New rail strategy in Eastern Cape to bring heavy haulers on track, and link up with the port and planned industrial zone in East London

The Durban Marine Theme Park board, chaired by eThekwini mayor Obed Mlaba, had short-listed its preferred bidder to manage the R700 million uShaka Island Marine Park.

KwaZulu- Natal based complementary health-care group House of Health will roll out a national retail franchise network in high profile shopping centres over the next five years.

Hybrid property loan stock company Redefine says its business practice of combining direct property holdings and listed property instruments offers special benefits for the group.

A transaction of R1,5-billion that will make Growthpoint properties the largest property loan stock company on the JSE Securities Exchange is expected to start a trend to convert direct ownership of property portfolios into property listings.

PARAMOUNT Property Fund on the Acquisition Trail Paramount Property Fund (Paraprop), listed on the JSE Securities exchange earlier this year and rated one of South Africa's top property funds, is on the acquisition trail to boost its portfolio of properties to R1-billion by end October.

Emerging retail communities are to be represented for the first time in the JSE property sector with the joining of Shops for Africa Ltd.

MortgageSA has set its sights on the lower end of the housing market, and has partnered KwaZulu-Natal micro lender Ithala Development Finance Corporation in making inroads into the low-cost housing market

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