Nothing Ordinary. Stonecutters Ridge, Sunningdale
Stonecutters Ridge is an exceptional suburban area in Cape Town, created by Garden Cities. It is the product of over 100 years of planning, design, research, innovation, and construction.
Science Learning Centres Programme at Cape Schools Reaches its 100th Milestone
One hundred under-resourced schools in the Western Cape have now received purpose-designed and constructed science learning centres in a programme started 12 years ago as a project by leading science educationist Professor Shaheed Hartley, the Director of Advancing Knowledge NPC.
Mosselbank River team turns attention to Dune Thicket at Northridge
Members of the Mosselbank River Conservation team responsible for the remarkable rehabilitation progress over the past five years in Greenville Garden City, recently turned their attention to the private Dune Thicket conservation area at Northridge Coastal Estate (NCE), Africa’s first four star sustainable precinct, in Sunningdale.
Top honours for Garden Cities and the Construction Alliance at Big 5 awards
John Matthews, Group CEO of Garden Cities (NPC) (RF), the historic Cape suburban development company, accepted two top honours on June 27, at the Big 5 Construction Awards ceremony in Johannesburg. One was for the company’s ground-breaking new green building development, Northridge Coastal Estate, on Cape Town’s west coast, and the other for the SA construction industry collaboration initiative, Construction Alliance South Africa (CASA), of which he is Chairman.
Innovation and Resilience – Trademarks of Garden Cities’ Archway Foundation
When, 18 years ago, Garden Cities (NPC) (RF) established the Archway Foundation, its objective was to redress inequalities for learners in the Western Cape, where historic disparities still exist in the provision of facilities to many hundreds of under-resourced schools.
School Bullying Findings 2022
Bullying is an ongoing and deliberate misuse of power in relationships, through repeated verbal, physical and/or social behaviour that intends to cause physical, social and/or psychological harm. Bullying in any form, or for any reason, can have immediate, medium and long-term effects on those involved, including bystanders.
Greenville Garden City Exceeds Occupation Target for BNG Housing
Garden Cities has exceeded its current target of 2 000 occupations of its BNG housing (Breaking New Ground) at Greenville.
Purpose built skills training centre for Greenville Garden City
Fisantekraal Centre for Development, a skills training facility that helps unemployed people to find jobs in a variety of sectors, has expanded its operations to a brand-new R4.2 million purpose-designed building in Greenville Garden City near Durbanville.
Greenville environmental education collaboration’s five-year milestone
Five years ago in 2017, Garden Cities launched an environmental education collaborative in Greenville and invited various organisations – ranging from local NGOs to government entities – to offer their support for the programme.
Sustainable housing in practice
Renier Smith is Group Manager: Engineering and Planning for Garden Cities NPC(RF). We spoke to him about the successful implementation of a green building programme.