Nelson Mandela Centenary 2018. We are the Legacy.

“When we read, we are able to travel to many places, meet many people and understand the world” Nelson Mandela   On a brilliant sunshine filled day in July, you could almost touch the Madiba Magic all around at Langabuya Primary School, Mbekweni. On July 18th, we were able to honour Madiba through our words and deeds and find the Madiba in all of us.   The University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Drakenstein Child Health Study (DCHS)*, together with The Val de Vie Foundation, Solomon Schechter Day School USA and Breadline Africa, took up the challenge to be the legacy by [...]

VAL DE VIE – A BETTER LIFE FOR ALL

Since 2004, sustainable development has been at the heart of Val de Vie Estate. When Martin Venter purchased the farm on which he envisioned to build Val de Vie Estate, there were nine families working and residing on the land. The Val de Vie development company consulted with the families and offered them residence on either the estate or in Paarl.  They selected to live near schools and other municipal services and were relocated to new homes in Paarl. The development company invested R7 million in this relocation and subsequent employment of some of the original farm workers, who still work [...]

The Val de Vie Estate Berg River Bridge is open

The Berg River Bridge at Val de Vie Estate was officially opened by the Executive Mayor of Drakenstein Municipality, Councillor Conrad Poole, on Thursday 21 June 2018.   Martin Venter, Founder and CEO of Val de Vie Estate said at the opening event: “Building a bridge is symbolic of human progress. We are proud today to open the Berg River Bridge and believe that this addition to our Estate is not only to the benefit of our residents, but in favour of our entire community.”     The Berg River Bridge connects the estate with the R45 Simondium road via the [...]

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