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Estate News

In the previous issue of The Villager, the
question of road safety in our estate was
addressed in depth with a supporting
article written by Josh Truter. It seems
that the lawlessness that one finds
generally on our local roads is spreading
into our estate, a tendency which cannot
be tolerated in Irene Farm Villages. The
Estate Management will apply traffic law
enforcement on residents and visitors
speeding and failing to stop at the stop
signs. Residents are reminded that they
security or criminal activities reported remain responsible for the conduct of
inside the estate during the past month. their own visitors. Hence, if a visitor fails
This can be attributed to the quality of the to stop at a stop sign, the penalty will go
service rendered by the Bidvest Protea Coin to the resident.
Team. The Security personnel are safe and The garden service team has done a lot
healthy, and no COVID-19 infections were of preparation for the coming summer
reported, for which we are very grateful. months ahead of us. A total of 55 trees
The upgrading of the Security Control died during the winter, mainly due to the
Room at the main gate was completed. severe cold winter we had this year. These
The upgrades will protect the security- trees will be replaced with similar trees in
core in the event of an armed attack and the weeks to come. A White Ironwood
attempted seizure of the security network. tree was planted at the post office in
We received some positive feedback memory of the late Christiaan Erasmus,
from residents on the introduction of and a plaque will be mounted there.
the Irene Farm Villages’ ‘Dog Walkers’. We The maintenance and painting of
urge our residents to make use of these the steel palisade fence was completed
keen dog walkers, especially if you find in September 2020 at a cost of about
yourself in a situation where you cannot R250 000,00, which costing was part of
take your K9-friend for a daily walk. We the 2020/2021 operational budget. The
have noticed that some residents who work was carried out by PWC Contractors
take their dogs for walks, do not pick under the supervision of the Project Sebastian, the younger brother of the
late Christiaan Erasmus
up the pooh, which is the prescribed Manager, Mr Julian Kotze.
responsibility of the dog owner, resulting The COVID-19 health and safety
in dog pooh being left on the lawns regulations are still in place at the estate
of other residents, in parks and on the office. Visitors will be requested to sign
walking trail. This situation cannot be in and to sanitise before entering the
tolerated anymore. Residents who are estate office.
found to transgress this rule will be Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was
penalised. We kindly ask for your support decided to cancel the 2020 annual fun
in this matter. As we are approaching the day. The risk of having all the children
summer months, when residents tend to taking part on the day, being close to
walk their dogs more often, we would one another, the use and sanitising of the
like to appeal to all, when walking your equipment, wearing masks and being
dog, to make sure that your dog is always crowded with the traditional visit by
on a leash and under control. You are not Santa Claus, was too big a challenge and
allowed to let your dog run loose at any it would put the health of our residents
stage outside of your property, as there unnecessarily at risk. However, we will
are small animals in the veld and dogs still have Santa Clause visiting us, but this
tends to chase these animals. year Santa will deliver the presents at the

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