The thirteenth Aan de Weber AGM took place on the 26th of June 2025 at Stellenbosch Golf Club. Twenty-six homeowners and 23 proxies showed their support for the future of our beautiful and secure family estate.
Trustee Chairman Gavin Osborne led the proceedings, and we are pleased to share a few key points from the evening’s discussions in this newsletter. Trafalgar has loaded the draft minutes in the Trafalgar Web App. If you have not registered yet, please get in touch with Tanya at Trafalgar.
Your Board of Trustees 2025
Thank you to Gerhard Neethling, Erick Walters, and Stephne de Villiers, the outgoing trustees of 2024, for your time, dedication, and hard work in making Aan de Weber one of the premier residential estates in Stellenbosch. The trustees have done a sterling job, all while juggling their own family and work responsibilities.
The homeowners who were elected to the Board of Trustees for 2025 are:
Gavin Osborne – Chairman
Francois Theron – Governance & Finance
Anthony Haralambous – Security
Johan Human – Aesthetics & Gardens
Revere Thomson – Maintenance
Craig Thomson – Communications & PR
Security Reminder: Working Together to Keep Aan de Weber Estate Safe
As members of the Aan de Weber Estate community, we all share the responsibility of ensuring that our security estate remains a safe haven for all. The security of our estate depends on the cooperation and commitment of every one of us.
To maintain our status as a secure environment, we kindly ask that all residents follow the necessary protocols designed to protect our community. These include:
Access Control: Always ensure that visitors, contractors, or delivery personnel are correctly registered and sent a code via the AtTheGate app. If you are unsure about how to use the app, please speak with Jaen. We also request that you use the Gallagher app to enter and exit the estate at all times. We are requesting that security be more vigilant regarding access control and are asking them to encourage residents to use the Gallagher app to enter and exit the estate.
Speed limits: Please adhere to the 20km/h speed limit at all times. The speed limit is for the safety of you, your children, and your pets. Please also ask your visitors, contractors, and delivery personnel to adhere to these speed limits at all times.
Gates & Perimeter Security: Do not allow tailgating or unauthorised individuals to follow you into the estate at the main entrance or the vineyard gate. Never leave the vineyard gate until it has closed fully after entering or exiting the estate. If you notice anything unusual around the perimeter, immediately report it to security.
Suspicious Activity: If you see something that doesn’t seem right, please trust your instincts and report it to the security team or Jaen, the estate manager, immediately. Quick action can prevent harm to residents and their property.
Together, we can continue to enjoy the peace of mind that comes with living in a secure estate. Thank you for your cooperation and commitment to making Aan de Weber a safer place for everyone.
Improving Estate Access
The trustees have initiated an investigation to determine if there are more secure, cost-effective, and user-friendly alternatives for access control for residents and their visitors. They will report back in due course their findings.
Until then, we request that all residents use the two mobile apps for access control to the estate. Gallagher is used for residents to enter and exit the estate, and At The Gate enables residents to give access to visitors, contractors, and delivery personnel.
If you are not using these apps, please download them from your app store and contact Jaen to register them for you. For more information on how to use both these apps, please follow this link to the webpage on our estate website.
Maintenance Update
Lifting Pathways
A contractor will be appointed shortly to propose a solution that minimises disturbance to the nearby tree roots. The most likely approach will involve cutting the large paving blocks into smaller sections and carefully relaying them.
Exit Boom Repair
A new boom mechanism has been purchased, and the contractor has replaced it.
Visitor Parking Bays
Cleaning of the oil stains in the visitors’ parking bays adjacent to House #88 is currently underway.
Gardens
You will have noticed a significant amount of cutting back of old shrubbery and replanting of new plants in the winter months in the common areas of the estate. This will continue so that all can enjoy the rewards in the spring. The grassed areas will soon be scarified, fertilized, and top-dressed.
Dam
The first phase of beautification and maintenance of the area around the estate dam is well underway, which will help maintain the quality of the estate’s irrigation water.
