REVIEWING THE REVIEWER BRENT MEERSMAN

 By yonela Kulati

A man with many talents, Brent Meersman 

 Brent Meersman was born in Cape Town. He is a journalist and a Lecturer at University of Cape Town for a semester course in media studies and Journalism Department. His first job was being a photographer at Grahamstown. He writes novel and a collection of short stories. He loves to travel  to other countries.

Brent Meersman did a good job while he was writing his review titled Bitten by the food bug , in September 20, 2013. what is so interesting about this review is that he firstly introduced what he does as a person since some people may not know him well some people may know only his name and the only know nothing about what he does do for a living

what I liked about his review is that he perfectly introduced when he started his writing about food and readers appreciating his writing. What is so interesting Is that   he fully explains which restaurant he visited at Cape Town as reviewer and how the waiters were acting towards him. As he mentioned that he started just as gastroculture surged globally” it sounded like he's so serious about his work as a reviewer. He does not stick to one place for his review especially reviews about food which is a great thing.

What I like about his review is that he did not compare the restaurant he went to, to each other. He just fully explained his aspirations and expresses his opinion in a correct way I was so impressed by him providing the price so and the food name that he ordered from this restaurant. All in all I would like to say that Brent Meersman Is one of the good example being referred as excellent reviewer.

Confused but content written by Brent Meersman on 16 November 2012. Seemingly Brendon was enjoying himself while he was digging into Italian food. I was so impressed by his explanation while he was explaining the difference between the Italian food that is served in South Africa and the one that is served in Italy. Seemingly the most Italian food served in South Africa is Pizza and spaghetti which sounded so yummy. What I was not impressed with is that he had only one picture maybe if he provided a minimum of more pictures of the food was talking about his review would be more interesting than now.

But I like the fact that at the end of his review he provided the address, and they contact details of the restaurants he was talking about. Regarding anything that Brent discussed In this review I found the information he provided all important which simply shows that he is good in review writing he knows his story even though the Italian food named is so hard to pronounce. His opinion on restaurants at Cape Town that sell Italian food made me to crave for Italian food for the first in my life. 

Rethinking the National Arts written by Brent Meersman in July 4,2015. In this article I would say that Brent good work by providing the sub header to firstly let the readers know what he was going to talk about because not all people know about Grahamstown and its festival.

The most impressing part was the cover picture that he provided that was amazing. The way Brent explained how residents of Grahamstown benefits during festival time was so satisfying. The picture he provided was on point, the quality. All in all I think that he perfectly describe Grahamstown with it unemployment statistics.

Reviewing the reviewer Brent Meersman

 By Yonela kulati

Brent Meersman, a man with many talents 

Photo by Brent Meersman 

 Brent Meersman was born in Cape Town in 1967. His first job was as a news photographer in 1989 at the height of the turbulence that saw the closing days of apartheid. He has had an eclectic career – business entrepreneur, property developer, managing director of a hotel, and in the theatre world, he has acted as performing artists’ manager, producer, marketer and impresario. He has spent much of his time traveling – at last count 60 countries – having visited every continent including Antarctica. Since 2003, he has been the performing arts critic for the Mail & Guardian covering theatre, opera, ballet and dance. In 2005, he started South Africa’s first theatre blog: www.realreview.co.za He teaches a semester course on Arts Journalism at the University of Cape Town in the Film and Media Studies Department. Articles and more from his restaurant review column for the M&G can also be found at his food blog www.oncebitten.co.za He writes on politics and economics for the UK-based news magazine New Africa Analysis. His first short story was published in The Invisible Ghetto (1993), and his most recent in What Love Is (Arcadia Books, 2010). His latest novel Reports Before Daybreak was published by Umuzi in 2011. His novel Primary Coloured was published in 2017.

Brent Meersman did a good job while he was writing his review titled Bitten by the food bug , in September 20, 2013. what is so interesting about this review is that he firstly introduced what he does as a person since some people may not know him well some people may know only his name and the only know nothing about what he does do for a living what

 I liked about his review is that he perfectly introduced when he started his writing about food and readers appreciating his writing. What is so interesting Is that he fully explains which restaurant he visited at Cape Town as reviewer and how the waiters were acting towards him. As he mentioned that he started just as gastroculture surged globally” it sounded like he's so serious about his work as a reviewer. He does not stick to one place for his review especially reviews about food which is a great thing. What I like about his review is that he did not compare the restaurant he went to, to each other. He just fully explained his aspirations and expresses his opinion in a correct way I was so impressed by him providing the price so and the food name that he ordered from this restaurant. All in all I would like to say that Brent Meersman Is one of the good example being referred as excellent reviewer. 

 Confused but content written by Brent Meersman on 16 November 2012. Seemingly Brendon was enjoying himself while he was digging into Italian food. I was so impressed by his explanation while he was explaining the difference between the Italian food that is served in South Africa and the one that is served in Italy. Seemingly the most Italian food served in South Africa is Pizza and spaghetti which sounded so yummy. 

What I was not impressed with is that he had only one picture maybe if he provided a minimum of more pictures of the food was talking about his review would be more interesting than now. But I like the fact that at the end of his review he provided the address, and they contact details of the restaurants he was talking about. Regarding anything that Brent discussed In this review I found the information he provided all important which simply shows that he is good in review writing he knows his story even though the Italian food named is so hard to pronounce. His opinion on restaurants at Cape Town that sell Italian food made me to crave for Italian food for the first in my life. 

Rethinking the National Arts written by Brent Meersman in July 4,2015. In this article I would say that Brent good work by providing the sub header to firstly let the readers know what he was going to talk about because not all people know about Grahamstown and its festival. The most impressing part was the cover picture that he provided that was amazing. The way Brent explained how residents of Grahamstown benefits during festival time was so satisfying. The picture he provided was on point, the quality. All in all I think that he perfectly describe Grahamstown with it unemployment statistics.

Cape Town Tour at Roaland street

 

Roaland Street from upper part. Photo By Yonela Kulati

Roaland street starts in front of the Parliament where St.Johns Road  meets Plein street and end at Central fire station . Roaland street has been around since the since Cape Town earliest days it is not a famous street as other street.

Roaland Street is situated at the East City Precint of Cape Town. It is not a big street that can easily attracts people but once you come closer to it there are so many exciting things about Roaland Street. Roaland mostly consists of arts and design hub with few nice accommodations.

Kimberly Hotel

Kimberly Hotel . Photo by Yonela kulati

It is the oldest pub available at Roaland Street, it has been there since 1895. It has rooms for accommodation at the top floor then on the ground floor there are few bars available and fast-food corner that serves old fashioned drinks at a cheapest price. The hotel sites on corner of Roaland Street and Buitenkant Street.

It is not classified as a five-star hotel but trust me it has great service towards its customers. On the ground floor it also has Barneys Bistro which offers yummy food for a quick bite maybe for a launch you can grab something to eat there at affordable price.

Besides there is a good security that is working for 24/7 hours for the safety of customers. The Kimberly Hotel is always filled with amazing people mostly tourist and students since it is near student accommodation which is for Cape Peninsula University of Technology male students only. It has mini balcony where you can just look view which surrounds you.

 CPUT Campus at Roaland where bright future is created 

CPUT Roaland Building . Photo By Yonela kulati

Cape Peninsula University of Technology Roaland Campus is a campus for faculty of Informatics and Design. The campus is for IT, photographers, Journalism, multimedia students. The campus work hand in hand with the District Six Campus.

You might see the Roaland building small but once you enter inside it is big with interesting courses offered. Cape Peninsula University of Technology at Roaland street it is just situated just minutes away from the Cape Town Campus.

There are so many universities at Cape Town, South Africa and Cape Peninsula University of Technology is the only University of Technology in the Western Cape province. The university is also the largest university in the province.

Hip Pop Plaza Apartment

 

Hip Pop Plaza apartment. Photo by Yonela kulati

Hip Pop Plaza apartment is located in Cape Town in the Western Cape region at Roaland street with Parliament and South African Gallery nearby. What nice about this apartment it has free Wi-Fi, free private parking, which is not available at other apartments, coffee maker, microwave, private bathroom where you can rest relax and take your time while bathing.

The nice thing about the Hip Pop Plaza is that it has the balcony where you can see a beautiful view of the famous mountain in Cape Town which Table Mountain. Amazing thing about the Hip pop plaza is that there are nearby interesting places which you can visit while you are residing at Hip Pop Plaza.

These places include South African Jewish Museum, District Six Museum, Art Gallery, Acquarium, Night Clubs, and Restaurant. If you are around Cape Town and you are looking for an accommodation at Roaland street I would say, go with Hip Pop Plaza because it is a nice place to stay. With Hip Pop Plaza you would never go wrong, their service is great, they are caring as much as they can just to make their customers happy.

Central fire Station our heroes

 

Central fire Station upper Roaland street. Photo By Yonela Kulati

The fire station service is unique in providing for the whole community a form of protection that is beneficial to all. It does not serve any one group of people to the detriment of others, nor can it be manipulated to further political ends. It is an organization with a high developed sense of honor, which command the respect or the people it serves.

The central fire station at Roaland Street was built in 1932. The fire central firefighters have done great job in the past years. They attend cases as soon as get an alert.

These firefighters are our heroes in many ways. The way they are so dedicated to their work is amazing.

Food Lovers

 

Food Lovers market.Photo by Yonela Kulati

A place where you can grab your fresh fruit and vegetables while you are at Roaland Street. Everything of Food Lovers it Is always fresh, you will never be disappointed.

Take a ride and visit Roaland Street you will never regret yourself for exploring a new street that you have never been before. There is nothing wrong with trying new things.