This is to remind residents that the Overstrand Municipality's Finance Department will assist needy households to register and/or re-apply for Indigent Subsidy support and to update the indigent database on Saturday, 11 March 2023 from 09:00 - 12:00.

Support will be available during the week at any of the municipal offices.

Kindly note that the Hermanus venue has changed to the Zwelihle Community Hall (and not the Hermanus Multi-Purpose Centre at the New Harbour as was previously communicated).

The following press release has been issued by the Department of Transport and Public Works on 3 March 2023 with regard to the closure of Clarence Drive (R44) for emergency repairs:

From Tuesday, 7 March to Thursday, 23 March 2023, Clarence Drive (the R44) will be undergoing emergency slope stabilisation repairs.

• From Monday to Friday, it will be closed between 08:00 and 18:00.
• Between 18:00 and 08:00 it will be open with a stop-and-go system in place.
• On Saturdays it will be closed between 08:00 and 15:00.
• It will be opened thereafter from Saturday at 15:00 until Monday morning at 08:00 with a stop-and-go system in place.

Thank you to Reginald (Mannetjies) de Jongh and his street and storm water team members (Leon Moses, Landile Mayekiso, Gershan Henn and Antony Gillomee), who worked long hours to complete the paving job near the Marine Hotel in Hermanus last night, 8 March 2023.

“Good to see their neat work and good spirits,” Mayor Rabie said.

She thanked all the municipal staff for doing Overstrand proud.

Overstrand Executive Mayor, Dr Annelie Rabie, and her Mayoral Committee handed out the first wheelie bins to the residents of Hawston Heights on Thursday, 2 March 2022.

All 378 households in this development that is situated East of The R43 in Hawston will receive bins.

The distribution of 240L wheelie bins is an attempt to encourage the community to tackle the issue of illegal dumping.

It is a well-known fact that cleaning up illegally dumped waste is much more expensive than collecting from individual wheelie bins, and Council decided to provide free bins to the newer housing projects in Hawston and Zwelihle (C1 and C2).

The distributed wheelie bins will also strengthen the Municipality's efforts to achieve a clean and healthy environment for all.