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Andrew Golding, CE of Pam Golding Properties, introduces the company’s Agricultural marketing specialists in commercial and lifestyle farms in the Boland and Overberg. Real estate expert, Clarence Collins gives insightful commentary on the current state of agr

By Ally Lewis “If you build it, he will come,” goes the quote from the acclaimed film, Field of Dreams. But it’s a phrase that could well have been applied to the construction of this unique Glencairn home, structured entirely from shipping containers. Initial

By Ally Lewis A fruit farm and wedding venue outside Franschhoek is home to South Africa’s first floating solar PV installation, and the first commercially scaled one on the continent. Able to produce up to 60 kilowatts of energy, it is also the largest floati

By Ally Lewis South Africa is ranked by the United Nations as the 30th driest country in the world, making water a key constraint to agricultural developments. Water scarcity due to drought, declining rainfall and over-demand is therefore driving the need for

China’s ‘horizantal skyscraper’ nears completion The highly anticipated Raffles City Chongqing complex in China is nearing completion. The $3.8 bilion megastructure, which consists of eight towers and a gigantic connecting skybridge – the so-called ‘horizontal

By Niki Jackson The idea that the sustainability of our planet begins at home is evident as homeowners across the world are investing in off-the-grid technology – and in South Africa where utility costs continue to rise, decreasing the carbon footprint o

As we’ve turned the page on 2018 and entered 2019, there are three core pervasive themes that underpinned the property market last year, all of which may have significant implications for future trends. The first of these, says Carol Reynolds, Pam Golding Prop