{"id":9926,"date":"2012-04-14T16:13:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T14:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/dressed-to-impress\/"},"modified":"2012-04-14T16:13:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T14:13:33","slug":"dressed-to-impress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/dressed-to-impress\/","title":{"rendered":"Dressed  to impress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        \t                                <!-- Main Editorial Image --><br \/>\n                    \t\t\t      \t\t\t                                      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/d4a34_1840781272.jpg\" alt=\"nm chamber 9\" class=\"pics\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"captions_credit_article\">INLSA<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">Delise Van Der Byl, Philani Mgwaba, Thato Tsautse and Lihle Dlamini.<\/p>\n<p class=\"captions\">\n<p class=\"related_articles\">Related Stories<\/p>\n<ul class=\"menu_tab_lists_related\">\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/mercury\/sa-must-earn-its-stripes-1.1275006\">SA must &#8216;earn its stripes&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"related_articles\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iol.co.za:80\/mercury\/healing-the-wounds-of-the-past-1.1275008\">Healing the wounds of the past<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--PSTYLE=WT Web Text--><\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Awards, speeches, protocol and news of R18-billion ports are business as usual; what we really want to know is who was wearing what, sitting next to whom and what\u2019s new. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Which is why the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry\u2019s 156th annual gala dinner at the International Convention Centre last night was so scintillating. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">More than 800 guests arrived in a haze of expensive perfumes and dressed to impress in designer threads. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Chamber president Thato Tsautse chose to wear a Haroun Hansrot gown once again, while the director of Thought Fire Events, Kamille Padayachee, opted for a Colleen Eitzen gown. Padayachee is busy getting ready for an African Renaissance conference to be held at the ICC in May. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Triveshan Naidoo, director of the India South Africa Business Forum, among other things, was looking  snazzy as always in a white tuxedo. Naidoo, who had just launched the business forum last week, was spotted at the Vodacom table \u2013 the cellphone giants are platinum sponsors of the event. He waxed lyrical about Andrew Layman\u2019s effect on the chamber and the positive vibe he\u2019d brought in. Also rating high in the fashion stakes was Vodacom\u2019s Charlene Rooi in a white number and Pebble Hlubi in a traditional Zulu dress by a Port Shepstone designer known simply as Mbe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Cocktails in hand, the guests entered the red-themed hall, which had crystal centrepieces and a most impressive stage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">On the menu were trout, lamb shank and chocolate mousse, while on the programme were a number of speeches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">In the Alec Rogoff awards announced later in the evening, Suncoast snagged the award in the large company category for its inclusive approach to ownership. It also snagged one-time chamber employee Nikisha Deoduth, who will soon take up her post as PR manager at the casino. <\/p>\n<p class=\"arcticle_text\">Much of the chit-chat overheard was about buying houses and taking trips to India. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INLSA Delise Van Der Byl, Philani Mgwaba, Thato Tsautse and Lihle Dlamini. Related Stories SA must &#8216;earn its stripes&#8217; Healing the wounds of the past Awards, speeches, protocol and news of R18-billion ports are business as usual; what we really want to know is who was wearing what, sitting next to whom and what\u2019s new. 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