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Waterfall City News

under construction in the third tower
– Cassini – which has now reached its
full height of 15 storeys and will house
the Luna Club, a restaurant and retail
outlets.

“A highlight of the year for me was a
decision to introduce some wildlife
to the development, living up to our
aim of creating a natural atmosphere,”
says Vos. “If you’ve been lucky, you’ll
have already seen the seven Blesboks
we introduced, and there are six
Springboks coming soon. Initially,
they are being protected by fences
until they grow accustomed to their
surroundings, but soon the fences
will be dropped so they can roam
freely around designated areas of
the development, including Waterfall
Wilds and Waterfall Valley, and enjoy
the succulent veld grassland.”

The team is also working hard to
eliminate alien plant species and keep
the Jukskei River clean. “This is proving
a massive challenge, with our litter-
trap catching up to 500 cubic metres
of rubbish a month. Installing the trap
was ingenious, and we’re delighted
by how well it’s working. However, as
we could not foresee the scale of the
illegal dumping that is now occurring
upstream, we have some capacity
issues during the heaviest of the rainy
months,” adds Vos.

Waterfall Country Estate and Village
residents will be pleased with the
upgrade of the clubhouse and the
recent rebuild of the bird hide. in popularity. The University of the TALKING SHOP
Third Age is also running an activity On the retail side, a revamp is
COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES programme for our older residents,” underway at Waterfall Wilds,
Waterfall City now has close to 20 000 says Vos. prompted by the pre-COVID closure of
residents spread across 7 000 houses the nursery that was on site.
and apartments. Other events have included two
book fairs at the Polofields Crossing “It was impossible to attract suitable
“With so many people making this shopping centre in partnership with new tenants during the COVID
their home, it has been wonderful HospiceWits to raise money for this lockdowns. However, that gave us
to see the various community- palliative care association, and an time to have a major rethink about
led social clubs becoming active enjoyable concert by the Phoenix the future of this site. We decided
again. The events they organised in Philharmonic Orchestra conducted to make it a restaurant hub because
recent months have included races, by maestro Richard Cock in February the size and diversity of our resident
dances and wine tastings, and a 2022 on the lawns of the Waterfall populations have created an attractive
new action netball group is growing Country Village Clubhouse. market for restaurants. Grouping

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