The municipality has a weekly refuse collection schedule for all residents.

Drop-off facilities and transfer stations are also available to residents for the disposal of household and garden refuse. These are open seven days a week.

The refuse collection schedule for HERMANUS is as follows:

MONDAY: Vermont, Fisherhaven, Voëlklip • TUESDAY: Onrus, Chanteclair, Berghof, Sandbaai, Hemel-en-Aarde • WEDNESDAY: Zwelihle, Mount Pleasant • THURSDAY: Westcliff, Northcliff, houses in the CBD and Hermanus Industrial Area • FRIDAY: Hawston, Eastcliff, Hermanus Heights, Kwaaiwater, Fernkloof

Overstrand is expecting many visitors for the coming long weekend and has a full calendar of events that are tailor-made for family entertainment.  “With 49 unique events as well as weekly markets and the Saturday ParkRuns “I am sure there is an event for every person and every interest” said Overstrand Municipality’s Executive Mayor Dr. Annelie Rabie.

The weekend theme seems to be Easter egg hunts, bazaars and a dash of fynbos.  Franskraal is putting on a special celebration with the Franskraal Carnival.  This is a weekend event held at Panorama Wedding Venue and is set to offer activities for young and old.  Rides for the juniors, food stalls, Easter egg hunt and wait for it… a lang-arm dance on Saturday night. Pearly Beach and Baardskeerderbos will host their epic country hospitality bazaars.

Concerned residents in Pringle Bay asked about the ‘new’ collar fitted to one of the female baboons of the Pringle Bay Baboon troop and wondered why the baboons must be collared.

PBF1 was fitted with a tracking collar in December 2019 and her collar was replaced with a new collar in February 2022.

The collars allow the management team to monitor the troop’s whereabouts. This is done so that the service provider is able to set up their action plans to stop the baboon troop from entering the urban edge as per the Strategic Baboon Management Plan of Overstrand Municipality.

Due to storms and shoreward winds on the Southern Cape coastline, many of these hatchlings become stranded and residents are asked to keep a lookout for beached sea turtles.

The Overstrand Municipality and other role players will ensure that the turtles are temporarily housed until they can be moved to the Two Oceans Aquarium where they will be rehabilitated until they are strong and healthy.

Please don't put them back in the water! They are hypothermic and need rehabilitation urgently.

What you can do to help:
• Do not put the turtles back in the water
• Turtles need to stay warm and dry
• Do put it onto a towel and into a container like a 5 litre ice cream tub that has breathing holes
• Do not put water or sand in the container
• Make a note of exactly where, when and at what time the turtle was found