Estate Living Magazine New Beginnings - Issue 37 January 2019 | Page 4

P R O P E R T Y & I N V E S T M E N T FROM THE ESTATE LIVING Founder/CEO TEAM It’s a brand-new year. Time to start afresh, time to do new things, think new thoughts and try new strategies. So we have a look at what new business disrupters are likely to challenge us in the new year, how we’re getting closer and closer to living in truly smart houses, and – of course – some great new investment opportunities. Jaimé-Lee Gardner COO/Publisher Louise Martin Editor Jennifer Stern Golf editor If you crave variety, you will love The World® – a fab new opportunity to combine lifestyle, travel and investment in possibly the most unusual residential estate we’ve ever featured. (This one won’t fly, but it most certainly does float.) And, if this new year heralds a new phase in your life or in that of your family, check out the great retirement options at Groenkloof Retirement Villages. We look at some great student apartments, and continue our series on ‘aerotropolis’ investment – investigating opportunities around Cape Town International Airport. John Cockayne Senior subeditor A new year is also a new tax year, and February is just around the corner, so check out our article on Zimbali Lakes Resorts, which includes great J12-eligible offerings. Thea Grobbelaar Creative Peter Batistich Contributors Helen Grange Lisa Witepski Tessa Buhrmann Martin Hatchuel January is time for new beginnings, new opportunities. So we feature some interesting ways in which people, organisations, and even whole ecosystems have recovered from an annus horribilis – a ‘crash-and-burn’ year. The devastating Garden Route fires of last year and 2017 were truly horrendous, but they offered an opportunity to rise, phoenix-like, from the ashes – as did the serendipitously named Phoenix Settlement, where Mahatma Ghandi, with some help from his innovative neighbours, perfected a new way of protest, and a new way of creating community that he carried across the Indian Ocean and utilised in the creation of a new country. Mark van Dijk Nia Magoulianiti-McGregor Rehana Dada Brand ambassadors Jenelle Oosthuizen Esmeralda Stander Michele Jones estate-living.co.za Danielle Biggar But now – here’s our own exciting news. We will be launching our new website and you will be able to access our content from your local estate app from February, so we’ll be able to keep you abreast of all things estate living better, faster, slicker. This is the year for doing things afresh, finding new ways – new beginnings. And – finally – here’s hoping this bright new year brings us all we wish for, and that this exuberance carries through till December. Bring it on, 2019. Bring it on. Enquiries [email protected] [email protected] Front cover Zimbali Lakes Resort COPYRIGHT 2019: Golden Acer (Pty) Ltd t/a Estate Living. The opinions and views expressed herein are not necessarily the views of Golden Acer (Pty) Ltd t/a Estate Living. The publisher and editor can regretfully not accept any liability for omissions or errors contained in this publication. The owner- ship of registered trademarks is duly acknowledged. No part of this publication or any of its content may be reproduced, digitally stored or transmitted in any format without the express permission of the publisher. Estate Living is a registered trademark of Kapital Investment (Pty) Ltd.