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Reduced Building Plan Fees For Fire Affected Buildings
"Recent fires in Betty’s Bay caused approximately 40 homes to be completely destroyed while others were severely damaged. This has been a very traumatic experience for the owners and resulted in great financial loss. The affected residents are now starting to rebuild and restore their properties and in many cases have to submit building plans to the municipality for approval. As an example, building plan fees for a house of 250m 2 is in the order of R10 000. In order to assist the residents who have been affected by disasters such as this, the Building Control Department would like to propose that a reduced fee of R500,00 (VAT exclusive) in total per application, be applicable"—From the PDF
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Fire Relief Donations Distribution
10:00 - 17:00
Contact:
Liz Cartwright
074 141 7600
Jorika Rabie
072 616 8418
Thanks to the overwhelming generosity we still have a large quantity of donations in storage. We will be making available firstly to the fire victims and then to the larger communities in the area. On the 17, 18, 19 & 20 April we would like to invite all those from Pringle Bay and Betty’s Bay that had either complete or partial fire damage to come to the Crassula Hall to collect any of the donated items you need.
On the 19 & 20 April we invite all members of the communities to come to the Crassula Hall and all remaining items not taken by fire victims will be available for a reasonable donations.
On Tuesday 23 April we invite all local charities to come and collect the remaining items.
- If possible please bring a form of ID
- Members of the community willing to volunteer to work a 2 hour shift please contact : Liz Cartwright 074 141 7600 OR Jorika Rabie 072 616 8418
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- Written by Liz Cartwright
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Informal Settlement Public Participation Meetings
VPUU in partnership with the Department of Human Settlement (DHS) and the Overstrand Municipality would like to invite the Kleinmond Community to attend an information session on the Informal Settlement Support Program (ISSP).
VPUU in samewerking met die departement van Menslike Nedersetting en die Overstrand Munisipaliteit wil graag die gemeenskap van Kleinmond uitnooi na `n inligtingsessie aangaande die Informele Nedersetting Assistering Program (INAP).
Singu VPUU simanyane nesebe leze Department of Human Settlement (DHS) kunye ne Overstrand Municipality siyanimema kwi- Kleinmond Comminity nizokuba-yinxalenye yomhlangano kwi Informal Settlement Support Program ye(ISSP).
DATE /DATUM/UMHLA: 16 April 2019
TIME/TYD/IXESHA: 18:00
VENUE/ PLEK/INDAWO: Kleinmond City Hall
DATE/DATUM /UMHLA: 17 April 2019
TIME/TYD/IXESHA: 18:00
VENUE/PLEK/INDAWO: Protea Dorp Community Hall
Municipal Notice No./Munisipale Kennisgewing Nr./Inombolo yesaziso sikaMasipala : 51/2019
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New SANParks eBulletin - April 2019
See this one and more in our growing list of ebulletins in the Conservation category.
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- Category: Publications
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Reducing fire risk by design
Although I am not a fire specialist, but rather a Senior Architectural Technologist and Designer and a Heritage Specialist, the recent fires in our region have prompted me to start researching ways in which we can reduce the risks that fires pose.
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- Written by Raymond Smith
- Category: Fire
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