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Time Out in the Windy City

The metropole of Nelson Mandela Bay was established in 2000 and comprises the seaport city of Port Elizabeth (fondly referred to as the windy city or P.E), the inland towns of Uitenhage and Despatch and the riverside villages of ...

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Fontainebleau - Charming and Eclectic

Fontainebleau, in Randburg, while sharing a name with a commune in Paris, has little else in common with its more glamorous namesake. It does, however, have its own set of charms. Set between the N1 highway and Republic Road, the ...

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Eskom Going All Out To Drive Energy Savings

Despite its chequered past, Eskom appears to be making a concerted effort to drive energy saving initiatives towards a more sustainable future for South Africa.

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Take Steps Now Towards Future Green Properties

These days it’s all about ‘going green’. Green cars, green energy, green manufacturing methods, green food and yes, green property.

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Sydenham’s Sales are Soaring

Recent statistics released by Lightstone reveal that there have been 108 transfers concluded in Sydenham in the last 12 months. These impressive figures are up by 35 percent from the 70 sales that were recorded in 2010 and an ...

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Middleburg – The Pride of the Eastern Cape

The ‘land of thirst’ or as it is more commonly known, the Great Karoo, features a harsh, rugged terrain surrounded by mountains and arid veld. It is historically an area in which South African farmers have eked out a living for ...

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Selling Your Sole

Buyers have an uncanny knack of being able to sniff out trouble and if they think they can smell blood in the water, will very often move in for the kill. Property auctioneers have gone to great lengths to point out that not all ...

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Trevor Turns Dreams Into Reality

Trevor Sturgess, an agent with Century 21 who, along with his wife Ruth, works at the Glenvista office, secured a mandate to sell a virtually derelict property in Liefde en Vrede in Johannesburg South. Realising he would never ...

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Pace Yourself in Stanford

Among the many characteristics this quaint Cape Overstrand village is known for, there are two things that stand out above the rest. One is the ‘little river’ running through it, the other a relaxed lifestyle believed by locals ...