During crime prevention and road policing patrols on 23 September 2021, Overstrand Municipality share the following successes of the day:

• Several fines were issued for traffic violations at various locations in Hermanus, such as not wearing seat belts, driving without a license, holding a cell phone whilst driving and not stopping at red traffic lights.
  
  
• Law enforcement officers from the Overstrand K9 and Task Team Unit initiated a pursuit after a vehicle on the N2 near Villiersdorp failed to stop after a traffic violation of reckless driving was observed. The driver fled the scene after a crash.
  
  A total of 5 593 units of abalone were found in transparent bags on the rear passenger seat. The abandoned vehicle and abalone were taken to Villiersdorp SAPS.

The Two Oceans Aquarium has urged fishermen and beach walkers to be on the look out for any weak, floating, sad looking or stranded turtles along the Overstrand beaches.

According to the Turtle Stranding Network, stranding of bigger turtles is increasing again which is a pattern for this time of the year.

The sea turtles are at special risk because of the cold water, plastic ingestion, ghost fishing gear, boat strikes, injury and strong onshore winds.

Large stranded turtles can seem dead but please give the Turtle Rescue Hotline a call on 083 300 1663 so they can double and triple check whether they are alive or not.

ADDITION OF WARD 14 AND CHANGES TO DEMARCATION OF EXISTING WARDS

In light of the upcoming elections, Overstrand Municipality would like to draw voters’ attention to the fact that the demarcation of the following wards has changed.

These changes and the addition of Ward 14 will have a bearing on nominations for and the election of ward committees as outlined.

Ward 1: Formerly included Franskraal and Masakhane (now includes Stanford and Thembelihle)
Ward 2: Formerly included Gansbaai, De Kelders, Kleinbaai and Blompark (now includes Gansbaai North-East and Masakhane)
Ward 9: Formerly included Kleinmond, Mountain View and Palmiet (now includes Kleinmond, Mountain View, Beverly Hills, Extension 6 and Palmiet)

On Thursday, 16 September 2021, the Provincial Minister of Human Settlements, Tertuis Simmers, joined Overstrand Executive Mayor, Dudley Coetzee and fellow councillors and municipal officials in a ceremonial sod turning event for the restart of a new housing development project in Blompark, Gansbaai.

The Blompark Housing Development, which has a budget allocation of just over R 78 million, will deliver 539 top structures.  If all goes according to plan, it is expected to be concluded by the end of March 2023.

The development forms part of the Integrated Residential Development Programme (IRDP). This effectively means that it will not only be a mixed development, consisting of houses for various income groups, but will also include commercial and recreational spaces.

On addressing those present, a clearly thrilled Alderlady Riana de Coning, Ward Councillor for Blompark, said she and the community of Blompark have been dreaming about this day for years.

In a brief history she described the excitement when the bull dozers moved on to the terrain in 2017; only to come to a standstill when the contractor went insolvent.