About Glen Austin Resident's Association and History of Glen Austin

About Glen Austin Residents' Association

Be informed
Knowledge is power!
This website is filled with much relevant information for the people living in Glen Austin Midrand.
It is worth your while to spend some time here and find the documents that will give you the power through knowledge!

Some important Upcoming Meetings :
Come to these meetings and actively participate in conserving our peace & quiet and quality of life
Rates Budget Meeting 14th January at the Midrand Fire Station at 18:00
GARA AGM 2nd Feb at Ambrosia Hall, 97 Allan Road, at 14:00.. RSVP: info@glenaustin.co.za
Eskom Public meeting on new tariffs on Monday 4th February at 09:00 at Gallagher Estates.

GARA's objectives are:

To create a safe and secure environment for the residents;
To preserve and enhance the aesthetic attributes and rustic (country) atmosphere of the area;
To safeguard and where possible enhance the ecology of Glen Austin;
To encourage residents of the area to get to know each other, to care for each other and to work together

To join GARA, click on the button below. Membership is only R240 per annum, which includes the ICASA radio license fee for the radio network.

For more details about GARA, and the work that we do, follow this link.

Special Notices

Useful Contacts

Glen Austin Conservancy
GARA is all about preserving the country way of life we have. The Glen Austin Conservancy is playing a major role in this.
Go to the page to see pictures of the events they are organising. These events are ideal for getting to know people in the community.

Click here to join GARA

Some Success Stories
The importance of standing together.
Success Story 1
There was an illegal tyre depot on Dale Road and you might wonder, "What is the problem with that?"
Firstly, Can you imagine how much water collects in these tyres and what an excellent breeding ground this will be for mosquitoes?
Secondly: Can you imagine what a fire hazard we would have if these tyres would have caught fire?
Thanks to the persistent hard work of GARA and the conservancy the illegal tyre depot has been successfully closed down.

Success Story 2
With the current culture of illegal land grabs and especially over the weekends, GARA has obtained a court interdict, so that when people illegally invade land in Glen Austin, residents can go straight to the police and they have to help to remove the people before they can put up their structures. When their structures are up for 24 hours or more, it becomes a lot more difficult to get people removed.