Do not miss the business training offered free of charge on Tuesday 3 October at the Municipal Auditorium during the first Cape Whale Coast Local Business Expo from 09:00 to 15:00.There will be 4 one-hour-long presentations proudly presented by The Business Gym and Cape Overberg skills Development and Training. You can decide which of the sessions you want to attend. Entrance to the Expo and Training Sessions is free.

There will be 4 one-hour-long presentations proudly presented by The Business Gym and Cape Overberg skills Development and Training. You can decide which of the sessions you want to attend. Entrance to the Expo and Training Sessions is free.We invite all business owners and prospective entrepreneurs to take advantage of this incredible offer and spend some time connecting with other business people at the Expo.

We invite all business owners and prospective entrepreneurs to take advantage of this incredible offer and spend some time connecting with other business people at the Expo.

After two weeks of intensive negotiations and ongoing talks between the Overstrand Municipality and Over Hills Committee, the situation is calm.

It is not the municipality's policy to provide information through the media or social media during the negotiation phase. However, the Municipality was constantly in contact with the aggrieved.

There are currently two illegal structures (without roofing) erected on the mountain slopes, which were not removed voluntarily last week. No further illegal structures have been erected since and the municipality is monitoring the situation 24/7 for further action.

On Wednesday, 13 September, Overstrand Mayor Rudolph Smith, Municipal Manager Coenie Groenewald and senior staff members, addressed representatives of the Over Hills community.

On Wednesday morning, 6 September, residents of Pringle Bay braved the strong wind to attend a tree planting ceremony at the Community Hall in Pringle Bay hosted in partnership with the Pringle Bay Ratepayers and the municipal parks department in Kleinmond.  Ward 10 Councillor, Fanie Krige,

Ward 10 Councillor, Fanie Krige, emphasised the importance of sustainable living and linked it to the tree planting ceremony during Arbour Week.The theme for this year’s

The theme for this year’s arbour week, Forests and Water, relates to the drought that is being experienced countrywide. “Although there was a miraculous turn around in the North of our country, we are still in the grips of it here in the Western Cape and seeing the effects all over.The following messages from this year’s Arbour Week are clearly given to us:   

The following messages from this year’s Arbour Week are clearly given to us:  

Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities and Agriculture Alan Winde and officials celebrated the opening of the Mount Pleasant Reservoir on Tuesday, 6 September. Also present at the event were

Also present at the event were councillors, representatives of Local Government and key role players, i.e.  GIBB Consultants who were appointed for the design and the implementation thereof and Louis Eksteen of the Provincial Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) office.Built along Rotary Way on the way to Preekstoel Water Treatment Works, this R5,9 million project was completed in 32 weeks and funded through the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG), provided by the Department of Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs.

Built along Rotary Way on the way to Preekstoel Water Treatment Works, this R5,9 million project was completed in 32 weeks and funded through the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG), provided by the Department of Co-operative Governance & Traditional Affairs.The existing reservoir’s capacity was not sufficient to accommodate the proposed development.