100% CONTAINED, 1 FIRE FIGHTER REMAINS IN HOSPITAL

The three fire fighters who were injured on Sunday, 31 January 2021 in a veldfire in the mountains at Gansbaai's Masakhane informal settlement, are recovering.

Overstrand Fire Chief, Lester Smith said two fire fighters have been discharged - one last night and one this morning. The third fire fighter remains in hospital and is being treated for second degree burns to his hand and arms.

A vehicle and a pump were destroyed by the fire and the incident is under investigation. The fire chief confirmed that the fire has been contained.

Overstrand Municipality expresses its condolences to the family of fire fighter Nelio van Rooy from the Barrydale Station who died while serving his community in fighting the Barrydale mountain fire on Sunday, 31 January 2021.

 

Kindly take note that the dates of the open days, 27 and 28 January 2021, with regard to the investigation into available and developable land in Kleinmond and Overhills upgrade are cancelled due to Covid regulations.
New dates will be published in due course.

Full details with regard to the existing documentation can be obtained from the Overstrand Municipal Planning Portal website by following the link to:
https://www.overstrand.gov.za/en/documents/notices and click on Final Draft 2020 - Investigation into available and developable land in Kleinmond and Overhills upgrades

Copies of the documentation are available at the Offices of the Area Manager, Municipal Offices, Kleinmond and at the Kleinmond Library.

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Overstrand Municipality is saddened by the loss of one of its longest serving staff members, Lukas Kaptein, who died of COVID-19 related symptoms on Friday 8 January 2021.

Lukas, aged 58, was working as a Supervisor Driver at the Water & Sewerage Department in Hermanus. He started working for the Municipality in 1993 and died after 28 years’ service. He was supposed to retire at the end of the month.

He will be sorely missed and will be remembered as a vibrant and cheerful person who made time for a quick chat and a joke.

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Overstrand Municipality's contactor for the upgrade of the storm water infrastructure in Hermanus will commence work in the Hermanus Industrial area.

The anticipated start date for the road closure in Mimosa Street and Prillewitz Road is Monday, 18 January 2021, weather permitting. The upgrade should not take more than eight weeks.

The Mimosa Street lane closure will be from the intersection between Mimosa Street and Prillewitz Road in front of Glassman in order to install the storm water pipelines.

Vehicles turning into Mimosa Street from the R43 Main Road will have the option of using the detour route through Arum Road to access the industrial area. The alternative option is for these vehicles to continue with Mimosa Street and turn into Prillewitz Road.

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Overstrand Municipality encourages residents to please consider online renewal of vehicle licences whenever possible.

Please pay the CORRECT amount into the Overstrand Municipality primary bank account and use the relevant car REGISTRATION NUMBER as a reference. Transactions cannot be processed, if the amount due and reference number are incorrect.

Traffic Services request the public to ascertain the correct amount due by phoning them on 028 313 8175/8031/8166 (Hermanus Traffic), 028 384 8339 (Gansbaai Traffic) or 028 271 8400 (Kleinmond Traffic) before making an EFT payment.

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