Melville News Archive

PATIO GARDENS – Issue 18

Melville News readers have been following Jane Griffiths’s easy food-gardening guidelines since the newsletter began. This issue she adds a bit of colour… Even if you only

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Melville News

CALL BACK THE PAST – Issue 18

Melville’s vibey 7th Street was very different in the ’50s and ’60s as former resident, Herman Breedtremembers. He spoke to Christine Pretorius about some memories from his

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Melville News – Issue No. 17

Issue No. 17 – December 2013 The free newsletter aimed at fostering goodwillamong residents, merchants and visitors to Melville It’s only since I’ve been living

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Formerly a longtime resident of Melville, Johannesburg,  Suzanne launched Melville News in 2008 as a free newsletter aimed at fostering goodwill among residents, merchants and visitors to the suburb. Later, Dehan Liebenberg, an estate agent in the area, paid for a print version to be distributed simultaneously. Reluctant to leave its printing in anyone else’s hands, Suzanne managed both versions herself – a demanding commitment when she was also attending to clients of Prowrite. She kept it going until 2011 when she moved the Melville News archive to this website.

Please browse our previous issues in this section. Our first three are only available in PDF format below: