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New owner for Mont Rochelle |
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WELL-KNOWN Franschhoek winery owner Graham de Villiers has sold the Mont Rochelle wine estate and is retiring from the wine trade.
According to de Villiers, he has retained a section of the 33 ha farm on which he will continue to run riding stables and a horse stud.
He will be consultant to the winery for 18 months "and then I can really retire."
De Villiers is a former chairman of the Vignerons de Franschhoek and of Wines of South Africa (Woza).
The winery has been sold for R17 million to a Johannesburg resident of Congolese extraction, Miko Rwayitare (58).
Rwayitare made his fortune as telecommunications entrepreneur when he developed the biggest cellphone company in Africa, Telecel, which now conducts business in 14 countries.
According to Rwayitare, he plans to build on the foundation laid by the previous owner and may make La Rochelle his Cape headquarters.
"I will see to it that Mont Rochelle will continue to prosper and develop into one of the foremost wine farms," he said.
The farm's winemaker, Justin Hoy, and manager Alwyn Geldenhuys will remain on the farm.
Rwayitare plans on using his international experience to market Mont Rochelle internationally as well as in the new Africa market. |
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Wesgro welcomes golf development |
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 THE proposed R1,3 billion development of the Pearl Valley Signature Golf Estate and Spa outside Paarl confirmed the leading role of the Western Cape tourism and leisure sector in attracting foreign investments, Peter Pullen, chief executive of Wesgro, the provincial trade promotion and investment agency, said this week. .
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PROUD. At the site of the new entrance to the Pearl Valley golf estate, where indigenous trees are now being planted, are proud investors from left Azlan Ramli (executive director of MRCB), Musni Mohamad (general manager of MRCB) and Tahir Salie (executive director of Pearl Valley). |
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He said 31 or 15% of the foreign investment projects handled over the nine years to 2000 were tourism and leisure related, well ahead of technology-focused investments and petro-chemical and medical/health sector developments.
"Apart from showing confidence in the tourism and leisure sector, the establishment of a Jack Nicklaus signature golf estate is a |
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significant boost for rural development, and job creation."
Pullen said the value of prospective foreign investment projects in the Western Cape was currently more than R1,5 billion.
"In this case, the Provincial Government and Trade and Investment South Africa were very supportive of efforts to attract this investment to the Western Cape," Pullen said.
The development is undertaken by the giant Malaysian property and media company Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB), which first initiated the development more than two years ago. The launch was delayed until now due to the Asian stock market crash.
Pearl Valley will be sold on a plot and plan basis with a wide choice of styles suited to the overall architectural Pearl Valley theme. Roofs will be either thatch or slate and roads would be crushed river stone from the site.
Every plot adjoins and offers views of either fairways or greens or water features or all three, as well as views of the surrounding mountains.
Owners at Pearl Valley will have access to a wide array of recreational facilities including the golf course, clubhouse, business centre with office, restaurant, spa, swimming pool, floodlit tennis courts, squash court, gym, sauna, dam with water-sports, equestrian centre, horse trails, running and mountain bike trails, fishing and bowling greens.
Pearl Valley residents will also have access to the 42-hectare farm adjacent to the western boundary estate bordering on the Berg River and owned by the developers.
They also own the land on the northern border in order to protect Pearl Valley from other types of development. For enquiries, contact 864-0442. |
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Nuwe dorpshuise beoog op Wellington |
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'n NUWE dorpshuis-ontwikkeling word binnekort in Malanstraat, Wellington aangepak.
Dit vorm deel van die sentrale, historiese kern van Wellington, wat 'n uitstekende area is om in te woon.
Die geboue is baie smaakvol beplan en is ontwerp om in te pas by en aan te sluit by die omgewing.
Die veertien tweeslaapkamer-eenhede wat beplan word wissel in oppervlakte van 90,7 tot 161 vierkante meter.
Byna almal het 'n toesluitmotorhuis met direkte toegang tot die eenhede.
Daar is ook goeie sekuriteit met toegangsbeheer.
Die projek word bestuur deur Francois Viviers & Medewerkers met Longworth & Faul as boukontrakteur.
Navrae kan gerig word aan Stephen by tel 864-2136 (selfoon 083-283-6256) of Cronita by tel 883-8958 (selfoon 082-579-4156). |
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Green light for new shopping mall |
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THE Wijnland Plaza shopping centre planned near the tollgate on the N1 at Paarl has received the green light from the provincial administration.
The upmarket shopping centre of 55 000 square metres is to be constructed at a cost of about R300 million by developer Old Mutual Properties.
The entrance to the shopping centre, which will include a service station, will be in Jan van Riebeeck Drive, opposite the Paarl Golf Club. The proposal for the centre has gone through an exhaustive approval process by various provincial departments including nature conservation and agriculture.
It was originally opposed by the Cape Metropolitan Council because of its location outside the current Paarl municipal area, but both the Paarl town council and district council were in favour of the development. According to the planning consultant, Jan van Rensburg, detail planning can now go ahead, and contracts with anchor tenants can be finalised.
The centre will accommodate about 100 shops with 1800 parking bays on the landscaped bank of the Wildepaardejachts River and is due to open in 2002. The complex designed by the American company Development Design Group is likely to include cinemas and is expected to draw shoppers from as far as Worcester and Malmesbury. |
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Restourasie van ou kerkie begin |
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 RESTOURASIEWERK aan die historiese Het Gesticht kerkie in die Paarlse Hoofstraat het onlangs begin. Die kerkie is 'n paar jaar gelede deur die SA Sendinggestig Trust aangekoop en word nou as 'n satelliet van die SA Sendinggestig Museum in Kaapstad bedryf.
Die plan is om dit in te rig as 'n museum, maar dat . |
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HERSTEL. Herstelwerk van die historiese Het Gesticht sendingkerkie in die Paarlse Hoofstraat het onlangs begin. |
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die kerkie ook verhuur kan word vir troues en ander kultuurverwante funksies. Die teikendatum vir die opening van Het Gesticht is September. Die bestuurskomitee is saamgestel deur verteenwoordigers van kerke wat historiese bande |
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met Het Gesticht het asook mense betrokke by erfenisbewaring.
Paarl Toerisme is vir eers die plaaslike instansie wat na belange van Het Gesticht omsien totdat die restourasie afgehandel is en die deure oop is vir die publiek.
Die Paarl 300 Stigting en Drakenstein Erfenis Stigting dra finansieel by tot die herstelkostes, saam met die SA Sendinggestig Trust. |
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Golf estate planned near Wellington |
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A GOLF estate and hotel, the Glen Rosa Country Estate, is planned on a 522 hectare site on the fallow farms Langkloof and De Goede Hoop located on the Paarl/Malmesbury road 4 km north of the intersection with the R44.
A Scoping Open House will be held at the Nelson's Creek wine estate on 30 August from 16:30 to 19:00 where more information will be available as part of the environmental assessment of the proposed development.
It is proposed to develop 627 single residential properties and 20 manor houses, 90 guest lodges, 16 timeshare chalets, a 3 000 ton winery with vineyards, a 1 000 ton olive processing plant with olive orchards, and an agricultural centre.
Also planned are an 18-hole golf course with a driving range, tennis courts, bowling greens, a health hydro and spa, an equestrian centre and stud farm, a hotel and convention centre, a business centre, a crèche, a restaurant and a chapel.
If you cannot attend the meeting and wish to be identified as an interested and/or affected party, submit your name, contact information and interest in the matter within 14 days to Doug Jeffery Environmental Consultants, PO Box 44 Klapmuts, 7625 (tel/fax 875-5272 or e-mail dougjeff@iafrica.com). |
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Aftree-oord vir Franschhoek |
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'n NUWE ontwikkeling langs die R45 by die ingang na Franschhoek word beoog wat 'n residensiële dorp, aftree-oord en klein kommersiële besigheidsnode sal insluit.
'n Terreinvergadering om die beoogde ontwikkeling, "La Chantelle Ferme", te bespreek, word op Donderdag 23 Augustus om 17:00 by die Franschhoek Wynkelder gehou.
Alle omgewings- en erfeniskwessies wat beoordeling vereis, sal geïdentifiseer word by 'n werkwinkel wat 18:00 begin by Wes-Eind Primêr.
Die ontwikkelaar is Devmark Holdings (handelende as S Investments 22) wat beplan om 'n aantal eiendomme oos van die R45 te konsolideer en dan gedeeltes te hersoneer vir residensiële en kommersiële doeleindes.
Die eiendomme beslaan 17 hektaar by die noordelike ingang van Franschhoek.
Belangstellendes wat as belanghebbende partye wil registreer moet EnviroAfrica kontak by faks 855-4248 of e-pos bernard@enviroafrica.co.za of Henshilwood, Yates and Winter by faks 532-3832 of e-pos sewinter@yebo.co.za. |
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Restourasie van ou skool in Daljosafat begin |
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 DIE restourasie van die eertydse Hugenote Gedenkskool in Daljosafat op die plaas Kleinbosch, het so pas begin.
Die nuwe eienaar van die gasteplaas, die Duitse sakeman Ulrich Froese, is uiters positief gesind |
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teenoor die projek.
Hy het reeds teen groot onkoste uitgebreide historiese navorsing oor die plaas befonds.
Die gebou, tans 'n verwaarloosde eenverdieping-wynkelder, sal herstel word tot sy oorspronklike voorkoms: 'n dubbelverdiepinggebou in die Georgiaanse styl. Die restourasieplanne is geteken deur die Kaapse argitek Gawie Fagan.
Die herstel van die gebou sal sowat R1,3 miljoen kos waarvan R870 000 reeds deur skenkings |
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HERSTELWERK. Voor die oorblyfsels van die Hugenote Gedenkskool wat tans gerestoureer word op die plaas Kleinbosch bekyk (van links) dr Carel Stander (trustee), Ulrich Froese (plaaseienaar), Gawie Fagan (argitek en trustee), Gwen Fagan (trustee) en Jean Smit (voorsitter van die trusteeraad) die bouplanne. |
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ingesamel is.
Die onderste verdieping sal deur die eienaar van die plaas gehuur en benut word as uitbreiding van die Kleinbosch-gastehuis.
Daar sal vier kamers wees, elkeen vernoem na bekendes in die taalstryd, soos SJ du Toit en DF Malherbe.
Die boonste verdieping sal benut word as konferensielokaal waar slypskole aangebied kan word.
Daar sal ook 'n leeskamer en biblioteek wees wat sal dien as museum van die skool se geskiedenis.
Die Gedenkskool het in 1882 geopen as Christelike hoër skool vir Afrikaanssprekende seuns van die omgewing, en het bekendes soos die skrywers AG Visser en DF Malherbe opgelewer.
Die bekende skrywer, wyle WA de Klerk, het hom tot sy dood intens beywer vir die projek, in samewerking met die Paarlse Kultuurraad.
Verskeie Paarliete is tans nou betrokke by die projek as trustee-raadslede en het hul blydskap uitgespreek oor Froese se steun vir die projek.
Onder die trustees tel Paarliete Jean Smit (voorsitter), dr Carel Stander, Chris Leander, Finnie de Klerk en Susann Marais.
Froese begin eersdaags ook met sy eie restourasieprojek - die herstel van die tweede woning op die plaas (geboorteplek van die skrywer DF Malherbe) as bykomende huisvesting vir gaste.
Hy stel ook belang om by te dra tot die restourasie van die ou Hugenote begraafplaas op die plaas en om 'n Hugenote-museum in die plaasopstal (geboorteplek van die bekende taalstryder SJ du Toit) te huisves.
Die gastehuis word bestuur deur Froese se suster, Chanda Brozio.
* The restoration of the old Huguenot Memorial School on the farm Kleinbosch in Dal Josaphat has started. |
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Many object to farm subdivision |
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MANY hurdles must still be overcome before the planned residential development on the farm Picardie in Suider Paarl is approved.
An environmental impact report is being finalised by the Department of Environmental Affairs, but the Department of Agriculture does not support the development, a municipal spokesman said this week.
The SA Heritage Research Foundation (Sahra) must also approve the rezoning for subdivision.
The developer, Syfin Properties, proposes developing 92 erven on the southern and eastern section (13 hectares) of the 22 hectare farm, which is zoned for single residential development.
Following objections from residents of Richelieu and Dumont Streets in Courtrai, the plans include using only the existing entrances in Laborie and Picardie Street.
Numerous objections have nevertheless been received from neighbouring land owners who fear increased traffic and loss of privacy. |
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Huis van die week |
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Ruim, netjiese kothuis in Suider-Paarl met oregon houtvloere. 3 Ruim slaapkamers met dakwaaiers. Die en-suite badkamer is nuut geteël tot bo. Gesellige sit/eetkamer het gemaklike vloei na kuierkombuis goed toegerus met baie kassies en eethoek. Die studeerkamer kan ook as 'n kantoor gebruik word. Die eiendom is geleë op 'n ruim erf met enkelmotorhuis en volop veilige binne-parkering. Verdere pluspunt: 'n Groot solder wat nog ontwikkel moet word. Die eiendom is ook geskik as 'n besigheidsperseel. Kontak nou die alleenagente van BOLAND LANDMARK tel. 871-1020 en word die trotse eienaar van hierdie perseel teen slegs R249 000. |
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Property Index |
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VORDERING. Daar word tans fluks gevorder met die bouwerk om die historiese Hugenote Gedenk- skool wat dateer uit 1881 op die plaas Kleinbosch in Daljosafat tot sy eertydse glorie te herstel. Die boonste verdieping wat jare gelede gesloop is, word herbou. Die gebou sal ingerig word as anneks van die plaas se gastehuis, met 'n lesing- lokaal op die boonste verdieping. Die projek word gefinansier met bydraes van die publiek en sal teen die einde van die jaar ingewy word. 