Thank you....

 

It is customary when the harvest is complete to take the harvest team out for lunch.  This we did at the new Ionia Restaurant on a neighbouring farm.  We are delighted that this facility is now open because we do not have to travel into town for functions like this. 

 

Our picture shows all those involved in the harvest, from the silo operators, tractor drivers, combine harvester operators, mechanics, and managers. 

 

The recent murder of one of the biggest farmers in the Eastern Free State, Jacques Moll, is a stark reminder to us that we live in dangerous times and Sandstone Estates is continuing to do whatever it can to develop the best possible relationship with the community and with its own people.

However, with the unguarded Lesotho border running for some 16-kms on our one boundary it is difficult because we cannot take all the people in Lesotho to lunch.  The fact that all Army and Police patrols in the area have basically been withdrawn is a very regrettable situation.