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Kyalami still battling K-road proposal

The Greater Kyalami Conservancy( Gekco), and residents of Glenferness and surrounding areas, are still locked in battle with the Johannesburg Roads Agency over the proposed K56 road, sewer line and

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GAUTENG VETERINARY SERVICES in yellow, or by a green polo shirt marked GAUTENG VETERINARY SERVICES in yellow. Female census takers will high-density development in Greater Kyalami which, says Gekco, will cause the loss of thousands of local jobs. The K56 road is one of many that were originally planned in the 1970s when greater Johannesburg was still run on
wear either a green polo shirt marked GAUTENG VETERINARY SERVICES in yellow or a khaki shirt or brown shirt or navy blue polo shirt marked VETERINARY SERVICES GAUTENG in red. In addition all officials will bear a letter of introduction signed by the Gauteng Chief Director Veterinary Services & SRM, Dr Malcom De Bude, bearing a State Veterinarian official stamp. The letter bears the full names and identity number of the individual official. apartheid lines. The 5km section between William Nicol Drive near the current entrance to Dainfern, and Main Road in Kyalami, which it joins on the bend between Zinnia Rd and Dahlia Road, is being proposed, and although
The motor vehicles used by the census workers are either private and varied, or branded in blue with the logo of the Gauteng Dept of Agriculture. required by the developers, it is not wanted by the majority of residents, says Gekco.“ In fact, a petition against the road received 2 126 signatures from people in the area.” The road cuts through the equestrian suburb of Glenferness, with an offshoot along Erling Road to the entrance of Steyn City. Gekco says:“ For decades, Greater Kyalami has supported a thriving equestrian industry – in fact, it is home to the largest population of horses in the southern
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