Press Releases

Kindly note that Kouga Municipality embarked on a data cleansing campaign across all towns in the Kouga region to clean up and update our records of all property and municipal services information.

ORDINARY COUNCIL MEETING – 31 JANUARY 2023

ONE arrest was made and 214 fines totalling R188 000 were issued during a joint safety operation in Kouga over the festive season. This includes 45 public transport related fines.

KOUGA Municipality is set to start the new year on a sporting high – with already close to 30 sporting disciplines set to compete in the annual Kouga Mayor’s Cup tournament this year. The tournament would once again see the region’s top soccer, rugby, netball, golf, tennis, cricket, and chess players competing for top honours. Add to that boxing, gymnastics, volleyball, and touch rugby.

The Mayoral Talent Search will take place on Friday, April 7, and Saturday, April 8, at the Amphitheatre at Main Beach in Jeffreys Bay, as part of the fun filled Kouga Easter Festival taking place from April 7 to April 9.

In celebration of “Back to School”, Kouga Municipality invites all Grade 1 learners from schools across the region to participate in a colouring-in competition on the topic of water saving.

A total of 70 sites for the construction of houses in Ocean View, Jeffreys Bay were handed over to 10 local Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises (SMME’s) during a ceremonial event on Tuesday, 16 January 2023 – a first for Kouga.

There were no drownings recorded at any of the official swimming beaches across the region, with Kouga Municipality lifeguards keeping a close eye on bathers – despite the beaches being the fullest they have been in a number of years.

Kouga KOUGA Municipality is set to embark on a data cleansing campaign across the region – cleaning-up and updating its records of all property and municipal services information across the region.

While the overall visitor tally is still to be finalised, the demand for municipal services was greater than last year, suggesting an increase in the amount of people who spent the summer holiday in Kouga, Executive Mayor, Horatio Hendricks said.

In a bid to keep Humansdorp safe and to reduce crime in the area, Kouga Municipality has installed an additional four cameras at The Point in Arcadia, Humansdorp earlier this month.

The much-loved and once frequently visited Pellsrus Caravan Park in Jeffreys Bay is once again open to visitors from December 16 this year. This after being closed for almost three years.

Kouga Municipality hosted a fun Junior Firefighting Challenge at The Links in St Francis Bay on Monday, December 12 - promoting fire awareness and safety from a young age.

December is a special time in Kouga, as we welcome family and friends from across the country to this beautiful region we call "home". We are truly blessed to live and work in such a perfect holiday spot and look forward to sharing all Kouga has to offer with our visitors this season.

The Jeffreys Bay Library, situated at the old Ski Boat Club in Diaz Road, re-opened to the public on Monday, December 5. This after the library closed temporarily on Friday, May 14, 2021, this year for state-of-the-art renovations, and operated from a blue container in front of the building since August last year.