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Richards Bay - Amalgamating Industry And Wildlife

Situated on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, Richards Bay offers a bio-diverse environment where industry and tourism have met with great success.The small fishing village of Richards Bay made up of approximately 200 residents ...

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If You Can’t Take The Heat, Best Stay Out Of The Kitchen

South Africans who over-extended themselves financially got burnt when things started hotting up in the financial world. While the banking crisis is a distant memory for most, the scars of the fallout remain. Although the ...

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Point of Interest - St Anne’s Diocesan College

Located in Hilton, on the cusp of the picturesque Midlands and the metropolis of Pietermaritzburg and Durban beyond, is St Anne’s Diocesan College. Set amidst the superb views of its premier locale in Hilton, the beautiful old ...

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Bond origination – what does the future hold?

Bond origination came into its own in South Africa when the property boom hit. Those times have long since gone, and as the South African property landscape has changed, so has the origination sector.

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Cyrildene Suburb Report

In Johannesburg there are suburbs that tend to blur into each other, where you leave one set of anonymous townhouses only to be greeted by another set as you enter the next suburb. Most of the time the only reason that you know ...

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Know your body corporate rules

While living in a sectional title scheme offers a certain level of security to a safety-conscious South African society, problems can arise if buyers do not read the fine print.

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A River By Any Other Name

Sales are on the increase in a popular holiday spot close to Durban.The closure of the Durban International Airport to the south of Durban has had a major impact on the property sales in Amanzimtoti. Lured by the fact that low ...

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Down In The Glen

Soweto is most often referred to as a sprawling township to the south of Johannesburg, and most often remembered for the 1976 student uprisings that marked a turning point in the struggle against apartheid. Over the past 17 years ...

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Give your agent the right information

The more information you are willing to give to your agent, the quicker you’ll find the house of your dreams, at a price you can really afford.