Aan De Weber, a gated estate with 102 houses, was built on the edge of Jamestown in 2014, and a new development is planned on the urban edge, which some residents have opposed. A monthly street market brings together neighbours and local farmers offering fresh vegetables and herbs, homemade food, and other handmade goods. ‘A lot of gated communities are going up, around Stellenbosch, and saying this is the better alternative — it’s not,’ said Simons. Residents are worried about plans for a new gated estate, which is set to be built along an irrigation furrow (‘leivoor’) that supplies water to about 40 small-scale farms. Stellenbosch municipality spokesperson Stuart Grobbelaar said the municipality would ‘carefully consider’ heritage matters and submissions from residents before a decision is made.