the organisation’s elders with basic necessities for daily living. Get your tickets from www.quicket.co.za
Yellowwood Park Sports Club: The Centre for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife will be running the Kidzone at the club’s “Park Fest” on March 9 from 11am-5pm. The zone will be decked out with inflatables such as slides and jumping castles, slippery soccer, a gladiator slide, a ship jumping castle and a dolphin jumping castle and slide. The club offers craft and food stalls, a beer garden and popular DV8 band. Entrance R30 adults, children under 18 free. Call 031 462 1127.
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NOTHING can quite compare to a healthy, hearty, home-cooked meal.
The only problem is that finding the time to cook for one or a family is a problem for nearly everyone in this day and age.
We took a look at online food services that deliver meals to your home in and around Durban. This is what we found.
MY Chef is an online business that prepares delicious, wholesome homecooked meals to people with busy demanding lives in and around Durban delivered straight to your door every Tuesday and Friday.
They have a range of family favourites to choose from like curries, pastas, bakes, lunch meals and a new vegan range.
They use fresh ingredients to prepare the meals, with no preservatives, MSGs and artificial colourants.
The kids’ meals have no sodium, only natural flavours.
Their meals start from R30 up to R70 per person, with deliveries between Ballito and Amanzimtoti and inland to Assagay. The average delivery cost is R55.
BRIGID’S Catering provides homecooked meals and they also cater to special needs and diets when you order more than 10 meals at a time.
If you need banting, low GI or low-fat meals or meals suitable for weightlifters, they will plan your meals and bring you closer to your goals.
Most of their meals start from R20 and delivery is free within 10km or a R40 delivery fee is paid if you are not within the area.
The minimum order for delivery is R300, or you can collect free from their kitchen, which is based at Parkhill Bowling Club in Durban North.
WE Are Food offers meals like chicken, beef, lamb, seafood and pork as mains with a choice of a side like brown rice and lentils, creamed spinach, mashed pumpkin, roasted sweet potato and butternut and more.
They also offer puddings and special diet meals like gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan and vegetarian.
For deliveries, they offer a free service in specific areas of KwaZulu-Natal, during specific time slots.
The delivery option requires a minimum order amount of R500.
THE idea of The Family Chef was to create home-cooked family meals for busy families and for those who cannot be bothered to go shopping, preparing and cooking.
The Family Chef offers soups, sauces, pasta dishes, curries and stews and baked meals.
Deliveries are available between the uMhlanga and uMgeni Park area.
Orders over R300 are delivered free of charge, but alternatively, the delivery fee is R30 for all orders under R300.