Dam levels in the Kouga Region are currently at 26% combined capacity. Kouga Dam currently at 8% is reported dropping 1 % of water per week. The Eastern Cape is experiencing one of the most intense droughts in many years with record lows being recorded. Current dam levels as of 12 January 2018 are below. […]
Eastern Cape Province from a Statistical View
Stats SA’s Community Survey 2016 report reveals that the Eastern Cape has the highest number of residents leaving the province to find work, the lowest access to clean drinking water and the highest number of teen girls falling pregnant. The report shows that the South African population has increased from 40.6 million in 1996 to […]
REAL WINNER IN E-CAPE NOT RECOGNISED
Heather Diogo is the top performer in the Eastern Cape as she out-achieved all other learners who wrote the National Senior certificate with her stellar results: Accounting 100% Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal 95% Mathematics 99% Physical Sciences 99% English Home Language 90% Life Sciences 95% Life Orientation 99% Average: 96,7% Heather Diogo, clearly a top-achiever, […]
DISCHARGE OF FLARES, FIREWORKS AND CHINESE LANTERNS PROHIBITED IN KOUGA
Kouga Municipality would like to remind residents and holiday-makers that the shooting off of flares is only permitted from vessels at sea in the event of an emergency. The reminder follows on a Christmas day fire in the vicinity of the Gamtoos River Mouth, believed to have been started by a flare. Executive Mayor Elza […]
Security Forces Road Show
The Security & Safety Forces had their annual “Show of Force” campaign on Monday 19 December 2017 through the streets of Jeffreys Bay, Aston Bay and Paradise Beach. Role players who participated included the SAPS, Kouga Municipality Law Enforcement, Fire & Rescue Services, Traffic Department, Emerg Medical Services, NSRI, Neighbourhood watches from Paradise Beach & […]
Water Restriction Notice
Kouga’s water situation remains critical and residents will have to do more to save water as the drought persists and dam levels continue dropping. This was re-emphasised by Executive Mayor Elza van Lingen at a recent Council meeting. “Our water situation has reached crisis proportions and we are at a point where we need to […]
Link your world
Link is changing the way people, communities and ‘things’ communicate with each other. LINK is the ultimate, locally relevant community and lifestyle app designed to keep you, our user, connected. Link, in partnership with Vodacom, not only gives you the ability to connect with your friends and communities, but also introduces many revolutionary features. […]
Mosaic Public Art Project Unveiled
The Kouga Tourism & Creative Industries Department, with the presence of Councillor Frances Baxter, hosted the unveiling of the Mosaic Public Art project on Friday 24 November 2017 in the Kouga Tourism building. The project was carried out in conjunction with the Eastern Cape Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts & Culture, whose senior representatitives were […]
BILLABONG PIPE MASTERS: THE 2017 FINALE
The last leg of the WSL 2017 Series, Billabong Pipe Masters at Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii will not be a happy hunting ground, or is that hunting barrel for Mick Fanning, Matt Wilkinson and Jordy Smith as these top surfers were all bundled out of round 3, far to early for surfers of their quality. […]
Billabong Pipe Masters: The 2017 Finale
The last leg of the WSL 2017 Series, Billabong Pipe Masters at Banzai Pipeline, Oahu, Hawaii will not be a happy hunting ground, or is that hunting barrel for Mick Fanning, Matt Wilkinson and Jordy Smith as these top surfers were all bundled out of round 3, far to early for surfers of their quality. […]
