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Christine Freelin, Search Coordinator The Oudtshoorn Municipal Human Settlements Department won the award for Best Informal Settlements upgrading project in the National Govan Mbeki Awards 2018 held at the East London ICC on Friday evening, 30 November 2018. Read more >
The Executive Mayor, Councillor Colan Sylvester has last week, bestowed the Infantry School with the town’s highest honour, the Freedom of the City. Read more >
Western Cape Human Settlements Minister, Mr Bonginkosi Madikizela officially handed over houses to Rosevalley residents in Oudtshoorn today. Read more >
Oudtshoorn Municipality has been allocated R 30 million by the National Treasury and the National Disaster Management Centre for drought alleviation. This funding is part of a R 974 million allocated to the Western Cape Government towards disaster recovery programmes in the Province. Read more >
Three Western Cape Provincial ministers have lauded the Oudtshoorn Municipality for a positive turnaround of the Cango Caves which was facing a brink of being closed in about three years ago, due to management and financial difficulties. Read more >
Oudtshoorn munisipaliteit se behuisings department kan met trots terugkyk na die lewering van om en by 800 huise die afgelope twee jaar asook die lewering van titelaktes, het burgemeester, Colan Sylvester, hulle geprys met die oorhandiging van nog 329 titelaktes op Donderdag, 06 September 2018. Met samewerking van provinsiale en nasionale regering kon die munisipaliteit hierdie mylpaal bereik. Read more >
With the delivery of already over 600 houses in the new Rosevalley Housing Project in the past three years and construction of another 332 houses, the Council is delivering on its undertaking to prioritize human settlements as one of its key focus areas says the Executive Mayor of the Greater Oudtshoorn, Cllr. Colan Sylvester. Read more >
The old outdated (24 years old) pumps at the Dysselsdorp WTW have been replaced with “state of the art” vertical pumps. The project value is R 2 million and is funded through a water services infrastructure grant from the Department of Water and Sanitation. Read more >
Oudtshoorn munisipaliteit het ‘n poging aangewend om die Grootkop Stort Terrein, beter bekend as “die tiep”, meer gebruikersvriendelike te maak deur die aanstelling van sekuriteitswagte op 19 April 2018. Die vordering van die projek word gemonitor om die sukses te bepaal, alhoewel daar sedertdien nog geen klagtes ontvang was van aanranding of diefstal nie. Read more >
Western Cape Human Settlements Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela yesterday handed over title deeds to 290 families of a newly established settlement area of Rosevalley in Oudtshoorn. Read more >
Residents urged to stop irrigation of gardens
The urgent repair work on the main feeder pipeline from Raubenheimer dam started on Monday 28th of May 2018 and will last till Monday 11th of June 2018. During this period bulk water will be fed from Melville dam and due to the decreased capacity we may run into water shortages in Oudtshoorn. We urge all residents to stop all irrigation of gardens for this period to prevent water shortages. We apologize for the inconvenience. Read more >
Krag af in Oudtshoorn
Neem asb kennis dat die volgende strate geen elektrisiteit op genoemde datums sal hê nie. Die rede hiervoor is dat die elektrisiteitsdepartement instandhouding op alle transformators doen. Please take note that the following streets will not have electricity on mentioned dates. The reason being is that Electricity department is doing maintenance on all transformers, that must be done. Read more >
In 'n poging om inligting oor waterbesparing op alle vlakke van die samelewing te versprei, begin Oudtshoorn Munisipaliteit 'n opvoedkundige veldtog spesifiek gemik op skoolkinders. In die munisipale nuusbrief, Maart 2018 se uitgawe bladsy twee, is daar ‘n blokkiesraaisel vir kinders om hulle algemene kennis te toets en ook hope pryse te wen. Read more >
The results of the water samples released by Oudtshoorn Municipality on Monday morning revealed that the bacteriological counts are high and therefore the public is urged to boil the water before human consumption. Read more >
Colan Sylvester, uitvoerende burgemeester, was op 31 Oktober 2017 die gasheer vir die oorhandiging van die opgegrawe oorskot van Michael Lucas wat op 25 Maart 1988 gehang was, waarna sy oorskot die eiendom van die staat geword het. Read more >
Oudtshoorn Municipal Council has today at its meeting approved final drought water tariffs for the financial year 2017/2018 to be implemented once the Koos Raubenheimer dam is below 50% full. Read more >
Oudtshoorn Municipality will host public participation meetings in all wards next week, to gather needs of the residents for the review of the 2018/2019 Integrated Development Plan (IDP). Read more >
Vir eerste huiseienaars is dit een van dié belangrikste dokumente wat hulle in hul besit kan hê, het burgemeester, Colan Sylvester, gesê toe hy inwoners van De Rust toepreek met die oorhandiging van 161 transport-aktes op Donderdag, 13 Julie 2017. Read more >
Following ten months in charge, the new Oudtshoorn Council leadership is happy to announce that the turnaround of Oudtshoorn is proceeding well. Significant work has been done to date including addressing the out of control creditors account the new council inherited. Read more >