Kenton-on-Sea home 'one of world's 8 best'
It comes with two luxury tents with vistas over a meandering river and it will set you back R60 million.
[Read More]Posted at 05:53AM Jun 26, 2017 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Property owners lose fight against Knysna mosque
The Knysna Muslim Council claimed victory after the Western Cape High Court dismissed an application brought by a group of disgruntled residents who wanted approval for the construction of a mosque declared invalid.
[Read More]Posted at 08:24AM Apr 06, 2017 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Swellendam recognised as SA's most eco-friendly stop
Swellendam has been recognised as South Africa's top eco-friendly destination.
[Read More]Posted at 06:44AM Apr 05, 2017 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Parson's Ridge neighbourhood watch scheme sees crime drop by 80 percent
Crime has dropped by a remarkable 80 percent in just four months in Parson's Ridge, one of Port Elizabeth's newest residential suburbs.
[Read More]Posted at 06:50AM Jul 11, 2016 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Pietermaritzburg to crack down on problem buildings
The Msunduzi Municipality's "problem buildings by-laws", which deal with buildings that are derelict, abandoned, overcrowded and illegally occupied, have been adopted by the council's executive committee and will be published in the government gazette.
[Read More]Posted at 04:01AM Jun 30, 2016 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Knysna Mosque still in a legal wrangle
The Muslim community in Knysna is waiting anxiously on how the court responds to a legal challenge from 22 Rawson Street homeowners to the building of a mosque in the street.
[Read More]Posted at 09:16AM Jun 24, 2016 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Empangeni property owners ask for gated suburbs
Empangeni residents tired of "living in fear" have submitted requests to the KwaZuluNatal Department of Human Settlements to turn the townÂ’s suburbs into a gated community, amid a "spike" in crimes.
[Read More]Posted at 08:15AM May 30, 2016 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Richards Bay cost of living report 'inaccurate'
Richards Bay has been named South Africa's fourth most expensive city to live in by website Expatistan, but not everyone agrees.
[Read More]Posted at 07:34AM May 09, 2016 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
These are SA's most expensive streets
When raucous brandy-gulping and foul-mouthed rapper Jack Parow pretended to be the proud owner of a mansion in Nettleton Road, Clifton, he set tongues wagging.
[Read More]Posted at 07:40AM Mar 22, 2016 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Urban parklets reclaim city streets for humans
There's a distinctly subversive ring to the essentials of a small event in California a decade ago, which an ocean and a continent away has found a resonant and wholesome echo in the streets of Cape Town.
[Read More]Posted at 02:56AM Mar 14, 2016 by Editor in Cities and Towns |