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A river runs through it Powering the future both retirement estates are also being
A lot of work has gone into “South Africa’s energy crisis and fitted with solar panels to run their
rehabilitating the Jukskei River to looming water shortages are two issues facilities.
repair and prevent erosion, including that we are doing our best to mitigate,”
reshaping the banks and planting explains Vos. “The country is blessed Since power cuts cause chaos on the
indigenous grasses to hold the soil with plenty of sunshine, and we are roads as well, the management team
together. harnessing that by asking our property is in the process of installing inverters
partners to make alternative energy a and power storage systems, and in
A big problem with the Jukskei River core part of their developments. There’s some cases generator power, to provide
is illegal dumping and littering from only so much roof capacity on each uninterrupted power to Waterfall City’s
further upstream, and so much effort building, of course, but we’ll optimise 34 sets of traffic lights up to level 8 load
goes into cleaning the litter trap that as much as possible.” shedding. It’s already making a huge
between Buccleuch and Munyaka difference to traffic flow.
and Kikuyu, which is often silted up The roof at the Gate 6 entry point
because of the dumping. The litter has been covered with solar panels And to reduce reliance on municipal
trap works well, except during heavy to power a water treatment plant water, Vos notes that the team are
rainstorms when the sheer force of the that irrigates certain areas of the delighted to have been granted a new
water runs over it. development. The clubhouse roofs at 40-year licence to draw more water

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