The Municipality adopted this vision with the realisation that as a local municipality we cannot succeed single-handedly in our quest to address issues such as poverty, job creation, housing, etc. Thus, the municipality recognises that development must happen in a spirit of cooperation and participation with all stakeholders.
In realising our limitations in the sphere of development and the consequent role of a developmental local government to provide all in needs, Drakenstein Municipality must focus on creating the conditions conducive to facilitating opportunities for appropriate development for and with the community.
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LAND FOR CEMETRIES A DIRE NEED.
Drakenstein municipality, like many other local authorities across the country, is suffering a shortage of land for cemeteries and a number of cemeteries nationally are being closed down as a result.
Parys cemetery in Paarl will soon reach its capacity. This reality is forcing municipalities nationally to consider alternative methods of interment (burial). ... More on this story ... |
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LAW ENFORCEMENT REACHING OUT.
Drakenstein Municipality Law Enforcement Section has donated a food hamper to Mrs. Zinkosi in December as part as of their reaching out programme to combat poverty within the community. The Law Enforcement team received many complaints from the community and therefore a need for food was identified at the Zinkosi residence. ... More on this story ... |
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DA LOST APPROXIMATELY R1 MILLION IN COURT CASE
Eleven judges from the Constitutional Court dismissed the application for leave to appeal by Deetlefs du Toit, the DA and Hendrick de Beer (applicants) against Drakenstein Municipality “as it bears no prospects of success”.
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HOLA 2010
Year 2010 has finally arrived. With its arrival it brings hopes of great things to happen to our country. It is hoped that the effects of those great things will resonate and touch each and every municipality in our country. It is therefore imperative that the leadership of our municipality plays its role in an effort of translating those opportunities into meaningful gains for the residents of Drakenstein. Accordingly the Executive Management of our municipality has taken a conscious decision of embarking on a campaign to transform the entire management into a new public sector cadre-ship.
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WHERE TO WITH YOUR RUBBISH.
Recycling behavior is often linked to the availability of services and facilities and the level of understanding about why it is important to avoid, reduce and recycle waste. Furthermore it was found that recycling is a fundamentally different behavior to avoiding, reducing and reusing and that to change particular behavior the person must perceive the particular activity and in accordance with their own values. ... More on this story ... |
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COMMUNITY GAMES.
The fourth Drakenstein Community Games was launched on 03 December 2009 in Gouda sports grounds and progressed to Weltevrede sports grounds (04 December 2009), Mbekweni sports grounds (07 December 2009), Fairyland sports grounds (08 December 2009), New Orleans sports grounds (09 December 2009), Paulus Joubert Secondary School sports grounds (10 December 2009) and Simondium sports grounds
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FOOD PARCELS.
Drakenstein Municipality brought releave to underprivileged people, especially the aged, people with special needs, Hiv/Aids orphans and Hiv/Aids organizations, with food parcels before Christmas. The Executive Mayor, Charmaine Manuel and councillors spent the last few days before Christmas in the community of Drakenstein to hand out 1666 food parcels with a value of R300 each. ... More on this story ... |
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PAINTING OF FLATS.
Drakenstein Housing Department has embarked on a job creation project where members of the community are painting their flats in Azalia Street, Klein Nederburg in Ward 25.
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LAW ENFORCEMENT REACHING OUT.
Drakenstein Municipality Law Enforcement Section recently donated a food parcel to the Nuwegeld family, as part of their reaching out programme to combat poverty within the community.
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EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR DRAKENSTEIN RESIDENTS.
The Drakenstein Municipality enlightened 20 families’ lives with their own homes on Tuesday 15 December and 61 families by the 18 December 2009, two disabled persons with special needs in Fairyland (Phase 4) were provided with facilities that will give them better access to and insides their houses.
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2010 COUNTDOWN CLOCK.
The 2010 countdown clock for the Cape Winelands District was officially launch on 7 December 2009.This event, coordinated by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation (Provincial Government of the Western Cape) is part of a provincial programme to place one digital clock in each district.
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DRAKENSTEIN REMEMBERS JUNE 16 ART EXHIBITION.
Approximately 200 young people, their parents and other guests attended the closing function of the Roving Art Exhibition on 10 November 2009 at the Mbekweni Thusong Service Centre.
120 young people from across Drakenstein municipality came together and in groups created impressive 3m high canvas paintings honouring the struggles faced by youth in the past, expressing their understanding of the history of June 16, 1976. ... More on this story ... |
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BLACK BUSINESS FORUM.
Drakenstein Municipality LED (Local Economic Development) department had their annual Black Business Forum meeting on 11 November where the new Drakenstein Black Business Forum Executive Board was elected.
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BRINGING GOVERNMENT CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE.
During Public Participation the residents of in the Drakenstein had a platform for enhancing dialogue and interaction with government on Thursday 12 November. It provided an opportunity for government to communicate its Programme of Action and the progress being made.
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NEW APPOINTMENT IN MUNICIPAL MANAGER'S OFFICE.
Lulama Nojozi has recently been appointed as the Executive Support Officer in the office of the Municipal Manager, dr Sidima Kabanyane. Some of her duties would be to assists dr Kabanyane with special projects and coordinating all the office support. ... More on this story ... |
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