Press Releases

Kouga Municipality extended a caring hand to Reverend June Dolley-Major, who arrived in Jeffreys Bay on Wednesday, October 20 as part of her 902km pilgrimage walk from Cape Town to Makhanda.

Kouga Municipality sponsored the Kruisfontein Clinic Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Friday, October 22.

Kouga Municipality, in conjunction with Fountains Mall, will be collecting new gifts for 450 less fortunate children from Thornhill, Loerie, Hankey and Patensie.

NO controlled burns will be permitted in the Kouga region from next month. Kouga Community Services Portfolio Councillor, Daniel Benson, said the annual fire prohibition period for the region will start on November 1 and would continue until February 28, 2022.

THE homeless, staying unlawfully at the now closed temporary homeless shelter at the Pellsrus Caravan Park in Jeffreys Bay, are to be relocated to a piece of land in Kruisfontein, Humansdorp. The relocation was approved by the Kouga Council at a meeting earlier this month

In an effort to improve the state of provincial roads, Kouga Municipality has prioritised the repair of potholes on specific provincial roads in the region – although it is the mandate of the Provincial Department of Roads. Pothole repairs to take place on provincial roads, include Da Gama Road, St Francis Street and the R102.

KOUGA Municipality was rated the best performing municipality in the Eastern Cape – one of only two municipalities in the province that is not in the danger zone of collapse. This is according to the latest News24 Out of Order Index, calculated from a set of data collated over the last two months by a News24 team.

There has been a decrease in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the Kouga region. Active Covid-19 cases totalled 6 on October 21 according to the latest report from the Department of Health. On October 12, there was 15 active COVID-19 cases in the region.

NINE informal settlements across the Kouga region are set to be upgraded at a combined cost of more than R18 million over the next two years. With more to follow after that. On Wednesday, October 6, Kouga Municipality and the Housing Development Agency (HAD) launched a development project, which will enable the HAD to assist the municipality with the planning, management and implementation of its integrated human settlement projects.

The Local Economic Development (LED) and Tourism Department of Kouga Municipality, in partnership with local tourism organisations, relaunched the Kouga Tourism Ambassadors Programme at the end of September – training nine local residents from across the region to be tourism ambassadors.

A TOTAL of 25 water tanks have been delivered to Hankey to ease water supply challenges due to the ongoing drought effects in the area. More tanks will be delivered before the end of the month.

There has been a decrease in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the Kouga region. Active Covid-19 cases totalled 15 on October 12 according to the latest report from the Department of Health. On October 2, there was 42 active COVID-19 cases in the region.

ON behalf of the Kouga Council, I would like to convey my best wishes to all our Grade 12 learners as they sit down to write their final examination. You have entered the home stretch of your secondary school career and the finish line is in sight

KOUGA residents, who have tampered with their electricity meters, have been granted another month to apply for amnesty from fines and penalties payable for faulty meters. The extension was approved by Kouga Council at a virtual meeting on Thursday, September 30. The resolution will take the closing date for applications until October 31, 2021.

There has been a decrease in the number of active COVID-19 cases in the Kouga region. Active Covid-19 cases totalled 42 on October 2 according to the latest report from the Department of Health. On September 22, there was 76 active COVID-19 cases in the region.