St Francis Bay has developed into a thriving coastal town that is slowly regaining its reputation as a premier holiday and lifestyle destination in South Africa. The local population has also increased over the years and the town is now home to thousands of people. It is not difficult to understand why South Africans and […]
The Sea Vista community are the beneficiaries of a new state of the art library after the facility was handed over to Kouga Municipality last week. Funded in the main by Kouga Wind Farm as part of its socio-economic development programme, the grand opening to the public will take place in around two months’ time, […]
Kouga will be home to top-class tennis action this December – seeing local, national and international players descending on the region. Cape St Francis and St Francis Bay will play home to high-profiled beach tennis games as part of the KIA Summer Slam beach tennis tour held by Tennis South Africa (TSA). Each event is […]
As Jeffreys Bay braces for another week of load shedding, the question has to be asked – what is the solution for the power crises facing South Africa? Surrounded by wind farms, it would seem to make perfect sense for the Kouga Municipality to purchase power directly from the wind farms. DA leader Mmusi Maimane […]
A number of issues have been raised by South Africans regarding Eskom’s application to construct a nuclear power station at Oyster Bay. Some of these issues are an assessment of seismic hazards, the impact of nuclear emergency plan restrictions on land-use planning and development and the impact of the nuclear reactors on the marine and […]
As the Festive Season approaches and temperatures climb, residents and holiday-makers are reminded that water restrictions remain in place throughout the region. “Despite the good rain in September, the combined level of Kouga’s storage dams are dangerously low and water restrictions remain in place in all towns,” Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks said. “We appeal to […]
An elderly cyclist was killed on the road between St Francis Bay and Humansdorp yesterday morning (16 November 2018). The Humansdorp police have opened a culpable homicide docket following the accident which took place in misty conditions. The male cyclist was out riding early on Friday morning when he was hit by a truck and killed. […]
Ward 12 logged the greatest number of service requests through the Kouga Call Centre and Link app in October. The ward, which includes St Francis Bay and Cape St Francis, submitted a total of 925 requests for the month. The bulk of these requests – 421 – were for the emptying of sewer tanks. Potholes […]
Kouga Municipality is in the process of re-registering two boat launching sites for the public. Community Services Portfolio Councillor Daniel Benson said that a recent audit, conducted by the Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT), revealed that the previous municipal leadership had failed to ensure that Kouga’s boat launching sites comply with […]
The rehabilitation of the coastline at St Francis Bay and Oyster Bay has received a boost following the approval of another funding application by Kouga Municipality. Executive Mayor Horatio Hendricks announced at a meeting of the Kouga Council on Tuesday that the municipality had secured R 20 million through the national Department of Environmental Affairs’ […]