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Rehabilitation: Sand/Dune invasion: Kleinemonde Island parking area Work on clearing the sand from the parking area and around the ablution bock started beginning November. The municipality hired one TLB to start the clearing of the sand, which proved inadequate for the volume of sand to move. To move progress, the committee decided to fund the use of a bulldozer to assist. Most of the sand has been moved and the installation of the wind nets and revegetation still need to be done. What is concerning is that the first access road to the parking area and boat launching site, after a day o...

KLEINEMONDE RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER: September 2022  Rehabilitation: Sand/Dune invasion: Kleinemonde Island parking area At last, the good news, we have received the following update from the Municipality: “Based on the Environmental Authorization issued by the Department of Economic Development, Environment and Tourism (DEDEAT) to Ndlambe municipality, the following refers: Permission has been granted to remove the sand at the Kleinemonde Island car park, adjacent Beach Road, sand around the public ablution facility and rehabilitation of the area. This...

KLEINEMONDE RATEPAYERS AND RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER: June 2022 MAYORAL IMBIZO.: 23 May 2022 As usual there was a big turnout by Kleinemonders to the annual Mayoral Imbizo where the mayor would, according to the invitation, be interacting with communities on Budget for 2022/2023 financial year. Disappointingly the Mayor never appeared at the Imbizo – no reason or excuse given.  Present were representatives from all the municipal directorates.  Director Vithi, Infrastructure Development, took it upon herself to chair the meeting. The following were some of the issues rai...

DUNE INVASION: Car park - Kleinemonde Island Refer to our June 2021 newsletter, available on our website, for background information. In response to our request to have the entrance roads to the parking area and portion of the parking area cleared by the municipality under the emergency work programme, the application was turned down by the Department of Environmental Affairs. The municipality must re-submit an application to the Department indicating the proposed method which will be used to clear the area in question. MAINTENANCE Due to covid restrictions, municipal workers were ...

Dune invasion: Kleinemonde Island parking area. At a Zoom meeting held recently with representatives from the areas affected and Director Community Protection Services (CPS), the following feedback was given by CPS on the way forward: The company Zutari has been appointed to assist with the Maintenance Management Plans (MMP) and the submission of the relevant method statements, environmental specifica­tions, and layout plans, for each area. Ndlambe is finalising the appointment of an Environmental Control Officer (ECO) that will oversee the MMP, submissions and physical work on ...

Kleinemonde Newsletter                                February  2021 Whatever the origin might be of the saying “May you live in interesting times“, certainly the past year with the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on our country, we find ourselves living in interesting and uncertain times. Refuse collection – December holiday period The December holiday period is known for the large increase in the volume of household refuse that need to be collected. Apart from Kleinemonde proper, Kleinemonde West and Riet River, all make use of our refuse site. For the first time the annual p...

Kleinemonde Newsletter             June 2020 The 2020/2021 Municipal Budget The 2020/2021 Municipal Budget was tabled at a Council meeting held (via ZOOM) on Wednesday, 20 May 2020. This tabled budget is a draft budget allowing for public comment before final approval. The following increases in the tabled (draft) budget were approved: Property rates -  6.1%Refuse,  Sanitation, Sewerage, Water tariffs -  6.1% All other annual and monthly charges -  5.5 % In the tabled budget, there was a deficit of ...