Presenting her budget speech in parliament this week, Finance Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila announced that excise duties on unfortified wines, fortified wine, sparkling wine, ciders, spirits, cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, pipe tobacco and cigars have go up by between 6% and 10.
Honed Granite Countertops. A twist on popular polished granite, honed granite gives a soft, matte finish instead of the traditional glossy look. Like polished granite, honed granite is just as resistant to scratching, chipping, cracking and heat, making it one of the most durable kitchen countertop options around.
Even if you are not familiar with quartz as a name for this material, you may be familiar with its more prosaic name: engineered stone counters. Quartz is a sexy word, as it implies luster, translucence, and hardness. While quartz countertops do contain quartz, the term is more for marketing than anything else. In simple terms, quartz counters are 93% made up of stone-like materials and 7% of binders that are either plastic-like (polymeric) or cement-based. Of those stone-like materials, quartz is only one of many substances.