eTrumpeter
OFFICIAL MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF
THE CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 IMPACT
MAY 2021
NEWS -AND COMMITTEES GLOPORTAL Visitor Management
CONTENT
This magazine is designed & published by :
• Estate Contact details
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• A word from the General Manager
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• A word from the Estate Manager
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• The Wilds Security
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• Coronavirus Covid-19 Impact: Current status 10 • News
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• Committees
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• Recipe of the Month
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Disclaimer: This eMagazine is produced especially for residents of The Wilds to provide updates and useful information. It is produced by Black Marble Media on behalf of the Home Owners Association of The Wilds. Although every effort is taken to ensure accuracy of content, The Wilds HOA and/or the Publisher, cannot be held liable for any inaccurate information, and may not agree with all opinions expressed in this publication.
Estate Contact Details Brendan Olivier (General Manager)
brendan@the-wilds.co.za
3701
Ronel Mulvaney (Estate Manager)
ronel@the-wilds.co.za
3702
charmaine@the-wilds.co.za
3703
Charmaine Strange (Secretary)
If you experience any problems regarding access cards or biometrics, please contact Gate 1 (one). Tel no 012-996 0551
AFTER-HOURS AND WEEKEND CONTACT NUMBERS:
Gate 1 IPECS:
3302 or 3303
Gate 2 IPECS:
3402 or 3403
Estate office
012 940 8285 & 012 996 0123
IPECS numbers:
3701, 3702 & 3703
Gate one [Admin office ]
012 996 0551/3303
Gate two
012 996 1062/3401
SECURITY Contract Manager Pieter Schoeman 082-978 3644
IPECS Number: 3601
Duty Manager
082 978 3288
24/7
Control room (24/7)
012 996-1062
IPECS Number: 3602
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June is the month when winter sets in. It also brings soups, curries and other exotic dishes to the menu! The replacement of the electric fence in Trumpeter`s Loop, on both sides from the Buffalo Creek circle to Gate 1, is nearing completion. Please treat these fences as live, as testing is being done intermittently. Please ensure that all your residents, employees and visitors are duly informed. It is also the responsibility of the member/resident to ensure that all vegetation is at least 1,5 meter away from this fence. Spiking of vehicles has become the new way of robbing people on some roads, notably the N4 from Pretoria to Middelburg, the R21 to the airport, the old Bronkhorstpruit road and Garsfontein road past Rafters. In meetings with the SAPS it was emphasized that stopping the vehicle is not an option – keep on going at a reduced speed to a public place where other
people can assist you. Always report such an incident to security at the estate and to the SAPS. Avoid, if you can, traveling late at night or early in the morning and if you have to, try to drive in convoy style with vehicles driving relatively close together. We welcome Servest Landscaping to the estate. They have been chosen to do our gardens, after a rigorous process to ensure that they are best suited to do so. Already a difference can be seen and we trust that we will all see, in the coming months and years, how beautiful our estate really is! Further to our discussion in the May edition about incidents at the clubhouse, the board of directors have decided that: • All children under the age of 13 years should be accompanied and supervised by an adult while on common property at the Clubhouse. Furthermore, security was given instruction to ensure that: • There is no music played at high volume, past the hours allowed;
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From the desk of the General Manager
• No alcohol and/or glasses are taken into the pool area, against the signs there prohibiting this. Children consuming alcohol will be asked to leave the clubhouse area. • Where party scenes are left in absolute chaos, with empty alcohol bottles littering the place, the responsible persons will be fined; • If masks are not being worn, such persons will be requested to leave the area; • Any person entering with a noisy car will be directed to our rules and regulations, which states that noisy vehicles are only allowed to go from the gates to the residence and back. • Identification will be required when entering the clubhouse area. We are in the process of installing a biometric reader, a scanner and other measures to ensure that all persons entering the clubhouse area are properly identified. Covid-19 is still with us and we do ask that all persons eligible for vaccination, should seriously consider doing so. It is trusted that the early gremlins with the
process will be sorted soon. The flu is making it more difficult for many and the basic rules of surviving set out below should really be adhered to at all times. As you may have heard, the cell phone dialling used from the gates is much clearer (and more affordable) than the previous VOIP dialling. The pre-clearance code system is helping a lot to improve times spent at the gates, with only the use of the pre-booking for deliveries still a concern. Please use that facility, it works really well. Speed humps are being piloted and we ask the drivers speeding in the estate to please refrain from doing so. Speed cameras will also be used at night from now on. Please enjoy the month of June, it has some wonderful characteristics! Kind Regards,
Brendan Olivier
estate manager IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATED TO THE CLEARANCE / TRANSFER PROCESS: • Fibre to the Home “IPECS” telephones: this equipment was installed and must remain on the premises for the new owner to use. This is a liability the new owner will have towards Telkom and The Wilds Estate. The seller and new owner to arrange the handover of this equipment. • The number of dustbins per stand must remain on the premises for the new owner to use. Mid-City automatically transfers the cost of these bins to the new owners Mid-City account. This is a liability the new owner will have towards Global Waste if bins are missing. The seller and new owner to arrange the handover of the correct number of bins allocated to the property.
TIPS: • Swimming pools, Pergolas, Louver-decks, any construction under roof, enclosed or partially enclosed stoeps require HOA & Tshwane approval. • Boma’s & awnings are grey areas - will require HOA and possibly Tshwane approval – will be determined with inspection. • Solar panels require neighbour approval and HOA approval. Solar -geysers/cylinders are not allowed to be installed on top of the roof. Certificates will be required for gas, solar and fixed generator installations.
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From the desk of the Estate Manager
GARDENS: Due to the numerous complaints regarding the upkeep of the gardens, a decision was made to release our General Workers from their duties. They received their retrenchment packages, and an opportunity to work for the preferred Garden Service Provider. After several meetings with the General Workers, they all declined an offer to take up further employment with the Preferred Service Provider, that included a full retrenchment package. They all opted to only take a retrenchment package. We wish them well in their future endeavours. SERVEST LANDSCAPING has been appointed as the Preferred Garden Contractor. They will be looking after our gardens at both Main entrances, the entire TrumpetersLoop, Clubhouse area, Municipal Park area and the outer Perimeter of the Estate. It remains the responsibility of the owners living along Trumpeters-Loop, the boundary between the Sub-Estates and the outer perimeter of the Estate to keep their vegetation 1.5 meters away from the electrical fence. COMMUNICATION: We make a request to owners to inform Mid-City Property Services of your: e-mail address & telephone number. We often find that owners update their information on the GloVent Portal but do not convey this information to Mid-City Property Services via e-mail. Mid-City Property Service does not have access to the HOA GloVent Portal.
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security Clubhouse The security committee has recommended to the board of directors that entrance control be implemented at the clubhouse. This follows several unsavoury incidents of visitors, very young children and irresponsible persons using noisy vehicles and abusing alcohol there. Speed humps: Movable speed calming devices are being implemented. These units are designed to not damage a vehicle, but it seems some people will go to great lengths to achieve that. Speed limits are set to protect each and every soul in this estate. You break that at your own peril. Internet: There has been a number of incidents where the internet in the estate failed. This has been the result of either a component failure or an area problem. The required steps have been taken to ensure that our access control system can still operate correctly at those times.
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For more information, click here to contact Estate Manager, Ronel Mulvaney
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Registered Service Providers (click to view) • Gardening Services • Armed Response • Cleaning Services
• Registered Businesses • Registered Estate Agents 10
Coronavirus Covid-19 Impact
RULE CHANGES and additions: The rules were changed in line with the lockdown regulations issued by government on 1 March and thereafter. These changes are temporary and will change as the levels and ministerial rules are changed. You will be kept informed at all times.
Effects on the HOA Depending on the level and length of restrictions, members will be informed of any changes to the AGM or any SGM if so required. The board members are all fully conversant with the developments relating to the lockdown and do take the required steps where necessary.
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In essence the basic wise rules are still: Stay at home. Only go out to purchase essential goods (food, medicine) or to go to hospital or a funeral or to fill up. Wear a mask when going out. Do keep the social distance of at least 1.5 meter. Sanitise, very often. Register on the vaccination application when so invited.
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CORONA VIRUS: WE ARE AT LEVEL 1
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CORONA VIRUS: WE ARE AT LEVEL 1
Critical Telephone Numbers : SAPS 112 or 10111 or 012-4720144 (Garsfontein) Ambulance 012-3106300 or 0860-999911 (Discovery Emergency) Security 012-9961062 Fire Brigade 10177
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NEWSDESK
Please note that the wearing of masks in public is compulsory and failure to do so is a criminal offence.
Speeding Please adhere to the speed limits inside the estate: 40 km/h in Trumpeter`s Loop and 20 km/h in the rest of the estate.
Market day and roadhouse nights In winter these events are now really being appreciated by many of our residents. The Wednesday Roadhouse night is more focused on food, with the Friday event also providing interesting market day products. Please come and support these traders.
Access to the facilities and the related procedures.
Tshwane Electricity Tshwane Water
012-3399111 012-3582111
Duty Manager 082-9783288
The normal precautions of wearing masks, sanitising regularly, keeping social distance and not going anywhere if not critical, stays in place. Please adhere to these, for the protection of all the residents.
All the prevailing Covid-19 measures will stay in place in the estate.
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THE
COMMITTEES
News from the various committees are as follows: Clubhouse: Chaired by Mr Gilbert Muller
Security: Chaired by Genl (ret) Ben Groenewald
The very serious transgressions in the clubhouse area has led to those rules now being revised. Bluntly put, no more nonsense will be tolerated at the clubhouse. Transgressors of our rules will be asked to leave the premises.
With effect from the 1st of May the no code – no entry rule for visitors became mandatory. This resolved a lot of familiar issues, including the long visitor ques and the struggling to hear the calls being made. Only persons who are invited will be allowed to enter the estate. Please use this system, together with the pre-booking of deliveries, in order to assist all involved.
Several initiatives are being launched at the clubhouse. In the future facilities such as a coffee shop, a library and others will be considered, whilst clubs such as a book-, chess-, bridge/canasta-, wine- and others will be hosted there. Finances: Chaired by Mr Alex Philippou The financial statements as well as the budget has been signed off and will be presented to owners at the AGM.
The electrified security fence around Trumpeter`s Loop will be completed shortly. Treat all electric wires as live please. The behaviour of some persons at the clubhouse has resulted in security being given the command to remove offenders where so required.
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THE WILDS COMMITTEES (CONT.)
Rules & Fines: Chaired by Mr Danie Schoeman Unfortunately the previous chairman of this committee, Mr Danie Schoeman, resigned due to personal reasons. A heartfelt word of thanks to him for the astute leadership of this committee, where he assured that fairness, clarity and justice was handed out evenly at all times. Thanks! Aesthetics: Chaired by Mr Christo Myburgh Aesthetics Plans Division for: Full Title Homes & Sectional Title Units. • Aesthetics – The Clearance Process: The Estate Agents must be registered to sell a property within The Wilds Estate and to confirm with the owner that available approved Tshwane building plans and the relevant Occupancy Certificate are on their record before the property is listed. The approved COT plan must match the property. Mid-City will receive a request from a transfer attorney to issue clearance
figures, Mid-City requires the purchase agreement from the attorney to complete a clearance document, The completed clearance document is forwarded to the HOA Managers, The HOA Managers will view if copies of the: A) Approved City of Tshwane plans, and B) The relevant Occupancy Certificate were submitted by the owner that will be required to arrange an inspection. If these documents are on file an inspection will be arranged with the seller. If these documents are not on file, the seller will be contacted to submit copies of these documents. Inspection will be put on hold until the HOA Managers received these documents. If the inspection was successful, the clearance document will be signed and forwarded to Mid-City to continue with the transfer. If the inspection was unsuccessful, reasons will be given to the seller to rectify. Mid-City will be informed of any delays. Plans and the Occupancy certificate can be obtained
from the Council. We advise owners to read up on the New “SPLUMA” Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act and to comply. Guidelines to submit amended plans can be viewed in the E-Trumpeter Magazine dated: January 2021 p 6 & 7. Note, pre-arranged Inspections only take place on Friday mornings. Gardening: Chaired by Mr Rupert Oberholster The committee welcomed Servest and many discussion were held relating to future activities and programs. Some more trees were planted, with more to follow.
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RECIPE OF THE MONTH :
MARSHMALLOW
and Chocolate
CHICKEN CURRY BRAAIBROODJIE This is the perfect weeknight curry — it’s primarily comprised of ingredients you probably already have Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Have you planned on hand: chicken, onions, garlic, pantry spices, heavy cream, and canned tomatoes. Not a spice lover? All something special for your loved ones? good; while there are a lot of warm ground spices that season the dish, this curry isn’t spicy at all. Braai’s Marshmallow YIELDS: 6 SERVINGS | PREP TIME: 0 HOURSJan 10 MINS | TOTALdelicious TIME: 0 HOURS 45 MINS
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and Chocolate Braaibroodjie is bound to hit the sweet spot. Give it a try and send photos of your Valentine’s Day celebrations to wilma@blackmarblemedia.co.za – you could be featured in the next edition. Source: Delish
WHAT YOU NEED: 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 2 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1” pieces 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 tbsp. minced ginger 1 1/2 tsp. paprika 1 1/2 tsp. ground turmeric 1 1/2 tsp. ground coriander 1 tsp. ground cumin 1 (15-oz.) can crushed tomatoes 1 1/2 c. low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 c. heavy cream Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper Basmati rice or naan, for serving 1 tbsp. freshly chopped cilantro, for garnish
RECIPE OF THE MONTH:
DIRECTIONS: In a large pot over medium-high heat, heat oil. Add onion and cook until soft, 5 minutes. Add chicken and sear until no pink remains, 5 minutes. Stir in garlic and ginger and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. Add spices and cook until very fragrant, 1 minute. Add tomatoes and broth and bring to a simmer. Stir in heavy cream, and season with salt and pepper. Simmer until chicken pieces are cooked through and tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Serve over rice or with naan, garnished with cilantro.
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