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5 years time, where will property and business be?

Dear Wealth Creator Property and business is all about creating wealth. Tony Robbins says that success in business, and property is a business, is 80% psychology and 20% implementation. To be successful you need to model the best ...

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Bordeaux - North vs South

When you talk about Johannesburg, Bordeaux is not a wine, or even a region in France, but rather a suburb stretching from the Randburg CBD to Hurlingham and Craighall. Looking for property in Bordeaux there is one vital question ...

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Funny to Live in - Vittorio Leonardi

This week we interview comedian, actor and scriptwriter Vittorio Leonardi – a Westdene resident who left the town of Welkom to pursue a career onstage. What city and suburb do you call home? Westdene, Johannesburg although I'm ...

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To Plant a Tree in Your Space

With National Arbour Week on every doorstep, another opportunity of lowering one’s carbon lifestyle is there for the taking. To plant a tree where space allows could be in a garden, on a pavement or a golf course, in a courtyard ...

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Of Mink and Manure

Living close to nature and in full view of Chapman’s peak, not many of Noordhoek’s well heeled residents known to be nature lovers, would indulge in the perceived luxuries of mink. Instead, some choose to straddle their beloved ...

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KwaMashu – Fighting Adversity with Art

The forced removals of Blacks from Cato Manor under the Groups Area Act during the apartheid era led to the formation of KwaMashu Township in 1956. KwaMashu is Durban’s oldest township and is situated approximately 30km west of ...

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Kimberly – The Town That Sparkles

The discovery of an 83.50 carat diamond on the banks of the Orange River in 1866 was to change the face of the country’s history forever. Fifteen-year-old Erasmus Jacobs discovered the transparent pebble on his father’s farm that ...

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Boom Times are Over

Property booms come and go and although many people make an awful lot of money during an upturn, an alarming number don’t. Knowing when to invest is the key. It takes more than a crystal ball to predict what is going to happen ...

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Private Property rolls out its brand new Facebook Competition

Our super-fantastic creative team have toiled for months to bring you, drum-roll please, the Private Property Road Trip game! Simply guess the town you are in at each stop (we provide you some pictures, because smellovision has ...