Archives for October 2026

Spring has arrived in South Africa, and with the summer holidays on the horizon the country’s lodges, hotels, guest houses and game reserves are gearing up for their busiest trading months. Against that backdrop, Sandton-based Rode & Associates is highlighting the valuation and advisory work it carries out for the hospitality and eco-tourism sector. The practice delivers independent, certified valuations for both market and insurance purposes, and pairs that core function with a range … [Read more...] about Rode & Associates Values Hospitality, Game Reserves

Buyers eyeing a home at Izinga Eco-Estate in Umhlanga now have firm timing to work with, after Balwin Properties released estimated occupation dates for the apartments that remain unsold, with the first keys set to change hands at the end of November 2026. The schedule lets anyone considering a move to the KwaZulu-Natal coast match a unit to their own timeline and know roughly when they could move in. Coming as spring gets going and the December break draws near, the news matters for anyone who … [Read more...] about Balwin Properties: Izinga Eco-Estate Umhlanga Dates

October tends to be a planning month for Gauteng households. With summer on the doorstep, parents are weighing up where their children will be enrolled come January, keeping a closer eye on the budget, and asking whether their current place still suits daily life. Urban Estate, a manager of affordable rental apartments in Johannesburg and Germiston, is encouraging households in exactly that situation to take a look at Blue Falcon Estate at 21 Malherbe Road in Albemarle, where three-bedroom … [Read more...] about Blue Falcon Estate Offers Germiston Families Outdoor Space for Summer

Spring is deepening across South Africa, and for the country’s hotels, lodges, guest houses and conference venues that shift in the calendar signals the approach of their heaviest trading period. Year-end functions, the wedding season and the December holidays land almost on top of one another, often within the space of a few weeks. With that crunch in view, Dreyer Linen is urging hospitality operators to sort out their table, bed and bath linen now, well ahead of the frantic run-in to the … [Read more...] about Dreyer Linen Readies Festive Tablecloths and Towels

A financial emergency has no respect for the calendar. The geyser that bursts, the hospital account nobody saw coming, the stretch where a small business is owed money it has not yet received, these can all arrive on a quiet Sunday just as readily as on any working day. This October, Loan On Cars, a South African provider of cash loans secured against fully settled vehicles, wants drivers to know that its doors are open every day of the week, from 9am to 5pm, Monday right through to Sunday. What … [Read more...] about Loan on Cars Stays Open Seven Days a Week This October

Ask most families and friend groups in October and the year end trip has shifted from a vague idea into a confirmed reservation. Kaelo Destinations, the collection behind Mashatu Game Reserve in Botswana and Pambele Beach House in Mozambique, is leaning into that booking season to spotlight a particular corner of its portfolio: exclusive-use homes where a single group keeps the property, the guide and the rhythm of each day entirely to itself. The collection does cater to solo travellers and … [Read more...] about Kaelo Destinations Spotlights Private Safari & Beach Homes

Spring cleaning season has arrived across many South African homes this October, and with it comes a steady stream of sellers walking into The Gold Avenue, the Illovo, Sandton buyer of gold, diamonds, luxury watches and Krugerrands. The firm says most of these visitors turn up holding a jumble of pieces spanning different eras, countries and jewellers, rarely aware that two chains of matching weight can fetch wildly different sums. To clear up the confusion, the company is explaining one of the … [Read more...] about The Gold Avenue Explains How Carat Shapes a Gold Jewellery Offer

Few stretches of the year test the Northern Tuli Game Reserve like its final weeks of drought, and Mashatu is encouraging travellers to look closely at them. October marks the tail end of the dry season before the summer rains break, when temperatures climb steadily, water grows scarce and animals cluster around the handful of spots where they can still drink. The private reserve in eastern Botswana says that visitors willing to tolerate the heat are rewarded with tightly concentrated, close-up … [Read more...] about Mashatu Highlights October’s Waterhole Sightings Before the Botswana Rains

Few possessions prompt as much hesitation at the point of sale as a Rolex, and The Gold Avenue, the Illovo, Sandton buyer of luxury watches, gold, diamonds and Krugerrands, has drawn up a straightforward comparison of the four main ways a South African can sell one. According to the company, most owners who get in touch already hold an offer from elsewhere, and the gap between those offers nearly always traces back to a single factor: what the buyer is able to do with the watch after … [Read more...] about Gold Avenue Compares Ways South Africans Sell a Rolex