Press Releases

Kouga Municipality, in conjunction with the Kouga Business Forum (KBF), has embarked on a much-needed water drive to aid the drought-stricken communities of Hankey and Patensie.

MORE than 52 000 service faults and requests were resolved through Kouga Municipality’s call centre and Link app during the past 12 months. Kouga Executive Mayor, Horatio Hendricks, said a total of 52 052 incidents had been attended to and resolved from March 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021 – almost 4 200 more than for the same period in 2019/ 20, despite the COVID-19 pandemic that severely hampered service delivery.

RESIDENTS are invited to have a say on the proposed street names for the newly developed Pellsrus 220 RDP housing development in Jeffreys Bay. Ward 2 committee members recently proposed several street names for the area. The proposed names are Timothy Meleni, Phambili Stokwe, Mthobeli Mathyumza, Earl Hill, Elsie Williams, Sabina Tarentaal and Hilda Pienaar Streets.

In a renewed bid to clamp down on illegal car guards operating in Kouga – especially at the main beachfront and Central Business District (CBD) in Jeffreys Bay – Kouga Municipality equipped several preferred car guards with light blue outfits.

Determined Jeffreys Bay resident, Sam Smith (26), in conjunction with Kouga Municipality, recently transformed the overgrown and rubble-filled wooden walkway at Boneyards in Flame Crescent into a magical escape for residents and visitors – whether it is only for a few minutes or hours. Tired of the overgrown bushes and rubble close to her house, Smith and the municipality have restored the growing eye sore to its former glory at the end of last year – cutting back overgrown bushes that restricted access and removing rubble.

Kouga’s Fire Department in St Francis Bay joined forces with Working on Fire (WoF) last week, for an outreach to St Francis College in St Francis Bay.

KOUGA Municipality has obtained an urgent interim Labour Court order interdicting and restraining all employees from continuing with the illegal, unlawful and unprotected strike.

TAVCOR, one of the oldest motor groups in the Eastern Cape and Port Elizabeth region, has recently moved into the Kouga region.

CLEAN . . . cleaner . . .and greener Kouga Municipality. Kouga residents are turning waste into worth in an exciting new project aimed at eradicating waste in the region.

ALL community halls will re-open on Monday, March 1, after being closed for almost eleven months because of the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown.

THE second COVID-19 Resurgence and Awareness Roadshow took place at the Kruisfontein Civic Centre in Humansdorp on Monday, February 22.

MARINA Martinique will once again be the venue for the Nelson Mandela Bay Open Water Swim Championship as swimmers from all over the country dust off their goggles to participate in the Swim South Africa sanctioned event.

KOUGA is set to soon boast affordable social rental opportunities in Jeffreys Bay – a first for the Eastern Cape.

THERE has been no increase, or decrease, in the number of active COVID-19 infections in the Kouga region.

Kouga Executive Mayor, Horatio Hendricks, extends the following message to the matric learners of 2020, who received their results earlier today: