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[lukus]

The mall extension to hemingways is taking shape. Massive site with six tower cranes!!

[Die Kapenaar]

Buffalo City set to obtain 'metro' status

29 Aug 2008 - eProp - Buffalo City Municipality

Intro
Buffalo City will become a metro in 2011 following a decision to award the municipality metro status by the Municipal Demarcation Board

Municipal manager, Gaster Sharpley, said that the City had applied for metro status previously but had not been awarded the title as at the time it did not perform some of the functions needed.

“Now the demarcation board has granted us metro status because we are able to meet the criteria needed to be a Category A municipality,” he said.

Some of these requirements are economic growth, service delivery demands and other factors. The population of an area is also taken into account.

Talking about the benefits of being a metro, Sharpley said that there would be increased equitable share and the city would be in a much better position to attract investors.

“If you look at our building plans, two years ago we approved plans worth R700-million and now our plans have hit the R3-billion mark. That proves that our city is doing very well and is ready for metro status.”

Environmental health care will also become a City function; at present it falls under the district municipality.

“We do have the staff resources and other necessary resources to perform this function. We will also have a metro police and I believe that this will boost security in the city.”

However, Sharpley said that metro status did not mean urbanisation for Buffalo City. “We cannot forget our rural areas; we will also need to concentrate on rural development so that we succeed as a metro.”

[Die Kapenaar]

Daily Dispatch

Building in BCM ‘set to stay above R1bn’

2008/06/05

BUILDING activity within the Buffalo City Municipality (BCM) remained above the R1-billion mark last year despite an eroding economic environment forcing property price growth into negative territory.
The value of approved plans last year was marginally up from the R1.003bn in 2006 to R1.01 bn – suggesting that the city’s property market may have reached its upper limit .
Already the number of plans passed in 2007, at 4346, was lower than 2005’s 4460 plans approved.
But BCM officials were positive that 2008 had enough new development momentum in the pipeline to keep building activity above the magical R1bn mark, which was breached for the first time in 2006.
“Although we have been faced by interest rate hikes and increases in inflation, Buffalo City seems to be bucking the trend,” said BCM executive mayor Zintle Peter.
“Investments in manufacturing, retail, residential and commercial properties are at an all-time high in the city. The Industrial Development Zone has undergone a massive period of investment from the automotive sector, and (more is) to come from their ongoing investment drive.”
BCM municipal manager Gaster Sharpley also predicted a “spike” in new developments during the 2008/09 financial year.
He pointed at two deals recently concluded by the Buffalo City Development Agency ( BCDA) “which will revitalise the central beachfront and put the city firmly in place for the 2010 World Cup”.
These developments include the R700-million Marina Glen mixed-use development and the R160m Seaview Terrace site for tourism accommodation and residential units.
BCDA spokesperson Lungelwa Sokupa said by the end of this year construction on the Marina Glen site would have commenced, while building plans for Seaview Terrace should be cleared by early next year.
“Interest from investors is ... not less than last year. The agency receives various enquiries on development opportunities within BCM, especially the beachfront area, which seem to have been sparked by the ... developments in this area,” she said.
Although one may suspect the city officials of talking up their book, private property experts were equally confident of Buffalo City’s ability to attract more property investors.
Lofty Nel, from Sotheby’s International Realty in East London, said although the property market had slowed down over the past year, demand for well-priced houses was still exceeding supply.
“There is definitely still interest (in Buffalo City) from investors, especially foreigners with serious amounts of money,” he said.
Although Nel did not want to reveal who these investors were, he said they were buying up land along the coastline with the eye on future upmarket developments.
“These developments take a long time, so although the market is down now, perhaps when the development is launched ... the economy may be out of its slump,” he said.
Dan Taylor, from Investpro in East London, said investors were still looking for land for commercial developments.
“We get requests all the time from investors looking especially for zoned land, because it takes a long time to get zoning approvals. In Buffalo City there’s not a whole lot of rezoned land available,” he said.
Taylor said popular areas for commercial and industrial developments were in West Bank, close to the harbour, while Wilsonia is also experiencing some interest. - By ROUX VAN ZYL
Business Editor

[Die Kapenaar]

Daily Dispatch

Massive new suburb planned for EL

2008/08/29

BUFFALO City could have a brand new suburb near Cove Rock with 11 900-homes, shops, hotel and offices within the next five years if the council gives its stamp of approval for the proposed development.
Details emerged yesterday when the Buffalo City council met to consider, among other things, the adoption of a framework plan for the proposed development of the new suburb, to be called Rock Cliff.
The matter was referred to council by the mayoral committee, which has already given its approval .
The matter was, however, not discussed after it was tabled; the ANC proposed that it be deferred and referred to the executive mayor for additional information.
Developers Infinite Properties are keeping mum until council gives the go-ahead.
But council documents reveal that the Rock Cliff development could be “the single most significant development in Buffalo City to date”.
The proposed suburb, which will be as big as Beacon Bay, will be centred on a golf estate.
It will be developed on 1200 hectares, stretching from the Cove Rock Country Estate to Igoda River.
“It is anticipated that the proposed development will lead to significant economic growth for the city as well as associated long and short term job creation,” the council report stated.
A study by Urban-Econ Development Economists, attached to the plans, found that the trend of golf course development was moving towards the “more integrated and balanced approach of developing a golf course together with activities such as housing, accommodation, recreation and trade facilities”.
The study also indicated that potential buyers were willing to pay about R860000 per unit but recommended that the average price should fall between R600000 and R900000.
About 40 percent indicated a need for retirement units.
The Rock Cliff development has been divided into various phases and sub-phases. It has been recommended that council approve the development in these phases “in order to prevent leapfrogging of development which will make servicing the land difficult and result in urban sprawl”.
The project will be further broken down into 88 separate projects of which black economic empowerment companies will have a stake.
The approval of the development is, however, subject to a number of conditions as set out by council. One of these is that the developer provide a “binding, written undertaking” that affected farm workers would be compensated before plans were approved.
The report says the developer has indicated that alternative housing would be provided to affected workers.
Marleen Simmons, of Simmons & Associates Property Consultants, said although she wasn’t familiar with the Cove Rock area, “any development is good for East London”.
Tish Kondylis, of South Ocean Property Realtors, saw another benefit. “The southern part of East London has been underdeveloped for some time. It is what the city needs.” It would also boost tourism as Cove Rock had a beautiful coastline, she said.
If the development is approved, Infinite Properties will have to submit development proposals within two years and start building within five years. The approval will lapse should these time-frames not be met. The developers also have to apply to the Department of Agriculture for rezoning approval. - By CHERI-ANN JAMES
Council Reporter

[mikey67]

2008/05/10

DESPITE property indicators showing that the home market was losing value, an East London developer launched a new Cove Rock housing development this week – and 14 units were booked on the spot.

This comes as the property price statistics for two leading banks this week showed that South African house price growth in April reached lows last seen in 1999.

But Lelanie de Waal from Infinite Properties, which markets the Cove Rock development, Connemara Village, said investors still had capital at their disposal and suspected that the market would not continue slowing forever.

“So when the prices start rising again everyone who buys now will make their return. We believe the market will recover by 2010, especially in a place like East London which had been overlooked for so long. All the investors we deal with are keen to come into East London,” she said.

The development will eventually comprise 400 units and is situated close to the East London Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) on a 15.4ha property along Cove Rock’s Marine Drive.

Prices for the 40 unit first phase start at R586800 for a single bedroom unit and go up to R1.2 million for a two bedroom luxury apartment with a loft.

Most properties will have seaviews, according to Debbie Meyer who is the founder of Infinite Properties.

Town planner Piet Jonas from Set Plan said they have already received the environmental and rezoning approvals for the property. He said a possible future development would be to extend the current IDZ access road and use it as the northern entrance to Connemara.

De Waal said they will launch the development on site on May 17.

“At present people are battling with rising interest rates and inflation, but investors still have capital at their disposal,” she said.

De Waal said their initial focus would be on East London buyers, before they start marketing the development in Bloemfontein and Johannesburg.

l House price growth slowed to a nominal 6.8% year-on-year in the middle segment of the market in April 2008, down from a revised 7.8% in March, Absa’s House Price Index showed yesterday.

It was the fourth consecutive month of single-digit growth in nominal house prices since a growth rate of 11.2% was recorded in December last year.

The latest price rise of 6.8% was the lowest since November 1999, when it was 6.5%, and brought the average price of a middle-segment house to about R974000 in April this year.

Some factors driving down house price growth are sharply rising CPIX inflation, currently at 10.1%, the 450 basis points worth of interest rate hikes since mid-2006, a significant slowdown in growth in real household disposable income in 2007 and the full implementation of the National Credit Act in mid-2007, Absa said. - By ROUX VAN ZYL


An artist’s impression of a unit in the new Cove Rock development, Connemara Village

[mikey67]

2008/07/01

WORK on the largest shopping centre in the Eastern Cape, the Hemingways Mall in East London, is well on track.



The new 75000m² mall, which will span four levels and will be significantly bigger than Greenacres Shopping Centre in Port Elizabeth, boasts total investment of R1.6billion and is s cheduled to open in October 2009.

“Construction is well under way and we’re working to schedule,” Billion Property Group projects director James Stewart said at a site visit yesterday. “Everything has gone well so far and the only real problem we’ve had is sourcing reinforcing steel but that’s because there is a shortage countrywide right now.”

With the mall already 90 percent let, Stewart said they were in the enviable position of being able to select which tenants would fill the remaining shops as demand far outweighed supply. “Even though we’re in the midst of a tough economic period, we’re not concerned. We’re opening towards the end of next year when economists have predicted things will have improved and we’re also fortunate that big malls attract really strong retailers.

“Some of our main tenants include Pick n Pay with a 4 500m² store, a 5000m² Woolworths store and a 3500m² Edgars, and a 2200m² Truworths store. In total we’ll have 207 tenants and 3600 parking bays.”

Other tenants include Ackermans, Pep, CNA, DisChem, Boardmans and a Mr Price Sport.

The size and scale of the Hemingways Mall is fully realised when one sees the amount of material and equipment that is being used in the construction and just how many people are employed on the project.

Overall some 60000 cubic/m of concrete and 6000 tons of structural and reinforcing steel will be used, while seven tower cranes, at a cost of R25000 per day, are also on site. This is the first time that a construction project in East London has required the use of so many cranes, testament to the size of the development.

“The construction programme, layout of the site and the fact that building is taking place on three piers has necessitated the use of the cranes,” said Stewart. “We’re also currently employing 700 workers with the figure expected to peak at 1500 by the end of the year and remain like that into next year.”

Stewart said a development on the scale of Hemingways had many spin- off benefits for the local economy, a fact which many people did not realise. “Not only are we employing local workers but every week we have consultants flying in to visit the site and they hire cars, stay at local hotels and eat at local restaurants,” he said. “We also try and hire as much of the equipment we use on site from local companies.”

The Billion Group also developed the newly opened Mdantsane Mall. - By ANDREW STONE

[mikey67]

2008/07/28

HOLLYWOOD star Hilary Swank jetted into East London at the weekend to film a movie about the life of the legendary woman aviator Amelia Earhart.



The Oscar-winning actress stars with Richard Gere and Ewan McGregor in the movie Amelia, which is being shot near Trennerys Hotel on the Transkei side of the Kei River.

Moonlighting, the South African firm responsible for production services for the film, is keeping tightlipped about the movements of Swank and Gere, but a Cape Town newspaper reported last week that scenes for the movie were being shot around Chapman’s Peak and in Kommetjie.

The pair were in Cape Town last week, said the paper, while the Sunday newspaper Rapport said yesterday that Swank flew into East London on Friday and was whisked off in a 4x4 vehicle.

Genevieve Hofmeyer, producer at the Cape Town-based Moonlighting, would yesterday neither confirm nor deny whether Swank was in town, although Rapport snapped a picture of the actress on the Kei River pont - By AVUYILE MNGXITAMA

[Harkeb]

some glitzy exposure to sleepy Hollow.

[mikey67]

Our city is to become a metro! This is the good news after the Demarcation Board made a decision earlier this week to elevate Buffalo City to the same level as its big brother, the Nelson Mandela Metropole.

Municipal manager Gaster Sharpley said the board’s decision to grant metro status will go a long way in cementing Buffalo City as a developing city.

“We now join an elite group of metros in the country and this status will encourage development. We are hoping the demarcation process is concluded before the electrions of 2011,” said Sharpley.

“Buffalo City Metropolitan - it has a fantastic ring to it,” added Democratic Alliance caucus leader John Cupido, adding that there are both negative and positive aspects to become a metro.

According to him, different departments within the municipality would have to be consolidated and this would ultimately improve service delivery.

“But in the past, consolidating departments have always gone haywire. We are concerned this could impact negatively on service delivery and the taxpayer.”

Cupido said although Buffalo City would get a “larger chunk” of funding from National Treasury once it becomes a metro, there were still concerns about the ability to spend they money.

http://blogs.dispatch.co.za/dispatch...-metropolitan/

[mikey67]

2008/08/01

A MULTI-million rand East London beachfront development, which has been dragging on for over a year, could possibly take off in October.

The Buffalo City Development Agency (BCDA) awarded a lucrative tender to the Nepad Development Consortium last year, to develop a 31000m² piece of land next to the Holiday Inn. The selling price for the land was set at R34.5million.

The proposed Marina Glen development is worth R800m and includes the construction of a hotel, apartments and a shopping centre at the East London beachfront.

But the sod-turning ceremony is yet to take place, as the project has suffered a number of setbacks due to “technical aspects”.

The consortium has also been plagued by rumours of infighting and claims that they did not have the necessary capital to proceed with the development.

It is also understood that East London company Real People, has given financial injection to the project.

But neither party was prepared to comment yesterday. BCDA chief executive officer Siphiwo Mdila said the latest stumbling block in getting the project off the ground was a moratorium placed on the supply of bulk electricity by Eskom. On May 9, the consortium and affected parties signed the final Deed of Sale. The next step was to sign the service agreement and transfer the purchase price to the agency’s legal representatives, Smith Tabata Buchanan Boyes.

Once the transfer of the money has been finalised, the land would be transferred to the developers.

But according to Mdila, they could not proceed without consent from Eskom to supply electricity for the development. “There was no way in which Buffalo City could sign that (service) agreement and commit itself without Eskom,” he said. Eskom was apparently unable to supply Nepad with its electricity requirements, and t he service agreement had to be redrafted. The developers came up with a proposal that electricity be supplied in stages over the next two years.

This proposal was approved and the service agreement will be signed by next week. “At least now that there is clarity on the Eskom aspect, let’s now kick-start the process. Once it (service agreement) has been signed, then the transfer can be finalised,” said Mdila. A spokesperson for the consortium said they had been confronted with a number of delays.

But he added that they were now ready to move forward with the project as soon as they have been given the green light. Eskom did not respond to queries by time of going to print.

http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=231749

[mikey67]

2008/08/05

PLANS for a new golf estate development along the Mount Coke Road outside East London, are in the process of being drawn up.



The development – still in the early stages of planning – is located approximately 10km from the East London Airport and falls within the jurisdiction of the Buffalo City Municipality. If given the go ahead, the estate will include an 18-hole golf course and driving range, approximately 2000 residential units, a clubhouse and a retail and recreational component. The Daily Dispatch has learnt that course designer Tyrone Yates will be working on the project.

Yates, who has been involved in the management consulting department for various golf courses, estates and lodges, designed professional golfer Lee Westwood’s first signature golf course at St Micheil’s in Mpumalanga.

The 430ha set aside for the proposed Mount Coke development by African Dune Investments 86 spans two existing farms currently being used for dairy cattle farming. The site lends itself to a golf course with its rolling hills, rural setting and close proximity to the CBD.

According to the West Bank Local Spatial Development Framework, the farms are located in an area proposed for future residential areas linked to the Industrial Development Zone.

The Environmental Impact Assessment being conducted by local company Biotechnology and Environmental Specialist Consultancy (BESC) will conduct specialist investigations to assess impacts identified during the scoping phase. This will also allow people the opportunity to participate in the process by raising any concerns or issues.

Very little is known about African Dune Investments 86 and the company, through BESC, declined to comment further, saying the estate was still in the early stages of development.

The company’s address is listed in Bloemfontein and it has one director, Duane Bouwer.

Last month the Dispatch ran a story on the city’s potential as a golf destination, reporting that representatives from Ernie Els Design were in town visiting a potential golf estate site. Piet Pieters of Ernie Els design said that the level of interest in East London by developers had increased significantly with the weather, its scenic sites and easy commuting route to Johannesburg by air being the main draw cards. Matkovich and Hayes, one of the country’s most successful golf estate design and construction companies, is currently involved in three sites at Chintsa, Kidds Beach and Morgan Bay.

Andy Bean, the company’s chief executive officer, said there was a huge opportunity for a residential golf estate in East London and that he knew of three companies looking at potential developments in and around the city. - By ANDREW STONE

[annman]

Montaña Coke, Si si señor… yo quiero Colombian Golf Estate!!! Cool seeing East London getting so many new developments, it's way overdue and about time the Eastern Cape started to shine... but, Mt. Coke... hehe We need to market this in Bogota and Medellin!

[mikey67]

A new upmarket housing development in Beacon Bay has become East London’s sought- after residential address – for the wealthy.



With some of the plots selling for a cool R2million and houses priced at up to R20m under construction at these sites, it is clearly an exclusive playground for the rich and famous.

Nahoon Rivermead Estates in Beacon Bay overlooks the scenic Nahoon River and has become one of East London’s hottest property projects . Some estate agents in the city said there were few suburbs in the country that could compete with homes in the R20m price range.

This millionaire’s playground boasts more than 25 plots, with most of them sold but not yet developed.

One of the completed houses is so big it appeared that its garages could hold six cars while another spans three levels.

Maritza Tessendorf of Lew Geffen Sotheby’s International Realty revealed that most of the people who bought plots were entrepreneurs and were planning to build their dream homes in this exclusive area.

[annman]

Is it just me, or does East London seem to have more projects going for it at the moment than PE, or are we just not getting all the news we can from PE? Seems there are fewer retail and residential projects going up in PE than in EL... Seems if you take away that new residential building going up near Humewood, the NMB Stadium and the Radisson, there isn't much else, or am I missing some stuff? Would've thought PE would've tried to jump on the "waterfront retail/mixed-use development" bandwagon before 2010?

[mikey67]

Originally Posted by annman

Is it just me, or does East London seem to have more projects going for it at the moment than PE, or are we just not getting all the news we can from PE? Seems there are fewer retail and residential projects going up in PE than in EL... Seems if you take away that new residential building going up near Humewood, the NMB Stadium and the Radisson, there isn't much else, or am I missing some stuff? Would've thought PE would've tried to jump on the "waterfront retail/mixed-use development" bandwagon before 2010?

Is great to see all these new developments for EL. Just wish they'd mow down the entire horrible looking Quigney area!

[mikey67]

2008/08/15

MAJOR Eastern Cape towns, rivers and airports could have new names in the next few months. If the Eastern Cape geographical names committee has its way, East London will be renamed Monti or Gompo, with Port Elizabeth set to be named after former president Nelson Mandela as Nelson Mandela City.

King William’s Town could be known as Qonce, Grahamstown as Rhini, Alice as Dike and Queenstown as Komani or Nonesi.

Rivers will not be spared, including famous ones like Fish River and Kei River – to be known as Nxuba and Nciba respectively.

Both East London and Mthatha airports could carry the names of local struggle icons Mandela and Steve Biko respectively.

The East London suburb Nahoon could be known as Nxarhuni, and popular holiday resorts like Haga Haga and Gulu will be changed to Haka Haka and Gxulu respectively.

“There are 60 names that we identified as the committee and we would like the district geographical names committees to act on those names by taking them to the public for public hearings in their respective districts,” committee chairman Fumanekile Dyubele said.

Dyubele said they would would like to see at least 30 percent of the names on the list changed by the end of the year.

“The problem is we know we may want to cover a lot of ground but practicality can prove otherwise.

“We need to give a chance and opportunity to everybody to say something about the issue of changing names.”

Dyubele’s report also traces the history of all the towns to be renamed.

It said that Queenstown was named in 1853 after Queen Victoria of England, while King William’s Town was named in honour of William IV by Sir Benjamin D’Urban in 1835. Alice was named in 1847 after the second daughter of Queen Victoria .

“Most of these names reflect the conquest that happened during the times of Frontier Wars and others, and therefore the places in which we live today were named after colonial heroes,” Dyubele said.

While many supported the name changing process, others felt that some names on the list should stay the same.

Les Holbrook, chief executive of Border-Kei Chamber of Business, said they supported the changing of offensive names but he found nothing wrong with East London, Fish River and East London Airport.

“Where a name is offensive, let’s get rid of it – but if you change names, it has massive cost implications.” he said.

African National Congress spokesperson Andile Nkuhlu said the renaming of towns was unavoidable as it was part of the transformation of South Africa.

“In doing so, we need to act in a manner that is inclusive. We must hurry slowly. We must not leave people behind.”

But Democratic Alliance leader Athol Trollip said: “We have a fundamental problem with the fact that the government seems set to change the names that have colonial origins.”

Buffalo City spokesperson Thabo Matiwane said: “We do not want to influence a discussion we have not yet started as that will have a bearing on how BCM council relates with its citizens.”

The committee’s list of 60 names includes 16 places carrying derogatory names, including those that have prefixes such as “boesman” or “kaffir”.

It hopes all changes will be made in the current financial year. - By MAYIBONGWE MAQHINA, Senior Political Correspondent

[annman]

DUMB ASS!!! Sorry, but why do the bloody poorest provinces always change names... it's counterproductive when we have a country with people that have no education, haven't got money to buy food, have no job, no access to healthcare. Typical of these idiotic provinces with bad track-records, change names to make it look like we did something! Why the f^&k don't you do fix something that's actually really BROKEN!!! Crime, AIDS, corruption... damnwell anything for God sake.

East London... I'm sure nobody associates EL with Verwoed and most think of a cool place overseas where they play soccer, cricket, drink pints have cool buildings and shopping they'd like to go visit. Plus, if the argument is "we lived here and they're named after colonial heroes," then why's Grahamstown and PE getting changed, if the British met the Xhosa initially at the Great Fish River?

"Alice?" Who thinks of Strijdom or Apartheid when you hear, "Alice?"

Hey dumb-asses in provincial legislatures... Why don't you go to the township in Lady Frere and ask them if they'd prefer you spending time, manpower and money on getting rid of the English name, or would they prefer you spend that time, money and manpower into building a better clinic in their community, improving their roads and water supply, enhancing their local school and getting community money-spinning projects underway? Hmmm... why don't you ask them!

Damn, I'm sick of this bullsh%t!!!

Let me not even get into international tourism and investment marketing aspects of this...

[mikey67]

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Industrial Zones west of harbour

[Caisson Boy]

Yeah, fucking clever... Port Elizabeth to become Nelson Mandela City... but Mthatha's airport to become Nelson Mandela... That's the dumbest thing I've seen in ages. Like putting Bloemfontein Airport in Kimberley. "O, I'm jetting in to Kimberley for the weekend. Please collect me at Bloemfontein Airport".

[mikey67]

MPONGO Private Game Reserve has grown fourfold, and reinvented itself by opening its gates as a self-drive facility for the first time in six years.

In the past guests had no option but to go on guided tours, and Mpongo general manager Andre Schoeman said they had decided to allow private cars into the park after a number of requests from the public.

Schoeman said most surrounding properties had been bought, allowing the reserve to increase from its initial size of 800 hectares to 3500ha .

Situated 35km from East London, Mpongo Park becomes the only private game reserve to offer a self-drive option in Buffalo City.

The relaunch of the reserve comes six years after Premier Hotels and Resorts bought it after it had been auctioned by the previous owners.

Schoeman said the reserve was fast becoming a tourist destination of choice and would contribute to the social economic upliftment of surrounding communities by creating sustainable jobs and training opportunities in the tourism sector.

A Daily Dispatch team spent three hours last Thursday driving through the park to experience first-hand what it had to offer.

After signing an indemnity form, a map was provided showing the possible location of various species of animals and where they could best be spotted.

The team came across zebra, white rhino, blesbok, kudu, red hartebeest and ostriches. A lion was visible in a separate enclosure but unfortunately the elephants, despite their size, proved elusive.

There is also a new attraction – a baby giraffe named Fred.

Schoeman said conservation manager Cedric Gregson had been driving through the reserve when he noticed the little giraffe in the bush, and the park’s wildlife department retrieved the baby.

“We not sure when exactly he was born but it was about two weeks ago,” said Schoeman.

When captured, the baby giraffe looked stressed and had an injury to its front leg. The reserve’s vet was called in to treat the injury. “He still has a slight limp but will make a full recovery,” said Schoeman.

Little Fred drinks a three-litre mixture of milk, egg yolk and cream three times a day.

A full day self-drive cost R75 a person and guided tours start at R340 a person for two and a half hours. The park also offers group packages, some of which include food and beverages. - By XOLISA MGWATYU