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Smart Living, Smart Savings

Climate Smart Cape Town is a public action campaign aimed at the city becoming a more compact, lower carbon and resource efficient environment adapting to the impacts of climate change. The City’s Energy and Climate Action Plan ...

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New Building Standard Regulates Carbon Emissions

At last! Government has taken a stand against SA’s high rate of carbon emissions and the SA Bureau of Standards (SABS) has published a set of minimum standards for environmental sustainability in new and refurbished ...

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Saving Electricity (and Money)

Over the next few weeks we will be looking at energy efficiency. Although we enjoyed fairly cheap electricity until recently, South Africa’s rapid industrialisation has pushed consumption sky-high, a negative consequence of this ...

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Northcliff - A View from the Top

Northcliff, that pinnacle of achievement, when you know you have arrived because you have a view of the entire north of Johannesburg, and beyond, from the ridge that features the highest point in Johannesburg. Unlike the suburbs ...

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Bisley Park Primary School – A Tradition of Lifelong Excellence

One of the oldest schools in the city of Pietermaritzburg in Kwa-Zulu Natal, Bisley Park Primary School provides relevant education in a multi-cultural society. Bisley Park Primary is located on a spacious campus with all of the ...

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Northgate - Flying in the Face of Sentiment

Northgate is seemingly bucking national property market trends as demand for property in the area remains strong.

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Interest rate - as you were

It came as no surprise that the Reserve Bank Governor choose to leave the interest rate as is says Adrian Goslett, CEO of RE/MAX of Southern Africa.

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Doxa Deo East – Grade RRR to Grade 12 Christ-Centred Education

Doxa Deo is located in Faerie Glen, Pretoria East, and offers Christ-centred education from Grade RRR to Grade 12. Doxa Deo East is a part of the Doxa Deo family. Doxa Deo means “the glory of God” and this family has the desire ...

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Bridge House – Learning For Life

Set amidst the beauty and tranquillity of the Cape Winelands, Bridge House, located in the Berg River Valley, is conveniently close to Franschhoek, Stellenbosch and Paarl. As a world-class South African learning community, the ...