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Ratepayers vs Municipalities

Nobody responds well to bad service. Websites such as Hello Peter, set up to allow South Africans unhappy at the treatment they have received from various service providers to voice their concerns, are being flooded by complaints ...

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Future of Tolling Projects up for Debate

Towards the end of October, Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele put the brakes on the proposed tolling of Gauteng’s freeways and simultaneously halted the proposed Cape Town toll road project. Although the Gauteng Freeway Improvement ...

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Private Property Speeds up ASAP’s Slow Start

In 2008, Pieter and Ammie Aspeling were down to their last pennies. Their start-up property agency, ASAP Property Agents, was in need of the proverbial kick-in-the-butt. Their two employees were on the verge of leaving and, no ...

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Saving Water (and Money)

Climate change is one of mankind’s biggest challenges ever faced. Reports on the rate at which it is happening may vary, but one thing that most agree on is its effect on Africa’s water security. Over the next few weeks we will ...

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Changing Behavior Brings Sustainability

A total mind shift in the behavior of occupants and property owners, be it private homes, office buildings, factories or shopping center’s, will deliver greater sustainability through the reduction of each individual’s carbon ...

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Auckland Park - A Mix of Quiet and Excitement

In the shadow of the SABC and the Sentech tower lies Auckland Park, one of the classic old suburbs of Johannesburg. With tree-lined streets and classic Johannesburg houses the suburb offers both a central location and larger than ...

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Saldanha - The Bay of Iron-ore

In addition to being a SA Naval Training Base where the SA Military Academy is located, Saldanha Bay is also known as the hub of the West Coast and the pulse of the Sishen-Saldanha iron-ore project. Situated along the R27 West ...

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Everybody’s Heading to Heilbron

Established as a settlement in the late 1800s, the small town of Heilbron in the Free State owes much of its history to the stream that runs through it and the spring which feeds it. Heilbron was officially recognised as a town ...

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Rivonia holds its own

Rivonia is faring well despite turbulent economic and property market conditions. That’s the news from Di Jessiman of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s which services the area.