More than 1 000 residents of Zwelihle, Mount Pleasant and Hawston took to the streets of holiday town Hermanus and shut down the main road to protest against the Overstrand Municipality mayor.
It may be the tourist capital of whales and wine, but the Western Cape town of Hermanus has had a tough three years. Before Covid arrived, this Whale Coast town was rocked by service delivery protests-turned-riots in 2018 with a distinct racial slant. But now there’s a new sheriff in town, in.
WESSA (The Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa), national operator for Blue Flag South Africa, officially launched the 2021-’22 Blue Flag Season this year at Hermanus in the Western Cape.
03 Februarie 2021 06:09 The Overhills Soup Kitchen was one of the feeding schemes of Ward 10 that assisted many struggling residents during the lockdown.
With three big capital projects nearing completion and resolution in sight for other challenges, it seems the general consensus that 2020 is a year to forget is not applicable to Overstrand Municipalityâs Ward 10.
Cllr Fanie Krige says completing the work on the new Pringle Bay Reservoir is currently underway, and it will hopefully be fully commissioned by March this year. At a construction cost of over R10 million, this project was one of the top 10 on the current municipal capital budget.