By Bev Mortimer Daphne Kettledas, Kouga’s first woman mayor is a determined, self-driven woman who has climbed through hard work and study to the upper echelons of society, who is much admired and who has earned the title ‘a people’s person’. Daphne Kettledas in her mayoral office at Kouga Municipality – Photo: Bev Mortimer Invited…
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Sea Vista marchers dispersing and vacating the R330
The 200 angry Sea Vista marchers who took over the R330 this morning from 7.30 am when they marched from Sea Vista to the entrance of St Francis Bay, have now dispersed. The provincial MEC for Education, Mandla Makupula, and Kouga’s Mayor, Booi Koerat, met with them half an hour ago. The marchers then agreed to…
Demolition of ruined homes to start soon
The demolition of the buildings razed by the devastating fire at St Francis Bay on Sunday night is expected to commence shortly. Kouga Executive Mayo, Booi Koerat, said the municipality would be contacting affected property owners to advise them of the procedure they need to follow to obtain a demolition order for those structures that had…
R97-m flood damage in Kouga – now a disaster area
The Kouga region has been declared a Local Disaster Area with flood damage estimated at R97,87 million. The declaration was made at a Special Mayoral Committee meeting at Jeffreys Bay this afternoon. Kouga Executive Mayor Booi Koerat said heavy torrential rains over the past week had severely damaged the region’s infrastructure. “Our initial estimate of the…
Kouga municipality on road to financial recovery
Kouga communities can look forward to improved service delivery this year owing to the ongoing success of the local municipality’s financial recovery plan. This is according to an announcement from the municipality today. The recovery plan was introduced a year ago by Kouga Executive Mayor, Booi Koerat, after he was elected to take charge and find solutions…
State of the Kouga Municipality speech – Kouga councillors dress up for red carpet event
Address by Kouga’s Executive Mayor at the official opening of Council (3/4/12): “Madam Speaker, This year marks the centenary celebrations of the ruling party, the African National Congress, the party of which I am a member. Although it is a rich history on which I reflect, it is also a history of racism, sexism, dehumanisation…
SA municipal staffers get IS fin training in Kouga
Municipal staffers from all over South Africa were in Kouga last week for a two-day information systems workshop. The workshop is a quarterly fixture aimed at training staff on new financial management features on the IS systems and brainstorming possible improvements. It was presented by Bytes SI, the company behind the SAMRAS financial management system…
JBay residents say: “No!” to Bisho taking over
The DA’s call that Kouga Municipality be placed under administration has been met with resistance from the Jeffreys Bay Ratepayers Association. The Association’s chairman, Trevor Watkins, expressed disappointment with the DA’s action at a public meeting of the association yesterday. Responding to an announcement by DA councillor, Brenton Williams, that his party had asked Local Government MEC,…
MEC and 45 EC mayors sign service delivery agreements
Forty five Eastern Cape mayors met in East London last week to individually sign an agreement between their respective Councils and the Eastern Cape (EC) MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs. The agreements outline the performance and delivery expectations of government and will be used to assess if each EC mayor has met them. In…
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