Steel Fabrication, Maintenance and Renovations

Maintenance of School Buildings

With the ever decreasing Department of Education ( Government ) budgets allocated to schools for the maintenance of school buildings, finding a suitable contractor to offer his services at flexible rates is hard to find. School administrators have a diffcult task. Keeping school buildings safe and free of risk to injury of staff, learners and visitors is a challenge. There appears to be a " don't care attitude" on the part of parents whose duty is to pay their child's or ward's school fees. With many schools experiencing a severe shortage of funds as a result of this attitude, school administrators and governors are forced to employ debt collectors.

Below are  the details of a contarctor that will assist in meeting most of your needs. Give him a call!
The images below are from several Chatsworth schools that employed the services of

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Gardening Tips

Good Ideas for Planting Super Peonies

The peony is one of the longest living perennials that you will find.  There are two popular types of the peonies, and they are the herbaceoius and the tree peony.

It is best to plant the peonies at the back of your flowerbeds because they are larger plants.  In the springtime the peonies have beautiful foliage and beautiful blooms that are going to be produced in May.

Peonies will do their best in a place that receives at least a half a day to a full day of sun.  When the climate is too hot, you should think about providing some shade for the plants.

The right time to plant the peony is in the early fall but early spring plants do great too.  Make sure that you prepare the site good and make sure that you dig an oversized hole and fill it with compost. 

The secret of having a successful peony is to make sure that the tuber is positioned so that the eyes are located on the crown and covered with about two inches of soil.

Peonies are very particular and they do not like to be planted too deep.  If your peonies have quite producing flowers after a few years, you should see if they have fallen too low in their bed.  Maybe they had too much soil on top of them, which made them fall.

If your peonies seem to fall over by the mid summer, you should think about staking them. When you do go to cut the flowers, you should clip them when the buds are ready to unfurl.  When you put them into water, the blooms will soon start to open and this will go on for about a week when they are kept indoors. 

Durban Transport

Air

King Shaka International Airport

Main article: List of airports in the Durban area

King Shaka International Airport services both domestic and international flights, with regularly scheduled service to Dubai, Swaziland, Mozambique, and Mauritius. The airport opened in May 2010, replacing all operations from Durban International Airport, which handled four million passengers in 2005, up over 15 percent from 2004. King Shaka International Airport was constructed at La Mercy, about 36 kilometres (22 mi) north of central Durban. All operations at Durban International have been transferred to King Shaka International as of 1 May 2010; with plans for flights to Singapore, London and Australia.
The Durban International Airport was used by the South African Defence Force during the 2010 FIFA World Cup and as a secondary airport to handle overflow.
The airport serves as a major gateway for travellers to KwaZulu-Natal and the Drakensberg.

Durban Geography and climate

Durban is characterised by a mild subtropical climate with warm wet summers and mild moist to dry winters, which are frost-free. However, due to large altitude variations, some western suburbs get slightly chilly in the winter. Durban has an annual rainfall of 1,009 millimetres (39.7 in) The average annual temperature is 21 °C (70 °F), with daytime maxima peaking from January to March at 28 °C (82 °F) and the minimum is 21 °C (70 °F), dropping to daytime highs from June to August of 23 °C (73 °F) and the minimum is 11 °C (52 °F). Sunrise in Durban is at 04h45 *(04h15) and sunset is 19h00 *(19h30) in summer & rise at 06h30 *(06h10) and set at 17h20 *(17h00) in winter. (* = dawn and dusk)
Durban and its suburbs are hilly, with very few flat areas, except for locations in and around the central business district and the harbour. The western suburbs off Hillcrest and Kloof are significantly higher above sea-level, reaching up to 850 metres (2,789 ft) in the community of Botha's Hill. Many gorges and ravines are found within the metropolitan area. There is almost no true coastal plain.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durban

Durban

Durban (Zulu: eThekwini, from itheku meaning 'bay') is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in the country^{[citation needed]}. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism because of the city's warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches. The municipality, which includes neighbouring towns, has a population of almost 4.5 million,^[1] making the combined municipality the biggest city on the east coast of the African continent. The metropolitan land area of 2,292 square kilometres (885 sq mi) is comparatively larger than other South African cities, resulting in a somewhat lower population density of 1,513 /km² (3,920 /sq mi).^[2]

Umlazi

Umlazi is a township on the east coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The wider Umlazi area has a population of 750,000. The township is located south-west of Durban.
According to legend, the name Umlazi comes from "umlaza" (Zulu for the sour acid produced from fermented milk or sour milk). It is believed that when Shaka was passing through the area, he refused to drink from a local river claiming it had the taste of "umlaza", from that incident, the area has been called Umlazi.
AIDS is a significant problem in Umlazi; 21% of women who visit clinics in the township are reported to be HIV positive^{[citation needed]}. Umlazi, like many townships in the urban areas of Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, and Johannesburg, is witnessing increased private and government investment, as witnessed in the construction of new shopping complexes, primary and secondary schools, Universities of Technology and libraries^{[citation needed]}.

Phoenix, Durban

As a result of a growing demand for housing, the municipality created township. Phoenix is an Indian township, northwest of central Durban. It was established as a township in 1976, but it has a long history of Indian occupation. It is associated with the Phoenix Stettlement, built by Mahatma Gandhi.^[1]
History behind Phoenix
Initially a sugarcane estate and since the mid 1970's a municipal housing development for the Indian community beginning with unit 4-Stonebridge. Sections were initially labelled as precincts and later renamed with proper street addresses.
Today Phoenix is the largest Indian town in South Africa.