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SECURE LUXURY LIVING Issue 5 2012 DAINFERN SECURE LUXURY LIVING issue 5 2012 Tour de Farce Ireland • Dainfern College Golf Fine Dining at The Saxon • Rosi our friendly Receptionist Very Busy Bush Babes• OrangoTangos DQ Ad 297x210 B.indd 1 29/02/2012 08:45 CONTENTS MOTORING Bush Babes Adventures 17 LIFESTYLE FOR HER What’s on at Cedar Square 42 LIFESTYLE FOR KIDS Winter playground – OrangoTangos 44 37 ESTATE NEWS From the Chairman 3 From the General Manager 5 42 Meet our Receptionist – Rosi Dire 6 Dainfern College 10 LIFESTYLE Security – Offi cer of the Month 14 Cloud9Golf’s Drive for the Cause 22 Saxon indulgence 30 ESTATE LIVING New bush development – Leadwood 32 From the Golf Pro 8 Fly-fi shing with Murray 34 Dainfern Running Club 13 Photography Tips from George 37 – Penny Bassett Birds of the Magaliesberg 39 Indigenous gardening 40 The dangers of Hubbly Bubbly 47 Recipe: Beer Bread 49 Book Reviews 50 James Clarke – Electrickle Problem 52 13 TRAVEL Tour de Farce Ireland 26 39 Dainfern Magazine is published by EIA Publishing (Pty) Ltd on behalf of Dainfern Estate and in association with the Dainfern Homeowners Association.The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Dainfern Homeowners Association, the Estate, the publisher, nor of the companies themselves EIA Publishing Offi ce: 011 327 4062 www.eiapublishing.co.za Publisher: Nico Maritz [email protected] Editor: Bev Hermanson 071 205 9502 [email protected] Marketing Manager: Martin Fourie 072 835 8405 [email protected] Advertising sales: Alexandra Kennedy 082 336 5060 [email protected]; Ross Speirs 082 454 1474 [email protected]; Herman Steytler: 082 331 3523 [email protected] Production co-ordinator: Pauline de Souza [email protected] Design: Lynea Evans, [email protected] Resident Photography: George Proxenos [email protected] 1 DAINFERN The Digital Experience Dainfern 210x297mm Advert.pdf 1 2012/03/19 9:44 AM C M Y CM MY CY CMY K 3 DAINFERN ESTATE NEWS FROM THE CHAIRMAN COSTA SPHERIS DAINFERN BLOGSITE accessible to all residents esearch shows that the number of experienced Internet users in SA, meaning those who have Rbeen online for fi ve years or more, is in excess of 3,6-million. By 2015, this will be closer to 6,8-million – almost double. Thanks to social networking, the way we communicate is jumping out of the PC and off the laptop into tablets and iPhones. That means that our ‘written’ communication is even more immediate. We are also able to function as ‘people entities’ no matter where we are, so long as we have signal and can stay connected long enough to do our publishing, the digital age is you are able to access the online banking, check our bank enhancing it, making everything far newsletters and the archived statements, pay accounts and buy more effi cient and much editions of our Dainfern magazine goods and services online. more current. online, too, so you can stay abreast of news and views no matter where As a result of the constantly rising This extends to websites, too and in the world you fi nd yourself. petrol prices, we have a need to be here, in Dainfern, we have added more focussed as consumers to an extra layer to our website. In For your convenience, we have also prevent unnecessary running September last year, we introduced introduced an online booking system around. Thankfully, social a Blogsite which enables us to for the booking of the squash and networking and mobile conduct opinion polls and allows tennis courts. Once you have an communications enable us to do residents to express their opinions. account created for you, you can that. And, contrary to what the I encourage you to make use of the then book directly online. To set up doomsayers may suggest, instead of Blogsite as well as the other the account, please contact Laura replacing television, radio and print sections of our website. As always, Powell at the Estate Offi ce. 3 DAINFERN ESTATE NEWS FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER REG BERNSTEIN PROPERTY OWNERS IN JOHANNESBURG BEWARE he City of Johannesburg is that the Valuations Department has announced that it is now has not just inflated, but Another sting still lies ahead. compiling a Supplementary hyper-inflated, property values Even if the objection succeeds, if Valuation Roll for the year from their 2008 values [the date of the Municipal Valuer reduces the T2012 which, according to information the last General Valuation] to assigned value by more than gleaned from the City’s Valuations levels which bear not the least 100%, it is compulsory for this Department, will affect some 83 000 resemblance to current market decision to be reviewed by the property owners in the City, many values. The 2008 values related Valuation Appeal Board. The of them to their detriment. Many to actual property values at the practice of the City of owners will learn that their property height of the property boom. Johannesburg in the past has values have been increased for The values now being assigned, been not to notify the affected rating purposes and herein lies according to reports, vary from owner of this, so reviews have the sting. 75% to 150% to 300% above the taken place in the absence of and 2008 values, ignoring the fact that without the knowledge of the owner. Apparently, notices to owners from 2008 property values actually Many months after learning that his have been sent by post, but the dropped and are only now beginning objection has succeeded, the recent postal strike may well a show recovery to the 2008 levels. owner receives a new rates have prevented owners from account reflecting a higher value receiving them. The deadline date Property owners have the right to to his property and thus a larger for submitting objections is object to the values assigned to their rates bill. Property owners need to 29th June, 2012. Be alert and properties and to indicate what they be aware that the notice itself, and clear your post boxes regularly. believe is the correct value. This review in the absence of the owner, The Democratic Alliance has made will only be credible if they submit, fall foul, not only of the Constitution, representations to the City to together with their objections, a but the Promotion of Administrative extend the deadline date to prevent letter from an estate agent with Justice Act as well. hardship and prejudice to would experience of property values in be objectors. that neighbourhood which supports DA Cllr John Mendelsohn Ward 94, The sting, a painful one indeed, the objection. City of Johannesburg 5 DAINFERN ESTATE NEWS By Ann Arnott SERVICEWITH A SMILE For 12 years, Rosi Dire has been a loyal employee at the Dainfern Golf and Country Estate. She’s the voice on the phone and the smile behind the Clubhouse reception desk, making sure that visitors and residents feel welcome at the Estate. ack in 2000, when the to do cleaning and ironing for providing security clearances for security control room was private residents. visitors to the various functions held still at the old guard house, at the Estate and giving directions to Rosi Dire joined the estate On her days off, Rosi took computer and through the Estate. Bstaff as a cleaner. She took the classes. She then approached the trouble to get know the residents Estate Human Resources Manager, Comments from the residents: and 2 ½ years later, with the Lynn Nyenes to see whether there “Rosi has the most amazing memory. encouragement of Dawie du Toit, was a position open at the She just has to hear your voice once and who was security manager at the Clubhouse. Lynn suggested Rosi she remembers who you are.” time, and his assistant, Louis start with relief switchboard and, “She’s a real asset to Dainfern – she Engelbrecht (who is now the during the 3 years that Rosi spent makes everyone feel at ease.” Dainfern Estate Manager), she as a security officer, she was often “She makes one feel important and applied for and was appointed to called to fill this role. Naturally, when special.” the position of security officer for the full time position of Clubhouse FSS, the security service provider Receptionist opened up in 2007, “It’s nice to work as part of a team,” for the Estate. Rosi was the automatic choice and says Rosi. “This extends to the team she has been at it ever since. at the Home Owners Association, “I took 3 weeks’ leave to study for too. I really enjoy helping out my security grades,” Rosi explains. Not only is she the meeter and wherever I can.” “When I came back with my greeter at the Clubhouse certificate, Mr du Toit told me I got Reception, she’s responsible for the One of six children, Rosi grew up the job.” She served as one of the tennis and squash court bookings, and went to school in Coligny, near officers handling the access control sorting and distributing the post, Ventersdorp, in the North West and helped in the control room, handling deliveries and collections, Province. She lives in Krugersdorp where she monitored the security accepting and processing credit card with her husband, George, and her screens. She also helped the payments for the levies, assisting two sons, Mpho (6) and Tshepo (2). residents with queries. During with the Clubhouse bookings when She loves watching movies and weekends, though, she continued the duty manager is not available, listening to music. 6 DAINFERN ESTATE LIVING By Ed Holding his month, the temperatures You may doubt that as a golfer you dropped suddenly and are an athlete but the Adidas winter is truly here.
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