Sunday Tribune 2024-08-11

Ian Wyles will be hosting the online timed insolvency auction of an irrigated grazing and fodder crop farm on Queenstown Road, Eastern Cape – an opportunity to purchase a prime farm with excellent recognised grazing lands. The auction will commence on August 13 at 10am and end on August 15 at 3pm. The 330.62ha property is located approximately 25km from the Eastern Cape town of Queenstown and 200km from East London on the N6. It is made up of the remaining extent of Peace Farm, which lies on the Swart-Kei River. It is a small-sized grazing farm with a significant portion of irrigated arable lands, which is used for the grazing of livestock and the production of additional fodder crops. The perimeter is fenced and there are internal fences dividing…

Cannon’s Auctioneers are offering a host of vintage items in a live online auction on August 15, from 8am. Highlights include valuable investment artworks by Adriaan Boshoff, David Shepherd, Robert Gwelo Goodman, Errol Boyley, Christopher Tugwell, Charmaine Eastment, Cornelius Bosch, Kobus Kotze, Carlo Sdoyo, Roy Taylor and more. Gold and diamond jewellery includes bracelets, bangles and rings. Jewellery can be viewed online or strictly by appointment only. Silver treasures include a tea set on a large tray with a combined weight of over 6kg, salvers, a gravy boat, baskets, jugs, flatware and more. Over 100 silver five shilling coins must sell to the highest bidder. Militaria includes 19th century British and French officers’ swords, a samurai sword, medals and more. There is also a great variety of books and stamps,…

In2assets will be auctioning a number of Durban properties ideal for investors, end users and developers as part of an auction featuring a portfolio of 18 Telkom properties on August 29 at 11am. The first featured property is an eight-storey commercial block within Durban’s beachfront complex at 19 Sea View Street, South Beach. This property is positioned approximately 100 metres from the beach on Durban’s Golden Mile, with the front facing The Edward and Garden Court building. Positioned adjacent to the Balmoral Hotel, it is a short walking distance from the Beachview Mall and close to all necessary amenities. This property consists of approximately 10 284m² of a high-rise office block and spans eight storeys, offering open-plan office levels on six levels with ablution facilities on each floor. There are…

Brooke Shields is set to auction some iconic personal items in an upcoming movie memorabilia auction. Included in the sale will be the jeans she wore in the controversial 1980 ad campaign for Calvin Klein, when Shields was just 15, with the provocative tagline “You want to know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing”. The jeans will be auctioned in Studio Auctions’ next event “From Bombshells to Blasters: An Auction You Can’t Refuse.” In addition to the jeans, Shields, 59, will also auction personal items, including her script from The Blue Lagoon and her high school cheerleading sweater. Shields told People magazine: “I’m going through all my closets and things and am ready to give some of my special pieces away, like my Calvin Klein jeans. Can you…

Consumers in South Africa have been given some breathing space this month as fuel prices will see a slight drop this month. This comes after the Department of Petroleum and Mineral Resources announced this past week that motorists will enjoy a drop of 15c a litre for both 93 and 95 grades of petrol. The petrol prices were ultimately supported by range-bound oil prices and a generally stronger rand versus the US dollar – though this is no cause for celebration as economists have warned that despite three successive petrol price cuts, the weakening of the rand this week could drive diesel and petrol prices up as the country heads towards the festive season. “The rand has pulled back on investor concerns that Friday’s weak US labour market data risked…

Our world is not black and white, yet we like to reduce our understanding of the world into binaries. One consistent binary that we hear in leadership spaces is the idea that empathy limits accountability. This year as Womaniko Transforming Spaces has rolled out our Elevate Coaching Programme in partnership with Systems Thinking Africa, we have received constant feedback that women leaders are the biggest culprits in maintaining this binary. On the one hand, women leaders are accused of being “soft” – too empathetic and thus unable to drive performance and excellence. On the other hand, women leaders are also accused of being “ambitious” – lacking empathy in driving performance. In response, women leaders argue that they have to perform at 200% to be seen, valued and provided opportunities at…