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31 March 2021
Have your say on municipal budget proposals T
he Draft IDP Review, Draft Water Services Development Plan, Draft Budget and Draft SDBIP for the financial year of 2021/’22, as well as the draft audited Annual Report for 2019/’20 will be open for public comment from 1 – 30 April 2021. The documents will be available from 1 April on the municipal website and in public libraries after serving before Council on Wednesday, 31 March. All comments and contributions related to the Draft IDP review, Draft WSDP and Draft Budget 2021/’22, as well as the draft audited Annual
Report for 2019/’20 will be considered for final tabling to Council in May 2021. Residents are urged by the Overstrand Municipality to ensure they are informed and to take ownership of the planning in their communities by joining the following 2021/’22 Draft Budget and IDP review roadshows: • Wards 1, 2 & 11: Wednesday, 7 April at 18:00 - Council Chambers, Gansbaai • Wards 3, 4, 7, 8 & 13: Thursday, 8 April at 18:00 - Banquet Hall, Hermanus
• Wards 9 & 10: Tuesday, 20 April at 18:00 - Kleinmond Town Hall • Wards 5, 6 & 12: Wednesday, 21 April at 18:00 - Zwelihle Community Hall Covid-19 protocols will be applied at the venues. Only a maximum of 100 people (subject to occupancy number of the venue) will be allowed inside the venue. Contact person: Heidi Dignas (Hermanus): 028 313 8112, Madelein Swart (Gansbaai & Stanford): 028 384 8300, Susan Antoni (Kleinmond): 028 271 8400. Meetings will also be held via virtual platform and members of the public can join in the meeting by reserving
electronic access by no later than 16:00 on Tuesday, 6 April at: hdignas@overstrand.gov.za (Wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12 & 13), mswart@overstrand. gov.za (Wards 1, 2 & 11) or santoni@ overstrand.gov.za (Wards 9 & 10). Summary of the time-frames and processes applicable with regard to inputs from the public: • 31 March: Tabling in Council of the draft 2021/’22 IDP, Draft WSDP, Draft SDBIP, Draft Budget for 2021/’22 and draft audited Annual Report for 2019/’20 for public consultation; • 1 – 30 April: Draft IDP review, Draft WSDP, Draft SDBIP, Draft Budget and
Draft Annual Report made available to the public and any other stakeholders for perusal and the submission of comments and representations; • 7, 8, 20, 21 April: Combined public meetings held in all 13 wards in the municipal area to present the draft budget and IDP review to the community; • After 30 April: After the closing date for written comments by the public, the Budget Steering Committee meets to consider all comments received from the public; • 26 May: Comments from the community and the municipality’s responses thereto are included in Final Reports to Council.
Working together for safer neighbourhoods Overstrand Municipality has issued a warning to residents, business owners and visitors to remain vigilant and to stay safe during the forthcoming Easter long weekend. Familiarise yourself with whom you can call in an emergency and remember to put those numbers on your phone. Thieves, robbers and fraudsters are looking for easy targets; therefore Hermanus Police Station Commander, Colonel Nosilela, would like to remind the elderly people in our community to be aware that they could be targeted by criminals.
Although Overstrand law enforcement officers together with your Neighbourhood watch, HPP, SAPS and security companies will have patrollers and members on duty, please try and make the task easier for them and more difficult for criminals by following these precautions: • Make sure garage doors are closed and all exterior doors are locked at night; • Ensure that your car is locked, windows are closed and the alarm is active before leaving home; • While at home, cellphones, notebooks and laptops should never
Dr Faulding was the first to be vaccinated at the new site in Caledon.
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be left in plain sight near an open door or window; Store your bicycle, surfboard and wetsuit safely indoors; To avoid falling victim to smash and grabbers, do not leave items such as wallets, cellphones and other valuables unattended or on the seat next to you while driving. Rather stow your valuables in the boot of your car; Ensure your property is properly lit and install an alarm system if possible; Notify your neighbours that you will be away so they can keep an
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eye out for any suspicious activity on the premises; Be aware of your surroundings in busy shops and shopping centres; Keep handbags closed and secure at all times. Do not hang articles on the back of a chair or a pram/ stroller; Using a cellphone, whether making a call or texting, wearing a hood or listening to loud music, all affect your awareness of your surroundings; Do not put your cellphone in your back pocket (the harder it is to get to, the harder it is to steal)
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Keep your valuables hidden, including your cellphone, camera and jewellery (remember, out of sight, out of mind).
EMERGENCY NUMBERS: • Overstrand Law Enforcement: 028 313 8990 / 028 313 8111 • Overstrand Safety & Security issues: 028 313 8996 • Hermanus Public Protection (HPP): 028 312 1674 • SAPS Hermanus: 028 313 5300 • SAPS Kleinmond: 028 271 8200 • SAPS Gansbaai: 028 384 0201 • SAPS Stanford: 028 341 0601
Caledon vaccination site opens The first vaccination site in the Overberg District opened at Caledon Hospital last week. The training room and board room at the hospital have been converted into a clinical area, meeting all the requirements for a vaccination site as part of the Sisonke programme.
and private sector.
To date approximately 200 Overberg health workers have been vaccinated at Worcester Hospital and vaccinators strive to vaccinate a further 1 000 healthcare workers at the Caledon Hospital site. This will include health workers from the public
Dr Faulding, Medical Officer in the Covid-19 ward at Caledon Hospital and the first to receive a vaccination at the newly opened site, says she took the vaccine to protect herself, her patients and her family.
District Director for the Department of Health in the Overberg, Wilma Kamfer, says the first day was a huge success and she thanks the vaccination roll-out team for their tireless efforts.
“I think the greatest lesson that Covid-19 taught humanity is that we are all in this together. The vaccine gives us hope and reassurance for the future. But even with the vaccine all the rules still need to be followed!” Thus far none of the staff who have been vaccinated have experienced any major side effects and all staff returned to work after being vaccinated and observed for 15 – 30 minutes. The Overberg District is looking forward to getting all health workers vaccinated over the next few weeks.
