"Working together to create a place of opportunity"

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"Working together to create a place of opportunity"

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.

News

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	Senior citizens dinner Councillor Ester Kearns (ward 20 councillor and Portfolio Holder: Public Complaints and Ombudsman) together with her ward committee members treated the senior citizens with a dinner Saturday 5 May 2012. ...More on this story ...
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	Awards The Professional Management Review Awards (PMR Awards) were recently presented for the Boland region. At this event, Drakenstein Municipality was rated the best municipality in the Boland, and received top accolades for efforts to attract foreign and local investment, ...More on this story ...
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	Another fifteen households received houses at Drommedaris Project The Western Cape Government Minister of Human Settlements, Bonginkosi Madikizela and the Executive Mayor of Drakenstein, ADV Gesie van Deventer handed over 15 houses in the Drommedaris Project, Paarl, on 24 April 2012. Included in the beneficiaries will be 102 year old Mr Seleku James Xontana. ...More on this story ...
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	Council Meeting 26 April 2012 Snippets Click here to view
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	LUNCH The Western Cape Government Minister of Human Settlements, Mr. Bonginkosi Madikizela and the Provincial Government recently held a lunch in recognition of the elderly citizens of Mbekweni and the beneficiaries of the Drommedaris Housing Project, Paarl. ...More on this story ...
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	Drakenstein new Municipal Manager is ready to take charge. Drakenstein Municipality new Municipal Manager, Mr Johann Mettler, has a legacy of rescuing municipalities who have fallen under dodgy administration. Mr Mettler is very excited to join Drakenstein Municipality and to make a difference to this great institution. ...More on this story ...
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	Housing database demand/ waiting list update campaign There is a perception that the Drakenstein Municipality Housing waiting list is inaccessible to the public in general. To address this, the Executive Mayoral Committee decided to embark on a campaign to address this issue. ...More on this story ...
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	Quality Service Delivery A Conceptual & Reference Guide for South African Municipalities At the recent launch and announcement of the book at the Council Meeting of Drakenstein Municipality in Paarl ...More on this story ...
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	Be alert for electricity meters scam Residents of the Drakenstein area are warned of a scam whereby individuals, posing as municipal officials, are offering to install a “chip” into their electricity meters to reduce their energy consumption for a fee, typically R6000. ...More on this story ...
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.	Drakenstein awarded for water management Drakenstein was awarded a third place in the category Domestic and Local Government at the Water Conservation and Water Demand Management Sector Awards and received a bronze award. ...More on this story ...
	Mayor shows compassion ...More on this story ...
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	Munisipaliteit herstel water toevoer na Wellington. Een van die twee hoof toevoer pype wat water aan Wellington voorsien, het aan die einde van Desember 2011 begin lek. Dit het veroorsaak dat die toevoer in die pyp afgesluit moes word. ...More on this story ...
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	All systems going for Drommedaris houses. All systems are in place at the Drakenstein Municipality’s Drommedaris Housing Project after the December/January annual builders’ holiday. Everyone enjoyed their annual holiday and activities commenced again on 9 January 2012. ...More on this story ...
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	Drakenstein official to present a paper at international Water Week. Drakenstein Municipality’s Engineer-Waste Management, Mr. Ronald Brown, has been nominates as SA Mission leader as part of a South African delegation at the International Water Week in Amsterdam. ...More on this story ...
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	Skills Development for better service delivery. The Drakenstein Municipality Water Services Division recently embarked on an in-service training for their personnel (from the general worker to the engineer) in order to capacitate them learning them of Wastewater Treatment processes and to positively contribute to their career path. ...More on this story ...
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	ENGINEER SHARE KNOWLEDGE INTERNATIONALLY. Ronald Brown, Engineer Waste Services at Drakenstein Municipality, recently visited the Netherlands as part of an International Water Week and as the South African Water Sector Mission leader in order to establish partnership between South Africa and the Netherlands. ...More on this story ...
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	Vroue kan saam ‘n verskil maak "Ek weet daar is baie probleme in Saron, Hermon en Gouda en dit is hoekom ek vandag hier is. Kom ons kyk vandag wat verkeerd is in hierdie gemeenskappe en bespreek saam die pad vorentoe. ....More on this story ...
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	DRAKENSTEIN AND WALVIS BAY ENTER MUNICIPAL WORKING RELATIONSHIP. The Municipalities of Walvis Bay and Drakenstein have been engaged in inter-municipal relationship since 10 November 2010. The two municipal councils have recognized that there are common interests in developing their two cities and overcoming mutual challenges. ...More on this story ...
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	DRAKENSTEIN AWARDED AS GREENEST MUNICIPALITY. Drakenstein Municipality was awarded the top spot as Greenest Municipality in the Western Province. For this achievement a floating trophy was presented as well as a smaller trophy to keep, a certificate of achievement and prize money to the value of R120 000.00 were received. In addition to the above award Drakenstein received a trophy award for its efforts in Air Quality Management. ...More on this story ...
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	REQUEST TO REDUCE ELECTRICITY LOAD. Drakenstein Municipality have received a notice from ESKOM that they are experiencing supply capacity challenges. Interruption of electricity supply to Paarl scheduled for Sunday 27 Nov 2011 06:00 - 19:00. Therefor they have the following request to customers ... ...More on this story ...
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	ELECTRICITY INCREASES. The 2011/12 budget was approved at a recent Council session on 21 April 2011 which entails that the electricity tariffs will be increased for the 20011/12 financial year: Prepaid electricity: 17% Conventional electricity: 19% ...More on this story ...
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	ISO 9001:2008 Certification for Drakenstein Municipality’s Tourism Unit: A FIRST FOR SOUTH AFRICA. The Drakenstein Municipality’s Tourism Unit recently underwent a stringent process with the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) in order to be ISO 9001:2008 Certified. ...More on this story ...

	GREEN BUILDING MANUAL FOR DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY. Drakenstein Municipality committed to energy efficiency. ...More on this story ... Click here to view the Green Building Manual SLIDESHOW.
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Important Numbers

	Municipality
		+27 21 807 4500

	Ambulance
		+27 10177

	Hospital
		+27 21 860 2500

	Police
		+27 21 807 4000

	Fire Brigade
		+27 21 872 2323

	Water
		+27 21 807 4715

	Electricity
		+27 21 872 2557

Application form to host an event
Application form to host
an event in Drakenstein.

SAPS Pro-forma
Section 6 (3) application

Anti-Corruption

FreeCall phone
0800 428 429

FreeCall fax
0800 007 788

Generic SMS
32 840

Unique e-mail: drakenstein@report-it.co.za

(Please note that your e-mails will also remain anonymous since they will be relayed through process to strips-out your name as sender as well as all other source information).

FreePost address :
Tip-offs Anonymous®
Free Post KZN 138
Umhlanga Rocks
4320

Public Complaints and Ombudsman
at the Drakenstein Municipality.

Councillor Ester Kearns is the Portfolio Holder:
Public Complaints and Ombudsman at the Drakenstein Municipality.
She is responsible to handle all the public complaints.

The community of Drakenstein Municipal area can contact her
for all Municipal complaints at the following contact details:

Tel: 021 807 4656
Cell: 082 566 6794
Email: Esther.Kearns@drakenstein.gov.za

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