Garden Walk retail and lifestyle centre has been launched in Hartenbos to serve the growing Mossel Bay region and broader Garden Route. Hartenbos is a well-known coastal town near George, forming part of the greater Mossel Bay region. It supports a growing residential community and offers a range of amenities including schools, churches and sports clubs.   Developed by Moolman Group in partnership with Dorpstraat and Organic Coral Developments, the centre fits their ethos of

The Beekman Group has officially launched Menlyn Mix, its latest urban hospitality development in Pretoria’s Menlyn precinct. It provides guests with accommodation that allows them to work while enjoying the lifestyle benefits of a mixed-use environment.   Guests will find themselves at the centre of Pretoria’s business and retail corridor, and can enjoy self-catering apartments, integrated meeting infrastructures and lifestyle amentities. The development is purpose-built to

South Africa’s forestry sector contributes an estimated R8 billion to the country’s GDP, while supporting more than 150 000 jobs and livelihoods – many of them in rural areas where economic opportunities are limited. The sector also supports a further R58 billion in value-added activity across downstream industries such as sawmilling, pulp and paper, packaging and construction.   Forestry is often viewed through an environmental lens, but its economic contribution is equally

South Africa’s paper recycling rate reached 63.3% in 2025, up from 60% in 2024. Through paper mills, small recycling businesses and informal waste pickers, about 1.2 million tons of paper and packaging are diverted from landfill each year and returned to the recycling loop, where they are used again to produce new paper products such as tissue and packaging.   PAMSA (Paper Manufacturers Association of South Africa) says that progress has been made but there is still room for

Addressing the urgent need for organic waste diversion, Oricol Environmental Services and Cape Town Biogas have partnered to transform how the Western Cape handles organic waste, moving beyond simple disposal to a true zero-waste-to-landfill outcome. The two companies participate in an organic waste diversion pathway anchored by a bio-digestion facility in Athlone. This facility, which serves various waste management providers, is currently the only plant in Africa capable of

Brahman Hills, an award-winning destination in the KZN Midlands, has announced a multi-million investment into its Serenity Garden, a tourism development anchored by what is set to become the world’s largest labyrinth. The Serenity Garden is designed as a sanctuary for quiet reflection, where guests can reconnect with nature, art and themselves. Not only will it attract tourists, but the construction of the Serenity Garden and other expansions will create jobs in the areas of

In turf management and horticulture, maintaining healthy, resilient grass and plants requires innovative solutions. Sandy soils, common on golf courses and sports facilities, present a problem as nutrients leach away quickly after rainfall or frequent irrigation, leaving turf under-nourished despite regular fertilisation. This creates a costly cycle of repeated applications with diminishing returns. Poor turf quality not only affects aesthetic appeal but also increases long-t

South Africa’s tourism and travel industry has launched the Tourism & Travel Green Lung at Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset West. This is an initiative designed to help tourism and travel sector businesses, including SMMEs, become climate-resilient while embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices into daily operations. The programme is led by Sigma International, in partnership with industry and funding partners such as Anglo American Zimele, the Souther

Eskom, the Government of the Netherlands and the Mpumalanga Provincial Government have launched the Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre at the Grootvlei Power Station, linking South Africa’s Just Energy Transition to local economic opportunities in climate-smart food production and skills development. Eight community members from the Dipaleseng Municipality are being trained as greenhouse facilitators and 75 agri-preneurs, also community members, will participate in t