Kingswood BUZZard

4 min readCEO of Kingswood Golf Estate Willem Jacobs says there are countless reasons why his daughter has a better chance at recovery when cared for in the comfort of her own room – and the home owners of Kingswood Estate, along with George’s golfing fraternity, are giving their all to contribute to the astronomical costs of this close-to-home campaign.

3 min readGinny Schoombie was the driving force behind the team responsible for ensuring the roaring success of the recent fundraising weekend for Anelda Jacobs – daughter of Kingswood Golf Estate CEO, Willem Jacobs.

2 min readAs the multitude of walkers – both adults and children, and many with dogs in tow – took to the five-kilometre route of the Anelda Jacobs fundraising walk on Friday 14 May, Michelle Witts-Hewinson gave us the opportunity to have a first-hand look-see of the sprawling Kingswood Estate.

< 1 min readThis was indeed the case on Friday May 14 when hanging with Dan de Wet – part of the furniture at Kingswood Golf Estate for the past 10 years and serving as Community Facilities Manager to the Home Owners Association.

2 min readThe window that ‘frames the course’, according to interior designer pictured left Idonia Chandler, is one of the most significant and aesthetically pleasing aspects of the refurbished gatehouse.

3 min readService provider par excellence, Paul Mitchell is contracted by Kingswood HOA to do all repairs and maintenance on the estate’s electric fencing atop the extensive 12-kilometre perimeter fence.

3 min readArguably the most widely celebrated resident of Kingswood Golf Estate, Jan Hoogendyk (aka Elvis Blue) shot to fame in 2010 when he won M-Net’s Idols, and – with three platinum and two gold albums – he has since become one of South Africa’s most commercially successful artistes.

2 min readAs featured in the previous edition of Kingswood BUZZard, resident Pieter Steyn and his family enjoy the rare privilege of a bird’s-eye view into the daily (and nightly) comings and goings of a pair of owls that have nested in one of their flower pots – and his reportage on the subject has now gained national exposure.

3 min readAll the wildlife that calls Kingswood home is important to Dan de Wet, Kingswoods Community and Facilities Manager. The biggest of these animals are the caracal that traverse the fairways and roughs during the course of their nocturnal forays, and the springbok that are regularly sighted by residents.

3 min readBack in 2010, Laszlo Hanyecz paid 10,000 bitcoins – worth about $446 million (R6.207 million) at current prices – for two pizzas. It’s thought to be the first commercial cryptocurrency transaction.

5 min readRecent events indicate the emergence of an alternative model for the management of services like water and waste. Several separate initiatives are under way, currently unconnected, but all moving in a similar direction.

3 min readRules are the glue that keeps an estate from breaking down into anarchy – but they can also be the cause conflict, so they need to be handled with care. And one of the most important aspects of keeping the rules is that everyone knows them. Everyone!

4 min readI love cheesecake, and always have, but – as I discovered one rainy night in Wilderness – there is cheesecake, and then there is cheesecake. Aidan’s cheesecake is cheesecake.

3 min readIn the last edition of The BUZZard, we had a look at the Eden to Addo megahike – a fundraiser for the Eden to Addo Corridor. Now the Eden to Addo Corridor is a great initiative, but it could be better – or, at least, longer.