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Welcome!

W ith the school holidays fast We have also been highly motivated by Deloitte’s

annual Jukskei River clean-up event, where 100
approaching, parents will be
employees from Deloitte’s head office in Waterfall
delighted to know that Waterfall
City has a ton of Winter Fun
activities to keep kids occupied. Our cover City dedicated their yearly Volunteer Day to
cleaning the river. They collected a staggering
article features a reminder of some of the 222 bags of rubbish while also removing some
exciting indoor and outdoor options, including invasive alien plants from the riverbank.
BOUNCE with its various adventure challenges,
some great animation movies coming to Ster- Another great initiative saw Mall of Africa donate
Kinekor, Kyalami Indoor Karting, sports like a new assembly area to Dr Mathole Motshekga
soccer and golf, as well as a cool crafting spot Primary School in Midrand, using funds raised by
for those with an artistic flair. Check it out and its festive gift-wrapping station last December.
start planning your holiday schedules now. Working with the Attacq Foundation and Gift of
the Givers, Mall of Africa built a new, sheltered
Our Must Do pages will also add some extra assembly area with extra money going to the
ideas for pre- and post-school holidays, including school’s feeding scheme. Most of the 2,400 learners
Father’s Day special offers and news about the come from low-income households, making the
2025 Waterfall City Half Marathon. feeding scheme essential. In other news from Mall
of Africa, our New in the Hood feature takes a look
Such entertainment variety helps to make at Lacoste’s brand-new flagship store – the first and
Waterfall City a world-class lifestyle destination, only Lacoste flagship of its kind on South African
and now we’re also becoming an international soil – and it is in our mall!
case study for smart cities. We were recently
visited by 12 students from the US, hosted by Looking at our regular contributors, schools
the African Centre for the Study of the United are also the focus of this month’s column from
States at Wits University. It wasn’t the typical Netcare, which highlights the My Walk Made with
sightseeing tour, as you can read inside. Soul initiative that has given school shoes to
nearly 300,000 children over the past five years.
An inspiring read is our story about Charlene Netcare works with Adcock Ingram Critical Care
Pienaar, a champion golfer despite having only 5% to convert PVC from uncontaminated healthcare
vision. After becoming the first female disabled waste into shoes, helping more kids attend
world champion with her B3 Division victory in the school and reducing the waste dumped in landfill
2023 ISPS Handa IBGA World Blind Championships sites.
at Milnerton Golf Club, Charlene played in the
South African Disabled Golf Association (SADGA) Finally, our PSG Wealth piece is a reminder
Provincial Challenge in February this year, proving that achieving financial freedom is a long-term
that a disability doesn’t have to end your dreams. journey that can quickly be derailed by get-rich-
With support from Waterfall City Management quick trends and speculative investments.
Company, she also had the opportunity to
compete in the G4D Open in Woburn in the UK in Until next time,
May, where she came first in her division. Waterfall City Management

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