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Initiatives Transforming Technopark Stellenbosch in 2024
What initiatives are driving the transformation of Technopark Stellenbosch in 2024? We caught up with Alita Bothma, the new Technopark Stellenbosch General Manager, who took us through her new position and outlined seven key initiatives driving the vision of Technopark becoming the premier office park in the Cape Winelands.
Proposed construction of Adam Tas link road from Technopark Avenue to Adam Tas road (R301)
Proposed construction of Adam Tas link road from Technopark Avenue to Adam Tas road (R301). The proposed project will involve the route determination and construction of a new roadway of approximately 3.40 kilometres in length between the two above mentioned roads.
Application for deviation from council policy and rezoning
An application has been made in terms of Section 15(2)(a) of the Stellenbosch Municipality. This application will motivates a site-specific deviation from the Spatial Development Framework to allow for the inclusion of the subject properties within the urban edge.
Engineering business success in 2023: Business Acumen
To deal with current and future challenges, it is crucial that your business makes the right decisions at each level of the organisation. Strengthening the business acumen of your workforce can help reduce the risk of false assumptions and uninformed decisions, in so...
Eliciting the deep relaxation response
The stress response has historically helped the vulnerable human species survive in a volatile world filled with danger. However, in our interconnected and high-paced phase of modernity, people increasingly find it difficult to put the brakes on stress. Chronic stress...
Is unconscious bias holding your business back?
Diversity, equity and inclusivity are on the top of the agenda for organisations globally. However, simply making policies and establishing codes of conduct are not enough. For real positive change to be effected, leadership and employees alike need to become aware of...
Good News – Road Improvements in Techno Park
Good news, Techno Parkers: road improvements are on the way. And by “on the way” we don’t mean someone thinks it will be a good idea and then they’ll have a meeting about it and then maybe a few years down the line somebody else in an office somewhere will sign a form...
The ABCs of Security in Techno Park
A few weeks ago we reported on a devious new technique crooks are using to bypass security systems and gain access to office buildings over weekends. Fortunately, the Techno Park SRA, TechstelSRA has been hard at work formulating plans that will improve the overall...
Stellenbosch University #Move4Food Campaign
Food insecurity amongst students is a growing problem. Stellenbosch University recently launched the #Move4Food campaign, a student-led initiative that aims to not only raise the awareness of food insecurity amongst students, but also to establish food banks on the...
4 Reasons to Bike to Work This October
October is here, bringing back the sweet aromas of spring to Stellenbosch! While spring invigorates the spirit, it can also be a time of great stress. As we shake off the winter slumber that has been shrouding our minds, we suddenly start to realise that the end of...
Questions of Land and Investment in Stellenbosch with Tim Harris
The land debate is a contentious issue in South Africa right now, with many fearing that the threat of expropriation without compensation might send the economy into a tailspin. For a brief moment in late August the matter made headlines across the world, when it...
Clever Crooks Ring Alarm Bells in Technopark
It’s half past three on a Sunday afternoon. The last embers of the lunchtime braai are slowly dying out. Your sister and brother-in-law have maneuvered their children into the Toyota, thanked you for the meal, and driven home. Taking a last sip of wine, you flop down...
What’s Happening with the Dams in Technopark?
As many Technoparkers have noted – some with no small degree of trepidation – the dams bordering Neutron Road are being filled with excavation material from the new Capitec building site. A number of people have taken to social media to express their alarm over what...
Risk & Investment Potential in the Western Cape – A Business Forum Talk by Tim Harris
Please join the Technopark Business Forum as we discuss: Risks and investment potential in the Western Cape, with a focus on Stellenbosch and the land debate with Tim Harris. Tim Harris is CEO of Wesgro and erstwhile Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister of...
Capitec Starts Construction of New Building
Capitec has received Municipal approval to proceed with the construction of their new office building in Technopark. The project will break ground in the week of 20-25 August 2018 and it is foreseen that construction will conclude early 2020. In order to manage any...
Technopark Future Developments: Progress, Prospects & Potentials
If you work in Technopark or are an owner in the park, please click here to complete our project survey. The survey will take 5-10 minutes and will ensure that better information is gathered for important decisions that are being made about Technopark’s future Since...
Who You Gonna Call, Technopark?
If there’s one thing we know in South Africa, it’s that kicking up an enormous fuss about something is often the only way to get the attention of the authorities. And when the ground swell of dissatisfaction about an issue or problem affecting a group of people is...
Raising the Bar: A Conversation with Weightlifting Champ Johanni Taljaard
“In weightlifting, you get the snatch, and you get the clean and jerk. Those are the two movements. Snatching can be a bit more unstable, it’s easier to fail. Clean and jerk is more a strength-based move,” explains Johanni Taljaard, a Techno Park biokineticist and...
