Our 2019 AGM was a great success. Thank you to the many Greenside residents who took the time, on a stormy April evening, to attend the AGM. We had a very succesful meeting attended by over 140 people and we were thrilled to see a full hall of concerned, engaged community members. Attendees were greeted…
Security companies have noticed a new modus operandi referred to as scouting. Scouts work in shopping centres and survey the space for potential victims with apparent theft value. Scouts will pass information about the victim (what they’re wearing, the car they drive, etc.) to accomplices who follow the victim when they leave the shopping centre…
New 4 way Stop street Braeside/Hoylake intersection
GRA AGM April 2nd 2019
2019 AGM details
The reconstituted Greenside Residents’ Association (GRA) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, 2 April.
We are lucky to live in a beautiful leafy suburb, with a vibrant diverse community. There are always challenges to living in an older suburb and a complex growing city. In order to keep our suburb healthy and green and sustainable and a happy place to call our home, residents need to be active citizens…
The suburb of Greenside was developed on land that originally made up one of many large farms in Johannesburg, namely the Braamfontein Farm. In 1886, the farm land was bought by Lourens Geldenhuys for its mining rights. Fortunately for us more contemporary Greenside residents, the area was not viable mining land, and it remained as…
Members of the Greenside Resident’s Association are planning to launch a groundswell security initiative in the form of a block-watch community, pioneered by concerned citizens. The initiative is called Emmarentia Greenside Community Patroller (EGCP) and aims to organise volunteers across these two neighbouring areas, and concentrate vigilance and mobilise them to respond to security incidents.…