Town Square to open in Richards Bay in November

Richards Bay is one of the fastest growing towns in South Africa. It seems the closure of parts of the Bayside BHP Billiton had no dent in the economy of the town. The increasing number of industrial development means the growth of a community, growth of their needs and increase in social needs. If you are in Richards Bay you cannot miss the development of the new Town Square Mall.

Town Square Mall is the newest addition in Richards Bay’s infrastructure. Earthworks commenced in November 2014 with the opening date now scheduled for November 2015!

The site being developed forms part of Richards Bay’s main business node and was rated as “Excellent” (93%) in a recent study conducted by Fernridge.  High traffic volumes and good visibility exists around the site as a large portion of citizens of Richards Bay enter this CBD daily for work and social related purposes. The proposed site is well known amongst residents in the region.  Currently the biggest shopping mall is Boardwalk Inkwazi Mall at (± 65,813m²). The size of the shopping centre will be between 15000m² and 20000m², on a 9ha site. Access to the site will be from Bullion Boulevard, Krugerrand Grove as well as Premium Promenade.

The ±15,300 m² centre with its superb visibility, easy access and plentiful free open-air parking is perfectly positioned for an extremely convenient shopping experience.  The centre will be anchored by a very large Super Spar (approximately 4,000m²) and a Builders Warehouse. Other exciting new tenants to join the mix includes Coricraft, Volpes, Dail a Bed, Romans Pizza, Nando’s, Dirtroad Traders and Tops at Spar.

In addition to having a strong focus on convenience, many of the above well-known destination tenants, will mostly be new entrants into the Richards Bay market. Investors behind this development are Moolman Group,

M&F Giuricich, Rejem, GFT Group.

Developments such at the Square Mall mean economic growth, a number of jobs to be created, a number of families to be feed and skills being transferred.

Business/Partners honours Zululand’s exceptional Achiever Mr. Musa Myeni

At an event held on 18 March 2015, Business/Partners honoured one of Zululands exceptional achievers, Mr Musa Myeni. Born and bred in Zululand, Mr Myeni has made some ground breaking investments in this region and the latest being the establishment of Meet Mekaar Resorts which is situated in Umfolozi. The Resort at its peak during construction phase employed 220 people, this was over a 3 year period and currently employs 76 people on a permanent basis.

This seasoned entrepreneur has taken what was an ordinary lodge and transformed into an iconic ecostic function and wedding venue. In attendance was the President of the Zululand Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mrs Judith Nzimande who in her message of support for visionaries of Zululand like Mr Myeni spoke about the importance of entrepreneurship in growing the economy and the role that visionaries play in transforming the landscape of the country.

Support from family and financial institutions is paramount to the realisation of these dreams.

Mr Myeni in his response acknowledged the role of his wife and family through this journey. Asked by Judith Nzimande how he would describe his success, Mr Myeni responded, “Its courage, bordering on stupidity and supported by wisdom.” Musa also spoke very fondly of his staff and his team at The Myeni Group. The Group currently employs 2116 permanent staff nationally and the philosophy shared by the leader and all the staff is that each employee treats their area of responsibility as their own business. The event was well attended by businessmen and women as well as family and business associates.