Virgin Active 947 Ride Joburg MTB (50/25km) and Kids Races 2024 – 9 – 10 November
This year’s Virgin Active 947 MTB Ride and Kids Race 2024 was yet another resounding success, with residents and staff members taking part enthusiastically. This marked the fourth consecutive year that the event took place exclusively within our parklands, making it a fantastic experience for both the Gauteng cycling community and pro riders. It was also a wonderful opportunity to showcase our estate and extensive parkland. Take a look at some of the images from the event!
Christmas pop-up market and carols concert
Our Christmas pop-up market was a delightful opportunity to browse and purchase exquisite Christmas decorations, artisanal treats, and unique gifts. Combined with the Carols Concert, it was a magical opportunity for our community to convene in our beautiful Central Park at City Centre and share in the joy of the occasion.
Of course, the mood was made even more celebratory by the Springboks’ thrilling win against Wales in their final match of the international rugby season, adding to the festive atmosphere.
Our new hummingbird sculpture, which lights up at night in the Main Piazza at City Centre, symbolises joy, resilience, and love. At this time of year, as we reflect on the spirit of goodwill, it serves as a poignant reminder to embrace kindness, healing, and community.
Steyn City Foundation: Delivering Happiness to Diepsloot for the 13th Consecutive Year
This year’s initiative was nothing short of remarkable, serving as a poignant reminder of the importance of the gifts we deliver to young primary school children. Once again, thanks to the generous support of our sponsors and donors – including Bidvest, which donated stationery to the value of R1 million and Steyn City Properties which donated R2.4 million for backpacks and goodies – we were able to deliver 13,500 school backpacks filled with stationery, sweets, and treats.
We would also like to thank the Steyn City residents who kindly gave their time to help pack the gifts. We are enormously grateful to them, and to our staff members, for their commitment to making this logistically complex event a success.
It was truly moving to see the children enjoy the boerewors rolls and cold drinks. For many, this was a first-time experience, and their smiles tell you everything about the joy this initiative brings to their lives.
Adopt and protect a robot
Excellent news! In the previous two editions of Promenade Post, we discussed in detail our involvement, alongside several private entities in the Fourways region, in an initiative to address the malfunctioning traffic lights along Winnie Mandela Drive and Cedar Road to combat traffic congestion, vandalism of road infrastructure and lawlessness. We are pleased to announce that the Gauteng Department of Roads and Traffic (GDRT) recently finalised and signed the MOUs to put this project in motion, and it is now up and running thanks to the efforts of a Joint Technical Committee, consisting of representatives from the GDRT, other private stakeholders and our Steyn City technical team, who recently convened the rollout of the project.
Last week, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi and MEC for Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela announced the innovative public-private partnership campaign, Adopt and Protect a Robot, to address traffic signal challenges in the Fourways region. The press announcement took place at Fourways Mall, signalling a collaborative approach to resolving critical infrastructure issues.
Following the launch, MEC Diale-Tlabela visited the Erling Road Interchange outside our Central Lane Gatehouse to acknowledge Steyn City’s invaluable contribution to this initiative.
Pictured below are our CEO, Steven Louw, MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, and Head of the SCMA, Richard Mitchell. A heartfelt thank you to our dedicated task team, who, alongside other proactive community members and private businesses, worked tirelessly to get this over the line with government to ensure delivery of this vital service.
This is great news for residents who frequently use these key routes and have, understandably, been frustrated by delays. While the robots adopted by Steyn City will be fully powered and secured by the end of this year, it is still likely to take some months for the project to be fully implemented along the entire route.
More good news to share
Steyn City Properties and the Steyn City Management Association has joined a task team alongside other stakeholders and property owners in the region as part of a Voluntary Management Initiative (VMI), to be known as the Fourways Improvement District. This initiative involves property owners and businesses coming together under a Not-for-Profit Company (NPC) to fund specific complementary and supplementary services, in addition to those provided by the local authority, to enhance, improve, secure, and promote the public environment in the area where it has been established, making it a more desirable and attractive community.
This goal is achieved by addressing key urban management concerns, including:
- Neighbourhood security
- Cleaning and maintenance of common areas
- By-law infringements
- Council service delivery issues (e.g. potholes, streetlights, and infrastructure repair)
We will bring you updates as this important initiative unfolds.
