The 2023 Absa Cape Epic route has been announced yesterday evening, 21 September 2022.

Overstrand will again be part of this epic event! 658 gruelling kilometres, 15 775 metres of limit-testing climbing through eight days of racing.

Overstrand Executive Mayor, Dr Annelie Rabie, said this is indeed a wonderful opportunity to showcase our beautiful area to the world and it is a huge feather in the cap for Overstrand.

“We look forward to welcoming the riders, supporters and crew visiting from 19-26 March 2023,” she added.

Ward 1 Councillor Dudley Coetzee and Overstrand’s horticulturist Lauren Rainbird, as well as the Stanford EPWP ‘Green Team’ and the learners of De Bron Primary School celebrated Arbour Month with the planting of 70 Sand Olive trees (Dodonea angustifolia) outside the school, along the boundary fence to beautify the area and to kerb dust from the dirt road outside the school.

The learners were asked to adopt the trees and to make sure that the trees are watered and cared for after which they were all asked to plant a tree which was done with loads of enthusiasm.

By planting one tree, we are expressing positive thoughts and hope…even if we are not there tomorrow, our trees will be there.

It is great to see the Overstrand Library’s calendar of in-person events returned to normal after the pandemic drastically altered activities for, especially, school children.

On Tuesday, 20 September 2022, the Hermanus Library hosted a crochet class for beginners for the Hermanus Home-schoolers.

Crocheting and knitting are both practical life activities to help develop concentration and fine-motor co-ordination - even if you've never held a hook before or don't know a slip knot from a single crochet or double crochet stitch.

In addition to finding books, libraries are a great place for people to get connected again, especially those with same-age children or similar hobbies.

With the recent move by Eskom to stages 5 and 6 of electricity load shedding, with periods of interruption of electricity supply of up to 4.5 hours at a time, and up to 12 hours in total in a 24-hour period, the Overstrand Municipality’s water and sanitation infrastructure is becoming under increasing pressure.

The Municipality has implemented the following mitigation measures at this stage:

1.    Most of the critical water and wastewater installations are equipped with standby generators, which are supplied with diesel continuously and are being monitored to ensure seamless switchovers as far as possible.
2.    Mobile generators are deployed at a few other sensitive water and wastewater installations.