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Spring planting is underway across large parts of South Africa, and H2O Guru has moved its irrigation package to the top of its September 2026 service list to match. The Pretoria based laboratory is encouraging farms, smallholdings, nurseries, estates and packhouses to test the water they intend to pump throughout summer now, ahead of committing it to a full season of crops, instead of waiting until trouble appears in the field. The logic is grounded and unglamorous. Water used for irrigation in … [Read more...] about H2O Guru Puts Irrigation Water Testing in Focus for Spring

As 2026 heads into its closing months, the Johannesburg Housing Company, or JHC as most inner-city residents call it, has switched on its Zero Deposit option in every building it manages. That one adjustment reshapes the maths of relocating for anyone comparing apartments to rent in Johannesburg. Plenty of households can plan comfortably for a monthly rent and then hit a wall at the lump sum demanded before they ever collect the keys. Scrapping the deposit clears that hurdle entirely. In South … [Read more...] about JHC Zero Deposit Cuts Move-In Costs on Johannesburg Flats

Think of Balwin Properties less as a catalogue of estates and more as a map, and September 2026 makes more sense. The developer operates across three South African provinces, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape, and its own listings sort every development into four regional buckets: Pretoria, Johannesburg, KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape. Trace the portfolio region by region instead of estate by estate and one thing becomes clear: the company has chosen to distribute its apartment … [Read more...] about Balwin Apartments Span Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Cape Town

South African surfers Leah Lepront and Carl Wiersma will compete at the 2026 Rip Curl GromSearch International Final covered by Sun Bum.The prestigious event will take place in Narrabeen, Australia, from 7 to 10 November 2026. It will bring together 16 of the world’s best under-16 surfers. Lepront, from Scottburgh, and Wiersma, from Port Alfred, earned their places by winning the Rip Curl GromSearch presented by the Royal St Andrews Hotel. The South African event took place during the 2026 Port … [Read more...] about Surfing: Lepront and Wiersma Form South African Contingent for Rip Curl GromSearch International Final

South African surfers Leah Lepront and Carl Wiersma will compete at the 2026 Rip Curl GromSearch International Final covered by Sun Bum.The prestigious event will take place in Narrabeen, Australia, from 7 to 10 November 2026. It will bring together 16 of the world’s best under-16 surfers. Lepront, from Scottburgh, and Wiersma, from Port Alfred, earned their places by winning the Rip Curl GromSearch presented by the Royal St Andrews Hotel. The South African event took place during the 2026 Port … [Read more...] about Surfing: Lepront and Wiersma Form South African Contingent for Rip Curl GromSearch International Final

As South Africa’s spring wedding season gets under way, Martin Vermaak Attorneys is turning the spotlight onto a corner of its practice that rarely gets the attention divorce litigation does: the antenuptial contract and the matrimonial property regime that quietly underpins every marriage in the country. Based in Bryanston, the firm has spent more than twenty years in divorce and family law, and the very team that runs both contested and uncontested matters also guides couples still in … [Read more...] about Antenuptial Contracts in Focus at Martin Vermaak Attorneys

Few decisions carry as much personal weight as letting go of a piece of jewellery. A ring, a chain or a bracelet handed down through a family tends to hold memories, and the person bringing it in to sell is frequently doing so for the first time in their life. The Gold Avenue, a buyer of gold, diamonds and luxury watches operating out of Illovo Point in Sandton, is spending September shining a light on an aspect of its work that gets talked about far less than pricing: the appointment itself, … [Read more...] about The Gold Avenue Shows Jewellery Sellers What to Expect at Its Illovo Office

For September 2026, The Gold Avenue is putting the spotlight on a part of its counter work that rarely makes it into conversation: the story carried inside a South African gold coin, and how that story is weighed right alongside the metal. The Illovo based buyer deals in Krugerrands and a broad range of older South African coins all year round, and the questions it fields most often go well beyond weight. People want to know what a coin genuinely is, where it originated, what shape it has held … [Read more...] about The Gold Avenue on Krugerrand History and Coin Provenance

Material handling specialist operating since 1998 takes its forklift rental, sales and support offering online for Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town customers Johannesburg, South Africa, 9 September 2026: Delta Heavy Equipment, the best forklift company in South Africa, has launched a redesigned website at www.deltahe.com. Working in the material handling sector since 1998, the business has spent close to three decades growing a customer base that runs from single-machine operators through to … [Read more...] about Delta Heavy Equipment Unveils New Forklift Website

Table of Contents Sandton: Many businesses have employees who are considered the Excel experts in their departments. They know formulas. They build PivotTables. They produce monthly reports. Colleagues turn to them when a spreadsheet goes wrong. But there is an important question businesses should now be asking. Are those employees advanced in the Excel they learned years ago — or are they keeping pace with the Excel available today? CAG Executive Question of the Week How much productive … [Read more...] about Are Your Experienced Excel Users Ready for Modern Excel?

At The Emerald, Legaro Property Development’s residential estate on Morsim Road in Hyde Park, backup power is not something a new owner has to source once they have the keys. The developer confirms that each apartment is built around an on site solar photovoltaic system paired with an inverter and battery packs, making resilient power a standard inclusion of the home rather than an aftermarket addition. With the estate now progressing through Phase 6 this September, Legaro is deliberately … [Read more...] about Legaro Builds Solar and Battery Backup Into the Emerald in Hyde Park

September has become a specification month for Dreyer Linen, the Johannesburg maker and distributor of bed linen, towels and bedding accessories, as South African hospitality operators start placing their orders for the December holiday trade. Summer rooms are typically locked in months in advance, and the linen that dresses them has to be bought long before anyone checks in. The company’s argument is a simple one. When guests grumble about hotel bedding, price is rarely the real issue. … [Read more...] about Dreyer Linen’s Guide to Specifying Hotel Linen for Summer

Torah observant families now have firm dates to build a 2027 around: Glatt Safaris has released the departure windows for its group tours, and with September still on the calendar there is room to sort out leave, flights and school holidays without pressure. The Johannesburg based operator, which runs Glatt Kosher gourmet African safari and holiday tours through South Africa and East Africa, has timed the release so that the administrative side of travel, the part most people leave too late, can … [Read more...] about Glatt Safaris Confirms 2027 Kosher Safari Dates