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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DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY DELIVERS HOUSES.
Drakenstein Municipality together with other stakeholders hosted a symbolic handover ceremony of the houses to 25 beneficiaries in Noodkamp in Mbekweni on Tuesday 9 February. Absa together with National Ministry of Housing, NHBR (National Housing Building Regulation Council (NHFC (National Housing Finance Corporation), Department of Public Enterprises, ... More on this story ...
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READING CHANGES LIVES.
During March, libraries all over South Africa will celebrate National Library Week with the theme for this year; “Reading changes Lives”. Drakenstein Municipality Library Services will be part of a Book show at Paarl Mall in March by hosting a book stall at the east entrance in front of Pick-n-Pay.
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DE POORT LAUNCH.
“The opening of De Poort Heritage Village signals a unique opportunity for us to come together and celebrate our rich and diverse cultural heritage. It further provides us with an opportunity to reaffirm once more that what unites us far outweighs that which diveds us. ... More on this story ... |
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DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY EMPLOYEES EXPEND CAPACITY.
A successful Certificate Ceremony was held on Wednesday, 10 January 2010 at the Wellington Town Hall where 280 employees were awarded with certificates on various fields of interventions they completed during the past financial year (2009/2010).
Recipients were ranging from Councillors, Executive and General Management to lower level employees. ... More on this story ... |
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DRAKENSTEIN EXTERNAL BURSARIES 2010.
Drakenstein Municipality has held their external bursary awarding ceremony on Friday, 15 January 2010 in the Council Chambers, Civic Centre, Paarl. Drakenstein Municipality has once again through the Mayoral Bursary funds offered bursary opportunities to successful qualifying applicants residing in the Drakenstein jurisdictional area which include Paarl, Wellington, Saron, Gouda, Simondium and Hermon. ... More on this story ... |
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DRAKENSTEIN RECEIVED CLEAN AUDIT SECOND TIME AROUND.
“Drakenstein Municipality has in the last two years a turn around in financial management. This municipality is in a position to achieve an unqualified
Audit report with no other matters (total clean report,” said Donovan Alexander form the Auditor General’s office.
He emphasized that Drakenstein Municipality is one of a few high capacity municipalities that received a clean Audit Report. ... More on this story ... |
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OLD HOMES.
The Drakenstein Municipality’s Council made a decision that the owner of the old building on the corner of Derksen and Loop Streets must safeguard the property by erecting a fence around it to prevent further trespassing and vandalism of the buildings thereby ensuring that the site is not offensive for the nearby owners. ... More on this story ... |
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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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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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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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