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Should ZDC not agree to rectification of the first
sales agreement and to transfer proceeding,
then Cloudberry Investments 21 (Pty) Ltd
will commence proceedings in the High Court
with a view to obtaining the rectification order
and an order directing ZDC to proceed with
the transfer of the properties to Cloudberry
Investments 21 (Pty) Ltd.
Telecommunications Projects
ZEMA has been hard at work over the past few
months to try to “improve cellular signal” and
facilitate a “full community fibre-to-the-home
(FTTH) infrastructure installation”. We’ve faced
many unexpected obstacles in our quest to
finalise these projects, but we want to assure
Members that Telecommunications remains at
the top of the agenda and that we will continue
to treat it with the utmost priority.
Much has happened since we last reported
on these projects, but we will endeavour to
summarise as much as possible on what has
transpired.
(1) Cellular Masts to Improve Signal
Coverage
We last reported on the Cellular Mast project
in October 2015. Since then, 3 sites were
identified for mast installations, being:
1. ZEMA Workshop (Westgate)
2. ZCC Tennis Courts (Vacant Land)
3. Fairmont Zimbali Hotel
It is important to note that sufficient
improvement of signal coverage for the Estate
cannot be achieved without masts being
installed at these three strategic locations, or
within close proximity to all three sites, at the
least.
Once the mast specs and locations were
established, Members were invited to attend a
public participation presentation by ATC/EMSS
on 12 November 2015 at the BBC, which took
place successfully. Lease agreements between
respective landowners and ATC were then
negotiated and prepared.
The lease for the ZEMA Workshop site was
signed on 4 March 2016 and the application
to build was lodged with KDM for approval.
As this usually takes about 6 months, ATC
committed to installing a temporary mast. At
the time of writing this article, ZEMA was not
satisfied with the proposed temporary mast
design and negotiations were underway with
ATC to provide a mast that was more visually
acceptable.
For the ZCC Tennis Courts site (which is ZDCowned
land leased to ZCC), ZDC was not willing
to give consent for ZCC to sign the lease, so
ZEMA then identified an alternative site on
ZEMA-owned land 22 metres north of the
ZCC Tennis Courts site. At the time of writing
this article, the lease agreement had just been
signed and the same statutory process as the
above Workshop site will now follow, with a
temporary mast also to be installed.
For the Fairmont Zimbali Hotel site, the
proposed ATC roof-mast was considered by IFA
to be obtrusive and aesthetically unacceptable,
so IFA decided to instead appoint Vodacom
to install a small, unobtrusive roof-mast in
addition to the roof-masts already installed by
MTN and Telkom. Vodacom’s mast will also
include the Cell C network, so it will cater to
the four primary cellular networks. At the time
of writing this article, IFA was in the process
of giving final approval for the design of the
Vodacom mast, before signing the lease
agreement.
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