Member Notice Board

The intent of this page is to list news flashes and items of interest, as well as to provide a space for shareholders to offer items for sale, request information etc.

Please submit any correspondence by sending an e-mail to John and Lorna Hill at

News Flashes

• Posted 01/09/2010 - The Notice of Meeting for the 2010 AGM has been sent to shareholders either via e-mail where records exist, or via registered post in those cases that e-mail addresses for shareholders are not available. The documentation included in the above Notice is published under Notice  of AGM 2010.
   
• Posted 04/08/2010 - The August Newsletter for the Waterberg Nature Conservancy has been published. Please note that the meeting is for Thursday 2 September and not 3 September as appears in the Newsletter.
   
• Posted  04/08/2010 - Birdlife SA distributed a press release on 3 August ( also published under Prospecting Applications ) protesting about AEMFC's activities in environmentally sensitive areas including the Nylsvley application for coal prospecting rights. hopefully this will accelerate public awareness and protest.
   
• Posted 30/07/2010 - A website, under Interesting Links, showing the night sky and times satellites pass any particular points. If needed, the GPS co-ordinates for the farm are on the homepage. 
   
• Posted 26/07/2010 - Five nyala ewes were recently sighted.
    
• Posted 26/07/2010 - The refurbishment to the swimming pool is now completed and it has been refilled.
    
• Posted 20/07/2010 - Hermanusdoorns has become a member of the Waterberg Nature Conservancy. We were kindly allowed to publish all their newsletters since 2008 for the benefit of all shareholders. A web page for Waterberg Nature Conservancy has been created where the newsletters can be viewed.
    
• Posted 15/07/2010 - A link under Waterberg to an Environmental Management Framework for the Waterberg - Draft Desired State dd 8 July 2010 by Environomics Environmental Consultants and downloadable from the MetroGIS website.
    
• Posted 14/07/2010 - Please note that an error was made in the original publishing of Transfer Duties which has since been corrected under Shareholder Agreements. The Transfer Duty is payable by the Purchaser and not by the Seller. Proof of receipt of payment from SARS is necessary for share transfer to be effected.
    
• Posted 14/07/2010- The provisional date for the AGM is 2 October 2010. Notices will be published closer to the time.
    
• Posted 03/07/2010- A reminder to shareholders from farm management that house cleaning services are not available to shareholders while they are on the farm. There are not enough staff to be able to provide this service. There has been a huge improvement over the last few months in the quality of cleaning services, Should shareholders need a particular type of ad-hoc clean ( eg windows etc ) arrangements can be made with farm management prior to their visit.
     
• Posted 03/07/2010 - Please note that the pub is only open for special occasions, rather than having it staffed for every sporting event screened over weekends.
   
• Posted 03/07/2010- Procedures and Regulation for the usage of Contractors by Owner Builders have been published under Farm Rules. 

• Posted 30/06/2010- There is a fascinating book available on the Waterberg titled "Waterberg", comprising two short stories "Vintage Waterberg" and "Timeless Waterberg" written by Lex Rodger who lived for many years in the Hangklip area ( today Entabeni ). The first part contains anecdotes and stories from people who lived there early in the 20th century, while the second part focuses mainly on the trees. It might become available at Black Mamba, or if there is enough interest, copies could be made available at the AGM at about R 200 each. if interested, please contact John Hill. 
   
• Posted 30/06/2010 - The Leopard Trail has recently been maintained and upgraded. Below is a picture of one of the streams encountered on the trail.    

• Posted 01/06/2010 - Hippo spoor has been spotted on two seperate occasions close to the river sites. 
    
• Posted 25/05/2010 - An objection to the Application for Prospecting Rights for Coal on farms adjoining the Nylsvley Nature Reserve has been lodged by the board. The motivation is available on the Prospecting Applications web-page.
    
• Posted 20/05/2010 - There is a further application for Prospecting Rights in the Waterberg District - this time for coal on farms surrounding the Nylsvley Nature Reserve. The board will lodge an objection on behalf of Hermanusdoorns but shareholders are urged to also object in their personal capacities due to the environmental sensitivity of this wetland. Further details are available under Prospecting Applications. 
   
• Posted 18/05/2010 - An Approvals Framework has been posted under AGM / Approvals. 

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