{"id":31905,"date":"2015-07-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/echonews.sites.caxton.co.za\/31905\/property-sought-for-sex-shop\/"},"modified":"2015-07-22T09:13:57","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T07:13:57","slug":"property-sought-for-sex-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/uncategorized\/2015\/07\/21\/property-sought-for-sex-shop\/","title":{"rendered":"Property sought for sex shop"},"content":{"rendered":"

But, only once an affordable shop, zoned as Business 3, can be found.<\/p>\n

“We’re looking for a more intimate setting, excuse the pun,” Mr Steve Giles, former owner of Isis Boutique in Middelburg told the Observer this week.<\/p>\n

He said that a suitable property was found, next to Constantia Hotel, but that the 117m\u00b2 setting is way too big, and the rent of R14 000 per month, too steep.<\/p>\n

Mr Giles and his wife Ann, left Middelburg for Nelspruit in March last year, where they established the sex shop Cleopatra, and business has been good.<\/p>\n

Cleopatra brings the number of sex shops in Nelspruit to three, and Mr Giles says business is booming.<\/p>\n

They opened the shop in Nelspruit on behalf of eMalahleni Cleopatra owner, Ms Mandy Dougans, who also assisted the Giles couple to establish Isis in Middelburg.<\/p>\n

“Things are going so well for us in Nelspruit, that we’re hosting an exotic dancing evening on 31 July.”<\/p>\n

He said that they would also bring the exotic dancers to Middelburg for the grand reopening of Isis, if and when a suitable property is found.<\/p>\n

Both a ladies and stag-night will be hosted, to entertain both sexes.<\/p>\n

Before Isis was forced to close due to the shop being located on an industrial zoned premises, the shop enjoyed a lot of support from locals, Mr Giles says.<\/p>\n

“We were very discreet and hidden away, the municipality however forced us out over zoning issues.”<\/p>\n

According to the municipality, it is however not as easy as finding a shop and wham, bam thank you ma’m, we’re open for business.<\/p>\n

The municipality however failed to supply the Observer with the guidelines to be followed by the Giles couple, before print.<\/p>\n

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