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ESTATE NEWS


               CONTROLLED FIRE IN THE RESERVE





              fter   receiving   our   annual
              Veld  Management  Report  on
        A31  March,  the  expert  involved
        recommended  that  in  order  to  sustain
        good-quality veld, we had to burn stable
        sites 3 and 4 in the reserve (please see
        attached map).

        This  marked  the  first  time  the  game
        reserve  was  being  burnt.  Given  that
        this  carried  the  risk  of  liability  with
        regard to injury, loss of life and damage
        to  property,  we  decided  to  appoint  an
        expert in fire-break burning to assist with
        the planning, as well as with training our
        staff, to ensure that we were prepared.

        The  fire-break  burn  took  place  on
        12  September.  A  total  of  13  HOA  staff
        members,  comprising  various  role
        players,  reported  for  duty  at  6am  that   burn area so as to reduce the risk of loss of   Additional  fire  checks  were  conducted
        Monday morning.                      life and damage to property.         throughout  the  day  by  HOA  staff  and  by
                                                                                  security in the evening. No flare-ups were
        A  veld  sweep  was  conducted  to  ensure   The  controlled  burn  started  at  7:20am   reported.
        that all wildlife were removed from the   and was fully concluded by 10am, with no
        burn  area.  Fire  control  and  prevention   reported loss of animal life or damage to   Well done to the Operations team. We look
        was then undertaken around the control   property.                        forward to the next controlled burn.










































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