Overstrand Municipality's service provider will upgrade the pre-paid electricity vending system software on Monday night, 28 March 2022 from 22:00 - 23:55.

Consumers will not be able to purchase pre-paid electricity during this time.

The pre-paid electricity vending outlets (3rd party vendors and web-based vending channels) will be back online after upgrade completion.

Overstrand Executive Mayor, Annelie Rabie, MMC Elnora Gillion, Municipal Manager Dean O'Neill and Director of Social and Economic Development, Soli Madikane, had a successful meeting on 17 March 2022, with most of the small pig farmers that are currently using just over one hectare of the municipal farm, Besemboshoutskloof, to keep their pigs.

Mayor Rabie also garnered the support of the Department of Agriculture and the Overberg District Municipality (ODM) in order to find an amenable solution in collaboration with the Overstrand Municipality and the small farmers.

Site visits have already been conducted by the above mentioned department and the ODM to determine what is needed to improve security and other conditions on the farm.

More baboon monitors in Hangklip-Kleinmond

Funding has been made available from the Department of Local Government for training and the employment of 12 additional baboon monitors in the Betty's Bay and Kleinmond areas.

Community members Siyamthanda Yalezo, Lwazi Busakhwe, Christopher Thomas, Andre August, Luyanda Mditshwa, Breyton April, Shaun de Bruyn, Bazil Swartz, Fiona Theunissen, Natalie Felix, Chinese Olivier and Angelo Jansen will be deployed daily between 08:00 and 16:00 as an extension of the current baboon management programme in the Betty's Bay/Kleinmond area.

The Local Government Public Employment Support Grant will end in June 2022.

Ward 8 Councillor, Arnie Africa, will be hosting a community meeting on crime and challenges faced in the Fisherhaven/Hawston area on 17 March 2022 at 19:00 at the Thusong Centre in Hawston.

Representatives from Overstrand Municipal Law Enforcement and the South African Police Service (SAPS) will also be part of the discussions on:

• Current crime trends
• Crime patterns
• Crime types/problems and the
• Road ahead

Residents are encouraged to attend the meeting. "We need everybody to come on board to reduce crime,” Cllr Africa says.