Greenside Gems : The Majestic
I had the pleasure of visiting a gem of Greenside today, The Majestic. The reconstituted Greenside Residents’ Association (GRA) will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday, 2 April.
GRA Annual General Meeting to be held on 2 April
Welcome to Greenside
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…
A short history of Greenside
The suburb of Greenside was developed on land that originally made up one of many large farms in Johannesburg, namely the Braamfontein Farm.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…
Stronger and safer together
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.…