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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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WINE ACADEMY LAUNCH.
Diners Club and Bartho Eksteen, winner of the 30th Anniversary 2010 Diners Club Winemaker of the Year Award, have established the Diners Club Bartho Eksteen Wine Academy at the Landbouskool in Boland in the Western Cape. ...More on this story ...
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CULTIVARIA.
Mime artist in true Moulin Rouge style celebrated the
official opening of the annual Cultivaria arts festival in Paarl with Premier Helen Zille, festival director Gerhard Meyer and the Executive Mayor of the Drakenstein Municipality, Councillor Gesie van Deventer. ...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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CHRISTMAS PARTY.
Drakenstein Municipality Ward 20 Councillor, Councillor Ester Kearns, recently held a Christmas party for all the children in her ward to celebrate the festive season. ...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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DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY GIVES RECOGNITION TO EMPLOYEES.
Drakenstein Municipality gave recognition to employees, who have performed their duties with excellence for the year 2011, during an Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony recently. The Executive Mayor, Councillor Gesie van Deventer, emphasized that it is a privilege for her to work with all of the employees and she is proud of everyone. ...More on this story ... |
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DRAKENSTEIN FOCUS ON COMMUNITY SAFETY.
Drakenstein Municipality recently handed over equipment to Community Police Forums in Drakenstein at the Thusong Centre, Mbekweni. ....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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BOOK LAUNCH.
Breytenbach Centre together with Wellington Library recently held a book launch for Irma Joubert latest book "Kronkelpad" at the Breytenbach Centre, Wellington. Here at the launch are (from left) Chantel Gordon (Wellington Library), Irma Joubert (Author), Cheryll Thyse and Anolette Manuel (Wellington Library) ....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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DIRECTORS AND MUNICIPAL MANAGER HAVE TENDERED THEIR RESIGNATION.
Directors Corporate Services, Financial Services and the Municipal Manager have tendered their resignation to the Executive Mayor Adv. Gesie van Deventer and that their resignation was accepted by Council 23 November 2011. ...More on this story ... |
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ANNUAL PUBLIC SECTOR INNOVATION AWARDS.
The Drakenstein Municipality won third place in the Centre for Public Service Innovation’s (CPSI) 9th Annual Public Sector Innovation Awards in the category: Innovative enhancement of internal systems of government, held in Johannesburg on 04 November 2011. ...More on this story ... |
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MINISTER VISITS DRAKENSTEIN.
The Western Cape Provincial Minister of Health, Mr Theuns Botha visit the Drakenstein are recently. The Minister together with the Drakenstein Municipality Executive Mayor, Councillor Gesie van Deventer and Mayoral Committee members visited the Phola Park Clinic in Mbekweni and the Windmeul Clinic in Wellington. Minister Botha listened to the problems and challenges that these two health facilities face. ...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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GOOD LUCK.
Drakenstein Municipality Executive Mayor, Councillor Gesie van Deventer, together with Councillor Christephine Kearns recently visited the Weltevrede Secondary School matriculants to encourage them for the final exams and also to wish them well for the future. ...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 ...
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CONFERENCE.
Michael J Rhode, Head of Department, Electrical Services and President of Association of Municipal Electricity Undertakings (AMEU) recently attended the opening ceremony of the annual AMEU conference at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). ...More on this story ...
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ACHIEVEMENT.
Michael J Rhode, Head of Department: Electrical Services and President of the AMEU, was recently invited by the Brazilian Government to do a presentation on "The Regulation of Prepayment Metering in South Africa" at their International Prepayment Seminar in Brasilia, Brazil. ...More on this story ... |
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Walk in the park on the banks of the Bergriver.
The Executive Mayor, Councillor Gesie van Deventer, councillors as well as municipal management, took a walk in the Arboretum, on the banks of the Berg River, recently The Arboretum is situated on the eastern bank of the Berg River, is 2,8 km long and covers approximately 31 ha of land. ...More on this story ... |
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HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INDABA.
Drakenstein Municipality recently embarked on a Human Settlement Indaba where a workshop was held to discuss housing issues within Drakenstein. The purpose of this workshop was for the Human Settlements Department to discuss the current status of the housing demand in Drakenstein. ...More on this story ... |
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NATIONAL RECYCLING DAY.
Drakenstein’s Junior Town Council members recently upped their arms by cleaning Lady Grey Street as part of their contribution on national recycling day. Here are the members of the Junior Town Council with Koos le Roux (Speaker of Drakenstein) and Dr. Noël Adams (Portfolio Holder: Social Services and Community Development). ...More on this story ... |
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DRAKENSTEIN WINS NATIONAL ARBOR CITY AWARD
Drakenstein municipality took the honours of being the first municipality to win the first National Arbor City Award. The Executive Mayor Ms Gesie van Deventer and senior staff attended the official ceremony in Rustenburg on 01 September 2011 where Minister Tina Joemat-Petterson officially handed over the Arbor City Award Trophy to Drakenstein municipality. ...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 ... |
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DRAKENSTEIN WATER IS TOPS.
A total number of 914 water systems from 162 municipalities across South Africa were assessed for the 2011 Blue Drop Certification process of which only 66 water systems (7,2%) were awarded Blue Drop Certification. Of the total number of 66 Blue Drop Certifications that were awarded during June 2011, Drakenstein Municipality performed remarkably well by receiving 3 Blue Drop Certificates. ...More on this story ... |
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RUGBY WORLD CUP.
The Executive Mayor, Councillor Gesie van Deventer recently met with the Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers. She extended her best wishes to him with the Rugby World Cup 2011 which will start 11 September 2011 in New Zealand on behalf of of Drakenstein Municipality. ...More on this story ... |
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DRAKENSTEIN NEW COUNCIL & EXECUTIVE MAYORAL COMMITTEE READY FOR SERVICE DELIVERY.
Following the recent local government elections Her Worship, Councillor Gesie van Deventer was elected as the new Executive Mayor at the Drakenstein Municipality inaugural Council Meeting held at the Paarl Town Hall on Monday 30 May 2011. ...More on this story ... |
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GREEN BUILDING MANUAL FOR DRAKENSTEIN MUNICIPALITY.
Drakenstein Municipality committed to energy efficiency.
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