Warm weather is arriving across South Africa this October, and fragrance wearers will feel the difference. Higher temperatures, extra humidity and brighter sun all change how a scent performs, both on the skin and inside the bottle. To help customers prepare, Tapputi Egyptian Perfume Oils is sharing practical advice this month on storing, applying and layering its oils so they hold their character through the hotter season. The company imports pure Egyptian perfume oils and hand-pours them in South Africa. The tips are based on the care and application guidance Tapputi already gives its customers. They come at a time when more South Africans want a fragrance that lasts longer on the skin and does not dry it out the way alcohol does. How an oil differs from a spray Most mainstream perfumes are sprays made from alcohol and water. Alcohol makes a scent project fast, but it evaporates just as fast and can leave skin dry, which partly explains why many sprays fade after a few hours. Tapputi's perfume oils work differently. Because they are undiluted, with no alcohol and no water, the fragrance unfolds gradually and sits close to the body. Depending on the wearer's skin and the scent chosen, Tapputi says its oils can last up to 12 hours. The brand also reports that 97% of its clients find the fragrance usually lasts 8 to 12 hours. Only a tiny amount is needed each time because the oil is so concentrated, and the company estimates that one bottle lasts six to ten months with daily wear. Not every product called an oil is the same. Tapputi notes that some oil based perfumes on the market contain just 5 to 15% oil, with the rest made up of water, alcohol and fillers. That dilution is a main reason they evaporate quickly. A true perfume oil is the undiluted concentrate. Where to keep your fragrance As temperatures rise, how you store your fragrance matters more than anything else. Tapputi recommends a cool, dry, dark spot away from direct sunlight, with the cap …
RISE Student Living Opens New Residences to 2027 Applicants
For thousands of South African students, October means final exams, but it also means a question that cannot wait much longer: where will they live in 2027? RISE Student Living, the student accommodation arm of the Eris Property Group, has chosen this moment to put the spotlight on three of its biggest buildings. They are Units on Blackwood in Parktown, Johannesburg, Units on Main in Observatory, Cape Town, and Nala Units in Universitas, Bloemfontein. Between them, these residences contribute over 3,000 beds to a portfolio that also covers Units on Park in Hatfield, Units on Jorissen in Braamfontein, Units on Cape Station on the Cape Town Foreshore and Units on Birbeck in Kimberley. There is a practical reason to act now. All three residences are offering an early bird administration fee on 2027 applications, valid only until 31 December 2026. A student who secures a bed before the holidays pays the reduced fee and starts the new academic year with housing already sorted. Units on Blackwood: 890 beds minutes from Wits Found at 6 Blackwood in Parktown, Units on Blackwood is only a few minutes away from the University of the Witwatersrand. Its 890 purpose built beds will house residents for the first time in the 2027 academic year, so the months ahead form the building's very first intake. Accommodation is grouped into clusters ranging from two bed pods to six bed pods, letting students decide between a compact shared apartment and a bigger household. According to the 2027 rate card on the RISE website, monthly rent per bed ranges from R5,950 in a six bed cluster to R8,000 in a two bed cluster, and no deposit is listed for these unit types. As with every RISE property, the building is planned around spaces for studying and relaxing, and each resident joins the RISE Student Life Programme. Through activities, events, support services, leadership development and community building initiatives, the programme aims to help students develop as people while staying …
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The Valuator Group Now Values Farms and Game Reserves
As the season turns in October 2026, South African farms and reserves are at their busiest. Seed is going into the ground, vineyards and orchards are starting a fresh growing cycle, and lodges are getting ready for summer visitors. That makes it a good time for owners and managers to check what their operations are really worth. The Valuator Group is a boutique valuation company that works for individuals, corporations and governments across Africa, the Indian Ocean Islands, the Middle East and the UK. It is now drawing attention to its agricultural valuation service, which covers game reserves, game lodges and farms of every size. More than a title deed A working farm or reserve is not one asset. It is a mix of very different ones: land and buildings, lodges and staff accommodation, tractors and processing plant, livestock, crops, storage, vehicles and contents. Each one has to be identified and valued separately. The Valuator Group's agricultural work covers wine, fruit and poultry farms, ranches, reserves and other production facilities. It also covers the packing, manufacturing and cold storage operations that serve the sector. The work starts on site. Valuers walk and drive the property and note every asset they find. They assess buildings, lodges included, together with machinery, livestock, crops, storage, vehicles and contents. Every item is recorded and listed, and the results go into a Valuation Report and Certificate. The owner ends up with one documented record of the whole operation, which can then be used for insurance, financing, planning and governance. Zero on the books, real value on the ground The company makes one point that matters a lot in farming. Many assets appear in company financials at nil value because they have been fully depreciated. Much of that equipment is still running and still adds to the financial health of the business. The Valuator Group's view is that these items should be valued for what they are, for financial …
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PaperTrail Unites Shared Inboxes, eForms and Documents
As South African businesses head into the busiest stretch of the year, Johannesburg software house Egis Software is pointing to three capabilities within PaperTrail, its electronic content management platform, that carry the most weight once volumes climb. Those capabilities are shared email processing, electronic forms and rule-driven document routing, all part of its Document Management Software. JOHANNESBURG, October 2026. The fourth quarter brings year-end closes, festive season shutdowns and, soon after, the new-year audit cycle. Few periods test how requests, invoices and approvals travel through an organisation quite like this one. Searching for one hard-to-find file is seldom where the real hours go. Time slips away in the handovers between colleagues. A client message lingers in a shared mailbox with no clear owner. A paper form waits on a signature from a manager who is away. Someone has to pick up the phone to chase an approval. PaperTrail aims to remove those delays by placing correspondence, data capture and workflow inside the same secure repository that already holds an organisation's documents. Team email with clear ownership PaperTrail's Group Email feature serves teams that work through high volumes of customer email together. Messages are pulled in automatically from POP and IMAP compliant mail servers, Microsoft Exchange and Lotus among them, and then handed out to team members to process. The usual confusion of group mailboxes, where several people open one message and no one knows whether it has been answered, falls away. Because replies go out from inside PaperTrail, every piece of correspondence on a matter is recorded together and threaded automatically under one item. Email aliases can serve as the trigger for a workflow, so a message landing at a specific address sets a defined process in motion instead of waiting to be spotted. With a Microsoft add-in, individual users can push emails from Outlook straight into PaperTrail, add …
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Magnificent Garage Doors Preps Gauteng for Summer Storms
Pretoria and Johannesburg, October 2026. Summer storms are back on the Highveld. From October, a hot afternoon can bring heavy rain, gusting wind and hail in under an hour, and the power often goes out soon after. In many homes the garage door is the entrance people use most, and it takes a lot of that weather. Magnificent Garage Doors supplies, installs, automates and repairs garage doors throughout Gauteng and in parts of the Free State and Mpumalanga. The company is asking homeowners to check whether their doors are ready now, before the storm season reaches its peak. The strain of the rainy months Few parts of a house move as much as the garage door, and few are as large. Rain followed by sun, wind pushing against broad panels and the daily routine of opening and closing all wear it down over time. If the door runs only on mains power, a storm-related outage can leave the family stuck at the driveway in a downpour. The right materials, suitable automation and early attention to worn components all count for a lot in the wettest part of the year. Keeping doors running when the power fails The company's range of domestic garage doors can be fitted with automation that has battery backup. In Johannesburg and Pretoria, that backup lets the door keep working when an afternoon storm knocks out the electricity. Opener options include the Magic Lift Plus 800N and 600N, the Magic Lift 1000N, the SDO4 Smart tip-up and sectional garage door motor, the RDO II roll-up garage door motor and the ET DC Blue Advanced Roll-Up Motor Kit. The repair and service team also handles battery backup automation for gates and garage doors, plus gate motors, so one visit can cover a property's whole entrance. A range built for Highveld weather Every door type the company offers performs differently when the weather turns. Aluzinc steel sectional doors are made from 0.5 mm material that is 55 percent aluminium and 45 percent zinc. According to the company, they need little …
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Dr. T Fletcher Puts Cataracts in Focus for World Sight Day
Cataracts are among the most frequent reasons people lose clarity of vision, and with World Sight Day arriving this October, the Bryanston practice of Dr. Taryn Fletcher wants Johannesburg residents to take them seriously. World Sight Day is marked every year on the second Thursday of October. Dr. Fletcher is an ophthalmic surgeon, and her practice focuses on microincision cataract surgery, medical retinal disease and aesthetic ophthalmology. Cataract care is the core of what she does. Her message this month is simple: if your eyesight has been slowly changing, have it examined instead of assuming it is just part of getting older. Understanding cataracts Behind the iris and pupil sits the lens of the eye. Like a camera lens, it focuses incoming light onto the retina at the back of the eye, and it consists largely of water and protein. With age, this protein can clump, forming cloudy patches in the lens. These patches slowly enlarge. As a cataract matures, it blocks and scatters light on its way through the lens, so vision becomes dim, blurred or troubled by glare, whether in daylight or after dark. Both eyes are usually affected, but the condition does not always advance at the same rate in each. When one eye is worse than the other, people may notice a clear difference between them. According to Dr. Fletcher's practice, cataracts are a leading cause of visual loss, and that is exactly why an occasion like World Sight Day is a good reason to get an eye check. Symptoms not to ignore Cataracts tend to develop gradually, so many people adjust without noticing how far their vision has slipped. The practice lists the following as possible warning signs: Regular changes to a glasses or contact lens prescription Vision that is cloudy, blurry or dim Sensitivity to light or problems with glare Faded or yellow-tinted colours Halos appearing around lights Trouble seeing at night, including when driving after dark Needing brighter light to read or …
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Balwin Properties: Spring Apartment Deals at Four Estates
Spring buyers comparing new-build options now have a clearer picture of where the savings are, after Balwin Properties outlined the October incentives on four of its featured developments. The list includes two Green Collection estates in Pretoria East, a Classic Collection estate on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast and a Signature Collection estate in Waterfall City, north of Sandton. Prices across the four begin at R625 900 for a one-bedroom apartment and climb beyond R2.3 million for a three-bedroom home. Many households put their property plans on hold over winter and pick them up again in October. The days get longer, school holidays are close and the new year is near, so buyers start weighing their options seriously. Anyone browsing apartments for sale this month should read the incentives on Balwin's featured estates closely. They change from estate to estate and with unit size, and in some cases they depend on whether the apartment has already been built. Greencreek: savings on completed units in Pretoria East In Pretoria East, the Green Collection lifestyle estate Greencreek sells one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Units on the ground floor have their own private gardens, and units on the first, second and third floors have private balconies. Pricing starts at R625 900 for a one-bedroom, R963 900 for a two-bedroom and R1 199 900 for a three-bedroom. Greencreek's incentives apply to stock that is ready to move into. On those completed units, Balwin advertises savings of up to R50 000 on one-bedroom apartments, up to R80 000 on two-bedrooms and up to R96 000 on three-bedrooms. That makes a real difference for buyers who want to move in soon instead of waiting for a later phase. Each apartment is fitted with a Defy electric oven, a hob with extractor, prepaid utility meters and fully tiled bathrooms, and is fibre and DStv ready. Residents can use the Barn Lifestyle Centre, which offers an indoor gym, restaurant, laundromat, swimming pool, sports …
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Unica Plastics Preps Patio, Pool and Café Seating for Summer
Summer seating season is about to begin across Gauteng, and Unica Plastics is getting ready for it. The Pretoria West manufacturer, which has made injection moulded plastic products since 1998, is putting a selection of chairs and stools from its catalogue forward for patios, lawns, pool decks, café pavements and the outdoor spaces of restaurants, guesthouses and lodges. Each piece is made to handle sun, rain and heavy use through the year's busiest months outdoors. The announcement comes from Pretoria in October 2026, with spring well established and the long South African summer only weeks away. This is the time of year when families start carrying furniture back into the garden and hospitality operators gear up for sunny weekends, school holidays and year-end functions. Chairs that sat stacked in a storeroom all winter get counted and inspected, and many get replaced. Unica Plastics wants buyers to know that tough, practical outdoor seating is manufactured locally in Gauteng. Built for sun, storms and heavy handling In South Africa, furniture left outdoors faces harsh sunlight, sudden summer thunderstorms and a lot of moving around. Homes and businesses both benefit from a plastic chair that is light to carry, quick to wipe down and easy to stack away when a storm arrives. Unica designs its range around that kind of daily use, and a number of its products fit the coming season well. The clearest example is the Lawn Chair, which Unica pitches for gardens, patios and poolside use. It has a generous seat and hand rests for comfort. Its perforated back rest, offered in two patterns, is practical as well as attractive, because the openings allow air to flow and help keep the person sitting in it cool on hot days. Drainage holes in the seat let rain water run off instead of pooling, a real advantage in a region where afternoon storms are part of summer. The chair has a 150 kg load bearing capacity and stacks up to 20 high. It comes in a senior size with a …
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MK Koshers South Africa Spotlights Local Kosher Brands
SOUTH AFRICA, October 2026. With warmer weather and longer evenings, South Africans are packing picnic baskets, stocking up on padkos for road trips, browsing weekend markets and filling their snack cupboards. MK Kosher South Africa is marking the season by highlighting the local farms and food brands that now display its symbol, and by showing shoppers how simple it is to check that a product on the shelf really is certified. Many households check labels every time they shop. Producers who make it onto those shopping lists can find new opportunities both locally and overseas. MK Kosher South Africa connects these two groups: it provides Kosher certification that consumers can trust and that manufacturers can use when they enter export markets. Local Brands Carrying the MK Symbol MK Kosher South Africa has announced a number of local certifications over the last twelve months, and together they show how broad the country's Kosher range has become. In October 2025, Schoonbee Landgoed received MK Kosher certification for several of its products. The family farm sits in the Loskop Valley in Limpopo. It was founded in 1971, now spans more than 2,500 hectares, and concentrates on grapes, citrus and exotic game breeding. The certified range covers cold-pressed Pure Juices made from oranges, mandarins and lemons, Naartjie Chips made from dehydrated citrus slices, Crunchies made with oats, golden syrup and coconut, and dehydrated fruits such as grapes. Fruit juice and dried citrus suit warm spring afternoons well, and Kosher shoppers will now see a symbol they know on the pack. Cape Town's Grumpy Snacks, recognised for its dry-roasted chickpea snacks, came on board in September 2025. Flavours include sea salt, chocolate-coated, and cinnamon and maple, and the products can be found at Takealot, Clicks, Wellness Warehouse, Dis-Chem and selected Checkers and Spar stores. According to MK Kosher South Africa, LIFT airline also serves Grumpy Snacks on its flights, so …
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Peachz Invites Retailers to Stock Its Festive Accessories
With the festive season approaching, South African mobile accessories brand Peachz has opened registration for its wholesale programme to retailers, resellers and other businesses that are now deciding what to stock. Many stores lock in their shelf plans in October, ahead of November promotions and December gift shopping. Peachz is offering these businesses bulk pricing across its chargers, cables, car mounts, power banks and MagSafe products, and every item comes with a two-year limited warranty. Peachz started with one aim: to break the cycle of throwaway mobile accessories. Its founders had grown frustrated with chargers, cables and mounts that gave up too soon, so they set out to make products built to last. For retailers this works as a selling point too. Fewer faulty items coming back means fewer frustrated customers at the counter. Inside the Peachz wholesale offer Any business that wants to add premium mobile accessories to its shelves can apply. Approved partners get pricing reserved for wholesale clients and dedicated support from the Peachz team. To get started, a business fills in the registration form on the Peachz website, and the team then emails the details needed to begin trading. Peachz is run from its head office at Unit 5, 81 Brunton Street, Founders View, Edenvale, Gauteng, which is also a collection point. Products designed for daily life The catalogue focuses on the accessories people reach for every day, which are also the ones they end up replacing most often when they buy cheap. A large part of the range is Cables. Shoppers can choose 240W fast-charging nylon-braided USB-C to USB-C cables, right-angle and magnetic USB-C cables, MFi-certified Lightning cables for iPhone, USB-A and Micro-USB cables, and a retractable 4-in-1 multi-charging cable. The range goes past charging into 8K HDMI and DisplayPort cables, USB-C to HDMI and USB-C to DisplayPort cables, audio cables and a USB-C multiport hub. That gives stores something for …