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Pretoria Far East 18139/20-11-20 NOVEMBER 20, 2020 • www.rekordeast.co.za • 012-842-0300 Visit our website for breaking Cops are greared up for Metro blasts ‘racist’ Police make busts for local, national and international news. coming festive season 2 slurs against MMC 3 meth, crack and nayope 5 www.rekordeast.co.za ‘Ghost mall’ future up in air A decade later – and the future of the empty De Villebois Mareuil Drive mall seems to be stuck in legal limbo. Odette Venter structurally sound. Although only 75% of the building was Ten years later and there is still no clarity completed, 100% of the primary structure on when the enormous “ghost” mall at the was completed. corner of Delmas Road and De Villebois He said the building was at an advanced Mareuil Drive would get off the ground. stage when work was halted. “As far as I know, a civil lawsuit in respect “It had full electrical reticulation, shop of the shareholding of the uncompleted and fronts were being installed and escalators deserted Villa Mall is currently frustrating had been delivered and lifted onto various the future of this project,” local ward fl oors.” councillor Daryl Johnston told Rekord. He said that whatever purposes the group The mall, situated on a 130 000m2 piece planned to use the building for, it would of land, was supposed to have opened back have to comply with the municipality’s in 2011. zoning regulations. Instead, construction work was halted the Johnston said that the building was year before. recently valued at R1.2-billion and Residents were looking forward to shop at R600-million respectively, according to the 300 upmarket shops including an Italian information supplied to him. fashion house and a fi ve-star hotel where 78 “As far as I’m concerned, this building isn’t worth anything at the moment really. houses were demolished to make way for the One needs about R2-billion to complete mall. the building, and only then can it serve a Johnston said many of those high-end purpose and be worth something,” he said. luxury brands had now found rental space “That’s the crux of the matter: an elsewhere. enormous amount of money needs to be “The land across the mall belongs to invested before any money can be generated the same developer, namely Capicol. The from it. idea was to create a spectacular shopping “There have been ideas on the table experience, which included a sky bridge before, such as turning it into a hospital or over De Villebois Mareuil Drive. university, but that is not practical. “The Nova Property Group had been the “A hospital, for instance, needs to be rescue vehicle in terms of ownership of the built from the start, a mall simply cannot be development, although Capicol still holds converted into a hospital.” DA ward councillor Daryl Johnston at the uncompleted Villa Mall in Moreleta Park. shares,” Johnston said. Johnston said, at the moment, the sight In July last year, the property group said at of the unfi nished mall only contributes to a from De Villebois Mareuil to Garsfontein “There was no reported crime issues at the a meeting between Johnston and the group’s negative perception of the city, as it is the Road at Woodlands.” mall as such,” he said. CEO and chairman that they had procured fi rst thing that visitors entering from the He said a developer was supposed to have “It is probably the most secure an investor interested in completing the south-east see. upgraded De Villebois Mareuil to a dual construction site in Pretoria, since the project within the next three years. What greatly concerns the municipality, carriageway from Delmas Road to Wekker construction company, GD Irons, placed They also said that the entire mall would Johnston said, was the upgrading of roads Road as long ago as 1995, but neglected to security guards on the premises.” not be used for retail purposes only, due to that formed part of the Villa mall project. do so. When contacted by Rekord, the Nova the existing oversupply of retail space in the “The developer must upgrade the dam Chairman of the Lyttelton sector 4 CPF, property group indicated it had no area. road. James Manner-Wood, said that they had further information available regarding the Johnston confi rmed then that the property “They must create roads consisting of encountered the usual problems of vagrants mall. group submitted a certifi cate from an double lanes in both directions, from the sleeping in the area and people dumping Developer Capicol had yet to respond to engineer stating that the building was Delmas Road to the highway, and the road rubbish in the area. requests for comment. BLACK OFF EVERYTHING FRIDAY 30% IN-STORE Spend R100 or more to qualify weekend From 26 - 29 November 2020 20-11-2020 u¨-ٍ-k-kژOuÅژ%wژ°u-¾U°ژىژ°-Guژىژژ°-U¨°°-ژىژژUä%ژىژژ°¾GUFژىژ°¾¨wUk-- www.tsgonline.co.za SILVER LAKES MENLYN RETAIL PARK Trading Hours: Monday - Saturday 8:30–17:00 Trading Hours: Monday - Friday 09:00–17:30 Sunday 9:00–15:00 6DWXUGD\§6XQGD\§ Bendeman Blvd, Six fountains lifestyle centre, 0081 150 Lois Avenue, Newlands ext 09, Menlyn, Menlyn Retail Park. 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Each ememergencyer service utilised their exexpertisepe and skills to the fullest conditions assisted in making the simulation During the months of August and duriduringn the simulation,” said police more realistic as the weather conditions September there was a surge in reported spspokespersonoke Captain Colette deteriorated during rescue operations. children drowning or having near-drowning WWeilbach.eilbac The regional K9 unit which “The training improves working experiences. iiss used to ssearch for drugs, dangerous relationships and communication between all Drowning was one of the most common exexplosives,plosives, missing people and crime scene the diff erent emergency services. causes of unnatural deaths in the world Police K9 units from diff erent areas evidence, hheaded the training alongside with “It is an opportunity to practice together, and children remain the highest at risk, in Gauteng were part of emergency police watwatere wing, off -road rescue unit, especially with the festive season upon us according to the World Health Organisation showcase training held in the east of mmountainount search and rescue, Netcare and when there tends to be more drownings, (WHO). Pretoria last Tuesday. Photos: SAPS. GaGautengut emergency medical services. accidents on water and other disasters,” she Gauteng police emergency services WWeilbach believed Tuesday’s rainy said. commander Brigadier Samuel Kilian was confi dent over the readiness of the services to save lives following the training. He said he was proud of the way his members operated and showcased their readiness and intensive training attained. “Today, was only a simulation but normally the SAPS and these role players AUCTION ON-SITE - LYNNWOOD are exposed to high risk situations daily, UNIT 3 HILLSIDE VIEW, 4 KLARINET STR. 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