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ESTATE NEWS

MESSAGE FROM THE CEO

ugust is celebrated around the 3. A few days after her husband Lord This will hopefully prove to be an effective
world as Women’s Month. In South Darnley’s murder, Mary, Queen of Scots solution in combination with the ultraviolet
AAfrica we do the same, and more: reportedly went out to play golf in radiation from sunlight and with the reeds
we celebrate 9 August as National Women’s public. She is the first woman to have and the hornwort (yes, I was surprised too)
Day, a public holiday. On this day we pay regularly played golf. that consume waste compounds such as
tribute to the more than 20 000 women – 4. Girls’ brains generally mature two years ammonia, nitrates and phosphates from
from all backgrounds and cultures – who earlier than boys’ brains because of the the water. So, we do believe that with
marched on the Union Buildings in Pretoria high production of oestrogen during the treatment and natural elements in
on 9 August 1956 in protest against the puberty. our dams, we should have the spill under
country’s pass laws. These laws required control soon.
South Africans defined as “black” under The Six Fountains sewage spill
Population Registration Act to carry an At the end of June, the municipality did Speed safety campaign
internal passport, known as a passbook, that some major maintenance work at the With our speed safety campaign in its
served to maintain population segregation, Six Fountains pump station. This resulted third month, we are excited to see more
control urbanisation, and manage migrant in a major sewage spill that flowed into awareness and we have received positive
labour during the apartheid era. The first our dams and rivers. We created certain feedback from residents. We thank those
National Women’s Day was celebrated on contingencies to try to curb and limit of you who are adhering to the speed limits
9 August 1995. these spills into the dams, but there was and stopping at the stop streets. Please be
still contamination. extra vigilant at the play areas, club house
While many advances have been made and game reserve. And to all those who
with regard to women’s rights, Women’s We tested the dam near the 13 and 16 don’t adhere to the rules, please remember
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Day draws attention to significant issues holes and found high levels of the E. coli that “our safety is in your hands”.
that African women still face, such gender- bacteria, which is why we decided to ban
based violence, unequal pay, and schooling fishing there. We have continued to treat Thank you all for your continued support
for all girls. Clearly, we still have some way the dam as part of our efforts to lower the and feedback.
to go in fully entrenching equal rights and risk as soon as possible.
accommodating all cultures and genders.
On 7 July, I had an emergency meeting
If you didn’t know how amazing women with the local municipality, including the
are, here are some fun facts: departments of sewage and sanitation,
1. Women own the two highest IQ scores in environmental affairs, and parks and
recorded history. recreation. The municipal representatives
2. Male brains are 9% larger than female committed to treating our dams
brains, but they both have the same with micro-organisms which feed off
quantity of brain cells – only the cell contaminants in the water. They also
density is different. In the female brain, pledged to continue testing our water
the brain cells are packed more densely until December to ensure that we get it Yours faithfully
than in the male brain. back to acceptable levels. Dean Pretorius

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