In its commitment to actively advance the commercial property interests within the property industry, the South African Property Owners Association (SAPOA)commissioned the services of Urban-Econ Development Economists to embark on an analysis of the commercial private property industry in the Mpumalanga province, with specific reference to the City of Mbombela Local Municipality.

Surrounded by mountains and situated at the foot of the Long Tom Pass in Mpumalanga, Lydenburg, now also known as Mashishing, is rapidly becoming a business hub servicing the surrounding communities and mining interests as far afield as Pilgrim’s Rest, Steelpoort, Burgersort, Ohrigstad and Rietfontein.

Acsion Ltd is a dynamic property development and management company, which has successfully developed a retail portfolio of over 250,000m2, spanning Gauteng, Tshwane, Mpumalanga and Limpopo.

The 18,000m2 Mall@Mfula, in Piet Retief, Mpumalanga, celebrates its 1st birthday this month.

Month-end saw the grand opening of Phola Mall, the first fully enclosed regional shopping mall in the old ‘Kwa-Ndebele’ region of Mpumalanga. 

Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza has committed to build 1 000 RDP houses for the Louisville mining community living next to the closed Lily Mine in Barberton.

Home to Eskom’s Kusile Power Station, the Mpumalanga coal-mining town of eMalahleni (formerly known as Witbank) continues to experience a strong demand for housing, says Elisme Swart, area principal for Pam Golding Properties.

During what may be described as a tumultuous 2016 to date, while trading conditions in the property auction arena have proven challenging, retail shopping centres, service stations, hotels and residential blocks have shown resilience throughout this period and are still in strong demand.

Emira Property Fund Limited today reported distribution growth of 8.8 % per share for its full-year ended 30 June 2016, meeting its market guidance with a strong set of results for Emira investors.

eThekwini Metro in KwaZulu-Natal and Mossel Bay Municipality in the Western Cape have been named the greenest municipalities in South Africa.