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Tsitsikamma Toll Plaza Price Increase 2010
The South Africa Roads Agency LTD will increase toll fees at the Tsitsikamma Toll Plaze from 1 March 2010.
Continue reading...R12000 salary battle set to cost Bitou dearly
08/02/10
BITOU opposition councillor Memory Booysen’s bid to be paid an outstanding R12000 in salary has turned into an acrimonious battle that could cost the municipality tens of thousands of rands in legal fees.
Continue reading...Tsitsikamma N2 toll fees set to increase ‘substantially’
19/01/10
MOTORISTS can expect a “substantial” increase in toll fees on the N2 at the Tsitsikamma Toll Plaza from March.
Continue reading...Garden Route water tariffs to go up, reducing usage
22/12/09
GARDEN Route residents can expect water tariffs to increase shortly.
Continue reading...Fines for wastage issued as drought worsens
03/12/09
PROVINCIAL authorities last month requested that all municipalities affected by the current drought – and that means every municipal area in the Southern Cape – toughen up their act on water saving.
Continue reading...Bitou bid to raise town water tariff because of drought
05/10/09
Bitou’s urban residents could pay significantly more for their water if the National Treasury approves a recommendation adopted in principle by the mayoral committee yesterday to implement emergency tariffs.
Continue reading...‘Adviser’ rails at whites over pay package
14/09/09
Bitou ratepayers have been paying the salary and living expenses of “political advisor” Kenny Leluma for about five months, even though he has been working for the beleaguered Ventersdorp municipality in North West.
Continue reading...Bitou man sues after sewer damage
08/09/09
A RESIDENT of Kurland Village near Plettenberg Bay has obtained an attachment order for furniture and computer equipment in the municipal manager’s office because the Bitou Municipality failed to compensate him for damage when effluent flooded his house after a sewerage main became blocked.
Continue reading...Bitou mayor’s new car extravagant and illegal
04/09/09
BITOU Mayor Lulama Mvimbi’s new car is the most expensive vehicle used by any official in the entire Western and Eastern Cape provinces, including even provincial government premiers and their ministers.
Continue reading...Bitou fraud and theft trial again postponed
04/08/09
THE fraud and theft trial of Bitou ANC councillor Euan Wildeman and former municipal manager George Seitisho was again postponed in the Knysna Regional Court yesterday.
Continue reading...Bitou plan to adopt outdated mayoral handbook
30/07/09
BITOU council plans to adopt the SA Local Government Association (Salga) Mayoral Handbook as a guide for the day-to-day running of Mayor Lulama Mvimbi‘s office, but the municipal umbrella body says the document is outdated and redundant.
Continue reading...Invitation to meet Bitou mayoral committee welcomed
30/06/09
BITOU Mayor Lulama Mvimbi has accused the Plettenberg Bay Ratepayers‘ Association of having a political agenda after the lobby group released a media statement questioning municipal expenditure.
Continue reading...Power hike to range from 25 to 32%
29/06/09
ALTHOUGH Eskom was yesterday granted a 31,3% hike in electricity tariffs, Garden Route residents can expect increased ranging from 25% to 32%.
Continue reading...Ratepayers put Bitou on spot over costs
09/06/09
PLETTENBERG Bay‘s Ratepayers‘ and Residents‘ Association is outraged over a number of costly Bitou council matters.
Continue reading...Bitou starts year with solid financial foundation
28/01/09
Bitou Municipality continues their stellar performance in terms of fiscal management and service delivery. This local authority recently received an unqualified audit report from the Auditor General for the previous financial year, i.e the municipal financial year which ended on 30 June 2008.
Continue reading...Plett marchers seek relief from pressing debts to Bitou
16/01/09
Seven police vehicles followed a group of about 200 singing and chanting ANC members who marched down Plettenberg Bay‘s main street yesterday to ask the Bitou municipality to speed up the scrapping of indigent debt.
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Server Maintenance – We will be performing several upgrades to our servers to enhance stability and performance. The maintenance is scheduled to last two (2) hours, beginning on the morning of March 6 at 08:00 AM and ending at 10:00 AM. Connectivity during this window will be intermittent and SoPlett might be offline for as long as 90 minutes.
As always, we will do everything we can to keep the interruptions to an absolute minimum.
We apologize for the short notice of this maintenance. It is critical, however, that the work be completed in as timely of a manner as possible to ensure increased stability.
Thanks – The SoPlett Team
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Some killer whales were spotted in the bay on 28 Feb 2010… first time in a year (apparently). Read more here
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Unnoficial measurements peg the total rainfall last night+this morning at 7mm. This is not enough to make a significant difference to the current crisis so please continue to use water as sparingly as possible.
17/02/10
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