Nkosi City

Nkosi City is an integrated human settlement project in Daantjie, Mpumalanga province, South Africa, in the Mbombela area. According to the project page on the developer's website, it is a joint venture between the Nkosi City Communal Property Association and Dovetail Properties. It is supported by National Government, the Mpumalanga Provincial Government and the City of Mbombela. The plan brings together housing, public facilities, retail, light industry and agriculture.

Project status. On the project page of the Dovetail Properties website, the components of the scheme are listed as "proposed". The page shows a delivery schedule for RDP houses in six phases, running from 2019/2020 to 2021/22. It does not publish an updated timeline or any construction progress. For the current phase and dates, contact Dovetail Properties directly.

Planned housing. On the project page, the developer lists 3,471 residential units:

• 1,747 RDP houses;
• 1,166 social housing apartments;
• 558 bonded housing units.

The RDP schedule shown on the project page has six phases of 440, 167, 390, 294, 238 and 218 units.

Planned public facilities. List based on the project page:

• Education: 9 preschools, 3 primary schools, 2 secondary schools, a TVET college, an agricultural training centre and a Dovetail Foundation training centre.
• Health: a provincial hospital and a clinic, plus an SPCA.
• Public services: fire and emergency services, a police station and a post office.
• Community: a community centre, public swimming pool, orphanage, library, cemetery, 4 churches, parks, recreational areas, a dam and a picnic area.
• Sport: multi-sport facilities at the secondary schools and a multi-sport stadium planned for a later stage.
• Transport: a bus terminus and a taxi rank.

Retail, offices and business. List based on the project page:

• A 40,000 m² retail centre, a service retail centre and a fresh produce market.
• Entertainment and restaurants, a filling station and a fitment centre.
• A mixed-use high street: service retail on the ground floor, offices on the first floor, apartments on the second.
• Office developments for government and private tenants.
• Hospitality: a hotel or lodge and other accommodation, including B&B facilities.
• Light industry: a 2,400 m² agricultural processing and packing facility, a 5,000 m² primary co-op, and 13,528 m² of light industrial space, mini factories and warehousing.

Infrastructure. The developer plans a high-voltage electrical substation with medium and low-voltage networks, roads and stormwater drainage, water reticulation with a purification plant, sewer reticulation with a treatment plant, reservoirs for drinking water and irrigation, telecommunications and Wi-Fi, a biomass renewable energy power plant and a landfill site. Radio and TV stations are also planned.

Agriculture and related projects. The project page lists 241 ha of urban farms and about 1,000 ha of agricultural development run as a joint venture with subsistence farmers. It also mentions a macadamia farm of about 60,000 trees, an interim bulk water solution from Primkop Dam (30 million m³), and lodges on communal land with access into Kruger National Park.

What is not published. The developer's website gives no prices, no unit sizes, no allocation criteria for the RDP houses and social housing, and no purchase terms for the bonded units. Ask Dovetail Properties for these details: +27 (0) 11 468 2805, [email protected].