My big, fat, delicious experience
Friday, June 19, 2015
Bon appetit: A scene from the festival. PIC: MODISA KODIE
The annual DStv Delicious International Food and Music Festival took place recently in Johannesburg. While I am not a ‘foodie’ MultiChoice Botswana saw it fit to invite me to one of Africa’s prime food and music events.
Along with fellow journalists, MultiChoice Botswana officials, and others who included a local chef, drove out to Johannesburg, arriving at our hotel at 3pm.
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