October across much of South Africa's interior is still dry and windy, with the summer rains not yet settled in. Dust-A-Side, the South African dust control company, is using this period to focus on the places where moving material generates dust: conveyors, transfer points, crushers, tip areas and stockpiles. At mines, quarries, process plants and bulk terminals, airborne dust stays a daily problem in these conditions. It affects visibility, the health of workers and the communities living nearby. Haul roads tend to dominate conversations about dust management, but Dust-A-Side covers the full chain from pit to port. On the road side it supplies binders and non-binders. For the plant, processing and materials handling areas of a site, it offers mist systems, fog cannons and wetting agents. Handling points are a different problem A conveyor or crusher does not produce dust the way a road does. As ore and other materials drop, tip or pass through a crusher, dust is released in concentrated bursts, and the wind picks it up fast. Good dust control at these points has to catch the fine particles while they are airborne and stop them spreading, all without soaking the material or the equipment. For this work Dust-A-Side provides two types of system, and plenty of operations run both. High pressure mist: fine droplets, very little water In a high pressure dust suppression system, small volumes of water are atomised at more than 40 bar, producing a fine mist. Airborne dust is captured through agglomeration, and the mist acts as a curtain around the material handling point that keeps dust from moving any further. According to Dust-A-Side, suppression is the better choice at material handling points. It uses little water, which counts for a lot where water is scarce, and it keeps moisture out of the material, so conveyors stay dry and chutes do not block. The company adds that a suppression system costs less to install and maintain than dust extraction, offers …
Gold Avenue Lists the Registrations Every Gold Buyer Needs
Before handing over a single gold ring this spring, South African sellers should find out two things about the buyer: what the business is registered for, and what documents the seller will walk away with. That is the advice from The Gold Avenue, a buyer of gold, diamonds, luxury watches and Krugerrands based in Illovo, Sandton. The company says those answers reveal far more about how a seller will be treated than any price on a sign. Finding someone to buy gold in South Africa takes almost no effort. Cash for gold offers are posted on shopfronts, community notice boards and social media, and the people behind them range from long-standing businesses to informal buyers with no fixed address. So the real challenge is not finding a buyer. It is picking one who will test the gold correctly, explain how the offer was reached, pay in a safe way and give the seller a clear record of the deal. What a registered buyer means for the seller Dealing in second hand gold is a regulated activity in South Africa. Buyers operating within the rules must identify the people they buy from, keep records and follow fixed procedures. These requirements protect sellers as much as buyers. When a sale is identified, written down and paid into a bank account, the seller can prove it happened and at what price. The Gold Avenue holds several registrations and memberships, and it recommends that sellers treat them as a checklist when weighing up any Gold Buyers on their shortlist: Second-Hand Goods Act. The company is registered as a second hand goods dealer under the Second-Hand Goods Act, a category of dealer expected to record each purchase and the person it came from. Financial Intelligence Centre. Because The Gold Avenue is registered with the Financial Intelligence Centre, all purchases follow FICA. Sellers are asked to show a South African ID, passport or South African driver's licence, along with proof of banking details. National Credit Regulator. As a Registered …
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MAMI Urges Yearly Screening in Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Every October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month gives women a reason to stop and think about their breast health, and MAMI (Melrose Arch Mammography) in Johannesburg wants that pause to turn into a booked appointment. The Melrose Arch breast imaging centre is keeping its advice simple: have a mammogram every year once you turn 40, check your own breasts regularly, and get imaging done promptly if anything changes. Spring is here and the year is winding down, so women who have fallen behind on screening have a good window to catch up before the December holidays. Mammography, breast ultrasound and image-guided breast biopsies all take place in a single department at MAMI, where patients are seen by experienced radiologists and mammographers using modern equipment. No other unit in South Africa has been named a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The case for yearly screening from age 40 Guidelines do not all agree on the right age to begin, but MAMI cites the consensus across numerous studies that yearly mammograms from 40 save the greatest number of lives. Breast cancer peaks between the ages of 55 and 60, yet the centre is seeing a growing number of cases in younger women, whose cancers tend to be more aggressive and faster-growing. Beginning at 40 is intended to find as many cancers as possible within the group at risk. The interval matters too. Some aggressive cancers can grow considerably in a single year, which is why MAMI favours annual screening over a two- or three-year gap. Each new set of images can also be set against the previous year's, helping radiologists notice even very subtle changes in the breast tissue. MAMI reports that, thanks largely to mammography and ultrasound, most breast cancers are now detected while still under 2cm, and these patients have a five-year survival rate of 90%. Inside today's mammogram Stories about older machines still keep some women from booking a Mammogram. At MAMI, 3D …
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Towa Settles Into New Mount Edgecombe Head Office
Towa has relocated its KwaZulu-Natal head office to larger premises at 9 Fairways Avenue, Mount Edgecombe. The South African supplier of cloud-based point of sale software and hardware for retail and hospitality operators now has extra space to welcome customers, demonstrate its products and support the shops, restaurants and coffee bars that depend on its systems each trading day. The timing suits business owners: it is October, the last quarter of 2026 is driving year-end trade, and many want to watch a new system running in person before their busiest weeks begin. KwaZulu-Natal has been home to the business for a long time. Its roots go back to 1972, when it was founded as S A Cash Register, and early on it set up a Natal company in Glenashley, Durban. Over the years it progressed from mechanical and electronic Towa cash registers to software, created an in-house software department, opened a retail shop in Durban and later introduced cloud-based platforms for both the retail and hospitality sectors. It now trades as Towa Data Systems and counts itself among South Africa's major retail and hospitality software providers. More room for demonstrations, training and support Plenty of owners would rather choose a point of sale system in person than from a brochure. At Mount Edgecombe, Towa's retail and hospitality specialists have more space to run the software on actual hardware, work through what each business needs and deal with questions before installation begins. Demos can be booked on the website or by phoning the team. Training remains central to how Towa works. It offers both in-house and on-location sessions, and its Nimbus back office software includes staff training either on site or off site, whichever the customer prefers. Repairs and maintenance take place at Towa's own premises, overseen by its technical director, and a yearly maintenance plan is available on its POS equipment. The larger head office strengthens every part of that service, …
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Pambele Makes Its San Sebastian Beach House Easy to Reach
Getting there is often what puts travellers off a beach holiday on a remote part of the African coast. Pambele, an exclusive-use beach house on Mozambique's San Sebastian Peninsula, wants to show how short that journey really is. The house is privately owned, and its October message comes as the coast moves into dry, sunny weather with warmer days. Vilanculos, Mozambique, October 2026. The house lies inside the Vilanculos Coastal Wildlife Sanctuary and looks out over the Bazaruto Archipelago. It feels a long way from any city, but a guest who leaves Johannesburg in the morning can be on its beach that same day. One day, door to beach The journey begins with a flight to Vilanculos International Airport (VNX). Airlink flies there from Johannesburg every day. That keeps things simple for South Africans and for international travellers connecting through OR Tambo. Guests then pick one of two transfers from Vilanculos. A 45-minute boat crossing is included in the rate. A seven-minute scenic helicopter charter is also available as an extra, quoted on request. The beach house manager meets guests for either option, and both land them right on Pambele's shoreline, where the General Manager greets each arrival in person. Many guests count the transfer as one of the best moments of the trip. The boat crossing opens up the peninsula's turquoise water and sandbars, and the helicopter flies over the archipelago before touching down. The case for an October visit Pambele's own climate notes place September and October in the dry season, a time of clear skies, lots of sunshine and very little rain. Days get warmer across these two months and nights stay cooler. The property also mentions the area's low annual rainfall, which it puts down to Madagascar's rain shadow, as one reason the coast works as a destination all year. For anyone weighing up Mozambique beach resorts, an easy route and settled spring weather make October a good month to go, before the hotter and …
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Loan on Cars Stays Open Seven Days a Week This October
A financial emergency has no respect for the calendar. The geyser that bursts, the hospital account nobody saw coming, the stretch where a small business is owed money it has not yet received, these can all arrive on a quiet Sunday just as readily as on any working day. This October, Loan On Cars, a South African provider of cash loans secured against fully settled vehicles, wants drivers to know that its doors are open every day of the week, from 9am to 5pm, Monday right through to Sunday. What that means for anyone who already owns their car outright is simple: the chance to raise money quickly is no longer boxed into standard business hours. And since the whole service is designed so that owners hold onto their vehicle, the car never leaves the driveway, staying in everyday use while the money is being repaid. A service built around the paid-up car The thinking behind Loan On Cars is straightforward. For a great many South Africans, a fully paid-off vehicle ranks among their most valuable possessions, and daily life would grind to a halt without it. It carries them to work, drops the kids at school and, in the case of countless small business owners, forms part of how the income is earned in the first place. Surrendering it just to unlock some cash is simply not realistic for most households. So the company does the opposite: it releases money against the car while the owner keeps on driving it for the duration of the agreement, right up until the advance has been cleared. Anyone who has ever gone looking online for a loan against my car in a hurry will recognise that this approach strips away the single biggest downside of a conventional pawn deal. Why October can be a tight month October occupies an uncomfortable spot in the household budget. The academic year is heading into its last stretch, and plenty of families are already setting money aside for year-end spending, holiday trips and the January bills that follow, from school fees to uniforms. …
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Dreyer Linen Readies Festive Tablecloths and Towels
Spring is deepening across South Africa, and for the country's hotels, lodges, guest houses and conference venues that shift in the calendar signals the approach of their heaviest trading period. Year-end functions, the wedding season and the December holidays land almost on top of one another, often within the space of a few weeks. With that crunch in view, Dreyer Linen is urging hospitality operators to sort out their table, bed and bath linen now, well ahead of the frantic run-in to the festive season. A family-owned enterprise, Dreyer Linen manufactures, wholesales and retails towels, bed linen, duvet inners, blankets, protectors, tablecloths and napkins. What sets it apart among hotel linen suppliers in South Africa is its heritage: Hans Dreyer founded the firm in 1955, and three generations of the Dreyer and Blumenau family have run it since. Why October is the month to plan October tends to be the final easy stretch for placing orders before the year wraps up. This is when corporate clients pencil in their year-end lunches and dinners, couples settle their spring and summer wedding dates, and families commit to their December getaways. Every one of those bookings leans harder on the linen cupboard. A banquet calls for fresh tablecloths and napkins at each sitting, a fully booked property needs backup sheet sets to turn rooms around fast, and a busy pool deck chews through towels day after day. Placing an order early buys a venue the time to audit its stock, swap out tired pieces and confirm that new deliveries match what is already on the shelf. It equally affords the supplier room to fulfil larger orders properly rather than in a hurry. Dreyer Linen runs high-capacity linen factories in Gauteng, which the company says lets it take on high-volume orders with ease while keeping turnaround times tight. Table linen for the function season Though tablecloths and napkins are often an afterthought in a linen plan, they rank among the first details a guest …
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Blue Falcon Estate Offers Germiston Families Outdoor Space for Summer
October tends to be a planning month for Gauteng households. With summer on the doorstep, parents are weighing up where their children will be enrolled come January, keeping a closer eye on the budget, and asking whether their current place still suits daily life. Urban Estate, a manager of affordable rental apartments in Johannesburg and Germiston, is encouraging households in exactly that situation to take a look at Blue Falcon Estate at 21 Malherbe Road in Albemarle, where three-bedroom apartments pair shared outdoor space with prepaid utilities and a position close to schools. On the East Rand, Blue Falcon Estate stands as Urban Estate's flagship. The unfurnished three-bedroom apartments are described as stylish, upmarket and chic, featuring open plan kitchens along with a communal braai and chill area. Anyone hunting for a Germiston apartment to rent that offers a family both room to grow and somewhere to enjoy summer evenings outdoors will find the estate a sensible fit. Outdoor space for the warmer months A spot to sit outside is not a given with apartment living, and the lack of one becomes harder to ignore once the evenings stretch out. Blue Falcon Estate's braai and chill area hands residents a shared place to cook in the open air, unwind after work or pass a weekend afternoon with family, all without the chores a private garden demands. With the festive season on its way, this is precisely the sort of feature that helps a rental feel like a proper home. Planning a move before the new school year Relocating partway through the school year can unsettle children, so a good number of families try to be settled into a new place ahead of January. Blue Falcon Estate is listed as close to schools, and its Albemarle setting puts it within reach of Germiston, Alberton, Elandsfontein, Wadeville and Boksburg. Convenient access to the N3 highway is a further help for parents commuting across the East Rand or into Johannesburg. With three bedrooms, families …
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Balwin Properties: Izinga Eco-Estate Umhlanga Dates
Buyers eyeing a home at Izinga Eco-Estate in Umhlanga now have firm timing to work with, after Balwin Properties released estimated occupation dates for the apartments that remain unsold, with the first keys set to change hands at the end of November 2026. The schedule lets anyone considering a move to the KwaZulu-Natal coast match a unit to their own timeline and know roughly when they could move in. Coming as spring gets going and the December break draws near, the news matters for anyone who wants to be living in Umhlanga by the start of 2027. Sitting on the corner of Wager Avenue and Herrwood Drive in Izinga Ridge, uMhlanga, the estate comes in two versions. One is the Signature Collection, finished to a higher standard, and the other is the Classic Collection, which is Balwin's standard apartment product. The two share an address, the same show house team and the same planned Lifestyle Centre, yet they part ways on pricing, finishes and when occupation takes place. Signature Collection: handover from November 2026 Within the Signature Collection, Izinga provides two- and three-bedroom apartments in Umhlanga. Two-bedroom homes of roughly 98m² start at R2 349 900, while three-bedroom homes of about 139m² to 140m² start at R3 099 900. As this is written, Balwin's price list records three two-bedroom and seven three-bedroom apartments still on offer in the collection. Those homes carry estimated occupation dates of 30 November 2026 and 28 February 2027. A number of the three-bedroom apartments are being offered at a special price of R2 944 905, and the estate advertises savings reaching R155 000. The Signature Collection's one-bedroom option has already sold out. Each Signature apartment is equipped with SMEG appliances, covering an oven and hob with extractor, a refrigerator, a washer dryer combo and a dishwasher, plus a Samsung WindFree 18 000 BTU air conditioner. The homes are fibre and DStv ready, Wi-Fi ready and come with prepaid electricity …
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Rode & Associates Values Hospitality, Game Reserves
Spring has arrived in South Africa, and with the summer holidays on the horizon the country's lodges, hotels, guest houses and game reserves are gearing up for their busiest trading months. Against that backdrop, Sandton-based Rode & Associates is highlighting the valuation and advisory work it carries out for the hospitality and eco-tourism sector. The practice delivers independent, certified valuations for both market and insurance purposes, and pairs that core function with a range of specialised services for hospitality properties, wildlife and conservation land that few other valuers bring together in a single firm. October tends to be the month when owners and operators pause to assess where they stand. Peak-season budgets are being signed off, insurance cover is being checked ahead of the summer storm season, upgrade or expansion plans are under consideration, and some are deciding whether to buy or sell. Every one of those choices rests on an accurate understanding of what the assets involved are actually worth. Valuing more than bricks and mortar Seldom is a hospitality business a single asset. A lodge or game reserve may comprise land, buildings and improvements, furniture and contents, vehicles and equipment, artworks and, where reserves are concerned, the wild game itself. Rode & Associates places a value on all of it. The firm's valuation work spans retail, commercial, industrial and residential property, plant, machinery, equipment and technical assets, fine art and antiques including contents, as well as other general and specialised assets. According to the firm, it specialises in the hospitality industry, taking in hotels, B&Bs, lodges and game reserves. Over several years it has connected its valuation services to ecology management for game reserves and agricultural farms, supporting conservation management and responsible, sustainable development. That offering extends to wildlife consulting, including the valuation of wild …