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Sink one shot, win R10 000: the Mothe Events Hole-in-One Challenge
One ball, one swing, R10 000 in cash. The Mothe Events Hole-in-One Challenge is an instant-prize golf-day crowd-puller — here's how it works and how to enter. Read more...
Pair the wine with the food — the Morara guide to every bottle in the range
Nine Morara wines. Nine different food worlds they pair best with — from the easy Sweet Shiraz with sticky ribs to the Sauvignon Blanc with hot Mpumalanga afternoons. Portia's working pairing guide, written from a real Highveld kitchen, not a French textbook. Read more...
What if Porshretail one day closes the door, and you're on the outside?
A thought experiment: imagine you open this storefront one afternoon and the homepage says "closed to new customers — join the waiting list." What would you wish you had done last week, while it was still open? This is the case for treating Porshretail as sacred from the day you arrive — and why we have started thinking about a waiting list. Read more...
Better Than Nothing — the doctrine, the chassis, and why the holding company is named after a low bar that isn't a low bar
Better Than Nothing Group is the holding company under everything you see on porshretail.co.za. The name is doctrine, not modesty — a bar that produces motion. This is what it actually is, the thesis it runs on, the five-step method, and the seven engines currently in the portfolio. Read more...
What's on in Govan Mbeki: a season of tastings, a launch, two galas, and one R20 million counter
From the R0 → R20M launch tonight through the Highveld Impact Crown Grand Gala in September, here's what's on in Govan Mbeki Municipality this season — and how to add any of it to your calendar with one click. Read more...
No sponsors? No problem. Vibe Coding to R20 Million to fund The Impact Crown.
Most South African community foundations spend their first decade chasing sponsors. We've decided to spend ours building. From midnight on 31 May 2026, with Claude as our AI partner, we are vibe coding our way to R20 million to fund The Impact Crown — publicly, daily, from Govan Mbeki Municipality to the world. R0 on Day 1. R20M is the target. The journey is live. Read more...
Inside Friday Night Taste & Test — what a R1,250 evening at Morara actually buys you
Friday Night Taste & Test is the wine evening we built for the room to actually have a conversation about what's in the glass — not a parade of pours, not a sommelier monologue. R1,250 per person, small group, Secunda. Here's what an evening really looks like, who comes, and how to book. Read more...
The day I sank a hole-in-one and walked away with R10,000 — thank you, Mothe Events
On 24 May 2025, I took one swing at a nominated par-3 at a Mothe Events Hole-in-One Challenge — and walked off the course R10,000 richer, with a cheque signed on the spot by founder Sandra Twala. This is the story, and a thank-you to the team that runs one of the most well-designed live-prize events I've ever been part of. Read more...
Find Morara at Taste, Darkness & Impact — Nelspruit, 18 July 2026
On Saturday 18 July 2026, Morara is pouring at An Evening of Taste, Darkness & Impact in Nelspruit — a charity gala hosted by Dreamers & Founders in support of the Mpumalanga Blind Skills Development Hub. Blind wine tasting, three-course dinner in the dark, live music, and a live auction. R500 per person. Tickets via Kay or Fanie. Come find Portia. Read more...
Welcome to Porsh Retail: one home for the wine, the words, and everything still to come
Porsh Retail is open. It's the one place online where everything we build lives under one roof — starting with nine Morara wines from Stellenbosch and a marriage manual written from the heart. Here's what you'll find, and why we built it this way. Read more...
This is just how I am: the sentence that ends marriages — and the manual we wrote instead
In 2024, Statistics South Africa recorded 24,202 divorces. Fewer than 12% of engaged couples had any pre-marital counselling. We wrote Grow Together or Grow Apart from Secunda, Mpumalanga, because we counted the cost of pretending the hard conversations don't matter. A marriage manual for couples who refuse to settle for "this is just how I am." Read more...
The Highveld Impact Crown: A Blueprint for Modern Humanity and Economic Autonomy
The Highveld Impact Crown: A Blueprint for Modern Humanity and Economic Autonomy
1. The Strategic Shift: From Pageantry to Production The Highveld Impact Crown marks a decisive departure from traditional aesthetic competitions, evolving into a strategically architected "Survival School for Modern Humanity."... Read more...