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HIGHLIGHTS 2011 - 2016 CONTENT 1. The Kouga Council P1 2. Mayor’s Message P2 3. Top Management P2 4. Support from Premier’s Office P3 5. Good Governance and Financial Sustainability P4 6. Municipal Highlights Overview P5 7. St Francis Bay - Cape St Francis - Oyster Bay P6 8. Jeffreys Bay & Surrounds P8 9. Humansdorp & Surrounds P14 10. Loerie - Thornhill P18 11. Hankey & Surrounds P21 12. Patensie & Surrounds P24 13. Kouga Mayor’s Cup Champions P26 14. LED & Training P27 15. Sector Department Highlights P29 16. Staff Snaps P31 OUR VISION: Kouga - a safe, equitable, and harmonious home, with prosperous and sustainable livelihood for all its people. OUR MISSION: To create a better life for our people by providing effective and efficient service de- livery, enabling the sustainable harnessing of our environmental assets, supported by inclusive governance and stakeholder par- ticipation, derived from the shared values of our legislated mandate. OUR LOGO - DID YOU KNOW? ◊ The nine-pointed gold star of flower represents the nine main towns of Kouga ◊ The green ring represents fertility, growth and evolution ◊ The blue ring represents the encompassing rivers and ocean, a nourishing life force ◊ The black seed represents beginnings, our heritage Kouga EXECUTIVE MAYOR & SPEAKER Council EXECUTIVE MAYOR SPEAKER 2016 Clr D. Kettledas Clr M. Dlomo WARD COUNCILLORS MAYORAL COMMITTEE Finance, Admin, Infrastructure, Local WARD 1 WARD 2 WARD 3 Monitoring & Planning & Economic Clr Z. Mayoni Clr E. Hill Clr H. Thiart Evaluation: Development Development Clr V. Stuurman Clr P. Kota Clr P. Oliphant WARD 4 WARD 5 WARD 6 Tourism & Clr F. Campher Clr D. Petersen Clr P. Oliphant Special Creative Industries Social Services: Programmes Clr V. Camealio- Clr T. Maseti Clr B. Koerat Benjamin PR COUNCILLORS WARD 7 WARD 8 WARD 9 Clr B. Koliti Clr D. Aldendorff Clr X. Persent Clr F. Baxter Clr D. Benson Clr N. Botha WARD 10 WARD 11 WARD 12 Clr P. Kota Clr M. Ungerer Clr B. Rheeder Clr J. Cawood Clr J. Joy Clr J. Prinsloo PR Councillors Clive Njela and Zenzile Blouw resigned in 2011 and 2012. A sad farewell was also said to Ward Councillors Lu- lamile Ntshiza and Eugene Groep, WARD 13 WARD 14 WARD 15 who passed away Clr V. Matodlana Clr T. Meleni Clr E. Mahlathini in 2013. Clr M. Speelman Clr B. Williams Mayor’s Message As the current Council term draws My prayer for our communities to an end, it gives me great pleas- is that your next Council will be as ure to present to you this overview passionate about service delivery as of what we have accomplished this Council has been and that they over the past five years. will continue to build on the solid Massive infrastructure projects, foundation we have laid. worth millions of Rands, were com- A big thank you also to all our pleted during our time. While we are Councillors of the past term. May proud of these successes, we also you never stop working for your know that there is still a great deal communities, regardless of where EXECUTIVE MAYOR that needs to be done if we are seri- life takes you next. Clr Daphne Kettledas ous about taking Kouga forward. It was an honour to serve with you. “Umthandazo wam “My gebed vir ons ngalo lonke uluntu gemeenskappe is dat lwethu kukuba iBhunga die volgende Raad lenu elizakungena li- net so toegewyd yakukukhuthalela uku- aan dienslewering hanjiswa kweenkonzo, sal wees as wat ons lixele eli likhoyo. huidge raadslede Banga abangenayo was en dat hulle sal bangaqhuba bakhe voortbou op die sterk phezu kwesiseko esilu- fondasies wat ons qilima esisondleleyo.” gelê het.” FOND REMEMBRANCE: We were deeply saddened by the passing away of Ward Councillors Lulamile Executive Mayor Daphne Kettledas was in- Ntshiza and Eugene Groep in 2013. augurated in 2015 after Clr Booi Koerat (right) stepped down as Mayor due to health reasons. Our Municipal Manager and Directors A new top management was appointed at Kouga Municipality in 2012. Municipal Manager Sid- ney Fadi (left) took over the reins from former MM Eddie Rankwana and has since been support- ed by Directors Thobeka Tom (Administration, Thobeka Tom Eddie Oosthuizen Carleen Arends Monitoring & Evaluation), Eddie Oosthuizen (Act- ing: Infrastructure, Plan- ning & Development), Carleen Arends (LED, Tourism & Creative Indus- Municipal Manager tries), Japie Jansen (So- Sidney Fadi has been in cial Services) and Selwyn charge of the munici- Thys (Finance). Thys took pal administration since over from Carlien Burger 2012. in December 2015. Japie Jansen Selwyn Thys Carlien Burger Kouga: 2011 - 2016 Page 2 JULY 2016 Support from EC’s highest office Eastern Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle has frequenty visited Kouga since his election in 2014. His predecessor, Noxolo Kieviet, Provincial Heritage Day celebrations also hosted a sitting of the Bhisho legislature at Humansdorp in 2012 The provincial Heritage Day celebrations took place at Hankey in 2015. as part of the successful provincial East Cape Premier Phumulo Masualle (second right) made use of the programme “Taking Legislature to opportunity to visit Misiwe Jujwana of Uzuko Lwethu Sewing Projects the People”. (centre) at her exhibition stall. With them were (from left) Vuyiseka Nokhenke from DSRAC, Ward 9 Councillor Xolisile Persent, Kouga Ex- ecutive Mayor Daphne Kettledas and Tourism and Creative Industries Portfolio Councillor Virginia Camealio-Benjamin. Exco Outreach Communities from across Kouga had the chance to interact with Premier Phumulo Masualle and his MECs at the Premier’s Exco Out- reach, hosted at the Humansdorp Country Club in 2015. 16 Days launch The provincial launch of the 16 Days of Activism cam- paign was held at Kruiston- tein in 2014. The Premier was among the men who signed the “Count Me In” banner, pledging their support for the fight against the abuse of women and children. Kouga News: 2011 - 2016 Page 3 JULY 2016 KOUGA ACHIEVES Good Governance & Financial Sustainability Best municipality Kouga is the best-run Eastern Cape municipality, according to a recent survey conducted by Good Goverrnance Africa. Kouga finished 26th overall of 234 munici- palities surveyed countrywide. IKouga iphume emagqabini koomaspala baseMpuma Koloni, kuphando lwakutsha-nje oluqhut- ywe yi-Good Governance Africa. IKouga ibime kwindawo yama-26 kuzwelonke, phakathi koomas- pala abangama-234 ebebeyinx- Praise alenye yolu phando. for IDP Kouga is die beste munisipal- iteit in die Oos-Kaap volgens ‘n Kouga’s Inte- onlangse opname deur Good grated De- Governance Africa. Altesaam velopment 234 munisipaliteite landswyd was Plan (IDP) of deel van die opname. Kouga het 2012 - 2017 nasionaal 26ste geplaas. was singled out as one of the province’s best Unqualified audits ABOVE: Then Auditor-General Terence Nobembe in the annual (third right) visited Kouga in 2012 as part of his of- IDP reviews Kouga ended the term on a high fice’s countrywide outreach to municipalities. Pic- conducted by note by achieving two consecu- tured here with him at the Kouga Cultural Centre the MEC for tive unqualified audits. The munic- were Kouga Municipal Manager Sidney Fadi, Salga Cooperative ipality has been improving over- representative Maria Hermans, Kouga Mayor Booi Goverance sight and internal controls through Koerat, Sarah Baartman Mayor Eunice Kekana, and Traditional structures such as the Municipal Kouga Speaker Magdalene Dlomo and Sarah Baart- Affairs. Public Accounts Committee man Speaker Deon de Vos. (MPAC) and Audit Committee. IKouga isigqibe esi sigaba RIGHT: Kouga solawulo ikwindawo entle nanjen- took hands with goko ifumene iingxelo zoMphen- sector depart- gululi-Zincwadi-Jikelele ezin- ments in 2014 genachaphaza iminyaka emibini to host the ilandelelana. biggest ever Kouga Imbizo. Kouga het die afgelope twee jaar More than 1000 ongekwalifiseerde ouditverslae residents at- ontvang. tended the two events at Hu- mansdorp and Public participation Hankey. Ward Committees, chaired by the Ward Councillor, were estab- lished in all 15 wards. Training was provided to the members and a stipend was introduced for ward committee members to boost the functionality of the committees. Iikomiti Zeewadi, nezichotshelwa nguCeba wewadi nganye, ziye zamiselwa kuzo zoli-15 iiwadi. Wykskomitees is in al 15 wyke Ward committee members received training to improve the functional- aangestel. ity of the committees. Kouga News: 2011 - 2016 Page 4 JULY 2016 ELECTRICITY MUNICIPAL JEFFREYS BAY Upgrade main substation, including new feeder bay for Ocean View HIGHLIGHTS Ocean View highmast light 2011 - 2016 Electrification Chris Hani settlement (51 households) SANITATION & WATER Electrification of 220 erven in Pellsrus and 110 in Ocean View JEFFREYS BAY EIA & servitudes for new overhead line to J’Bay Upgrade Waste Water Treatment Works R42m Upgrade Apiesdraai sewer pump station R17m HUMANSDORP Upgrade 8 x sewer pump stations R10m Three new high mast lights at Vergenoeg, Old Golf New water reservoir & pilot plant R30m Course and Gill Marcus Wavecrest internal sewer R6m Electrification Pola Park and Shukushukuma (482 households) HUMANSDORP Electrification Old Golf Course (153 households) Upgrade Kruisfontein Waste Water Works R85m Upgrade 22kv line to Kruisfontein & KwaNomzamo Kruisfontein outfall sewer R8m New water reservoir R8m HANKEY, PATENSIE & ST FRANCIS Fencing of KwaNomzamo Waste Water R2m Highmast lights at Centerton, Weston, Ramaphosa Treatment Works Village and Sea Vista Street lights Patensie HANKEY & WESTON Upgrade Hankey Waste Water Works R7m RDP PROJECTS LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Upgrade Hankey sewer pump station R5m