Join us in Gansbaai for the next First Thursday on 5 May 2022 from 17:00 - 19:00 in the Gansbaai Municipal Council Chambers.

This will be the first ever First Thursday event in Gansbaai and residents are most welcome to join to raise issues that you are encountering or to express your concern about service delivery challenges.

No appointment is needed to meet Mayor Annelie Rabie and her Mayoral Committee Members, as well as the Municipal Manager, Dean O'Neill, and all the Directors.

The sessions will be conducted on a first come, first serve basis; there is no need to RSVP. Sessions are kept brief in order to accommodate as many people as possible.

Sites in Overstrand will be operational from 09:00 - ±14:00 weekday mornings for Phizer and J&J shots/boosters.

Days open:

Hermanus Auditorium: Wednesday and Friday
Hermanus CDC: Tuesday and Thursday
Kleinmond Proteadorp Community Hall: Tuesday
Gansbaai Pretorius Hall (NG Kerk): Wednesday
Stanford Community Hall: Thursday
Hawston Thusong: Friday

To promote Earth Day in the towns of Gansbaai, Stanford, Hermanus and Kleinmond, Overstrand Municipality’s Environmental Management Services (EMS) decided to make a difference in caring for Earth by planting trees on school grounds.

The 2022 theme for World Earth Day was ‘Invest In Our Planet’.

Michael Henn, Lwazi Mblili, Zena Metsho, Chester Arendse and Somleze Sithetho of the Environmental Department agreed that this was an ideal opportunity for environmental education and to teach children how to dig the hole, preparing the soil, and planting the tree.

The EMS team planted three Celtis africana (White Stinkwood) trees at Masakhane Primary in Gansbaai; three at De Bron Primary in Stanford and three White Stinkwoods at Hermanus Waldorf. The crèches in Kleinmond (Heideland, Siybulela and Bambanani) received 1 White Stinkwood tree each.

From 29 April to 11 May 2022, Overstrand Municipality is conducting an online snap community survey with regard to Building Control and Town Planning.

The purpose of the survey is to gather information on the way forward in transforming the cost and ease of doing business in the Overstrand.

The results will assist Council to identify and overcome possible gaps that can contribute toward efficient and successful way of doing business in Greater Hermanus and Stanford/Gansbaai areas as well as in Hangklip - Kleinmond

Residents are urged to participate in the survey.

Please visit the municipal website, www.overstrand.gov.za, click on Media, scroll down to Surveys and click Snap Community Survey.