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Oudtshoorn: Birds Of A Feather

The houses in the small Karoo town of Oudtshoorn still reflect the rich heritage the area once enjoyed. Oudtshoorn in the Western Cape is a true rags-to-riches tale and one that documents the struggle that farmers often faced in ...

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The Golden Town Of Barberton

When we think of the ’Wild West’, we tend to focus on small towns in the US. However, although the small town of Barberton in Mpumalanga may have never had cowboys riding through its streets, when the gold rush hit the ...

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Little Elephants Pre-Primary School

Located on the beautiful Garden Route, Little Elephants Pre-Primary School in Knysna provides foundation level education in an exquisite setting. With two jungle gym areas, playgrounds with large, old oak trees, a fully-secured ...

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Highbury Preparatory School

Located in Hillcrest, thirty kilometres west of Durban’s city centre, Highbury Preparatory School is an independent boys’ primary school resting on a beautiful eleven hectare campus. On the same property, the school also caters ...

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Glenridge Pre-Primary School

Glenridge Pre-Primary School in Manor Gardens, Durban, is one of those schools that compels parents to drive from all areas of Durban so that their children can attend. It is one of those schools that – in more than just a couple ...

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Winter Pool Management

Improved swimming pool management during winter months will preserve energy, and reduce household expenses before July’s 25% electricity tariff hike comes into play.The local winter season is synonymous with underutilized ...

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Sanity Will Prevail

In years gone by knowing when to invest in property was a fairly easy exercise. You left school, got a job, got married and then bought a home. Modern times and economic conditions have changed this picture somewhat and many have ...

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Generation X Leads Property Recovery

Generation X will lead the property market to recovery in the US and in SA. According to Peter Gilmour, Chairman of RE/MAX of Southern Africa, a more positive sentiment has returned to the market in the US as well as in South ...

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Location remains important

Very often it is only once people have moved into their homes that they realise that they may have chosen the wrong location.