More than a hundred Bitou residents received their long-awaited title deeds at the Simunye Community Hall this week. 

This Title Deed Outreach is part of Bitou’s accelerated plan to ensure that residents get their title deeds timeously.

By 2026 the Bitou hopes to hand over 5000 title deeds to property owners.

Dear Residents,

Bitou Municipality is experiencing delays in refuse collection in the following areas:

Kranshoek Community: Services were suspended yesterday, September 11,  due to inclement weather. The service resumes today.

Plett South: There is a delay in refuse collection but currently under way.

We do apologize for the inconvenience, and your patience and understanding are appreciated.

Mr. Mbulelo Memani

MUNICIPAL MANAGER 

Bitou Local Municipality

The purpose of this Notice is to inform Bitou Municipal Communities of the below mentioned planned Integrated Human Settlements Open Days as set out below for each area.

Residents are encouraged to bring their identity document for registration and to update information on the database system.

The Bitou Public Safety Officials and the South African Police Services ended Women’s Month on a high, holding a women- only roving roadblock. 

The roadblock not only focused on the full vehicle inspection, but also gave motorists information on GBV, emergency numbers and a SAPS victim support room used in Bitou. 

The two sites that the officials focused on were the N2 under the Plett Bridge and the Taxi rank in town. 

Traffic official, Xoliswa Siziba, said this was the second roadblock this month and as officers they wanted something motorists remember. 

Crime, using of weapons and drug abuse is becoming a problem in schools, that is why Bitou Public Safety Officials and other stakeholders performed an inspection at Plettenberg Bay Secondary School this week. 

Stakeholders present included the Plettenberg Bay Crime Prevention Association, Bitou Traffic Officers, Bitou Law Enforcement Officers, and ADT where they searched for drugs and weapons using a detection dog.

Bitou Law Enforcement Inspector, Sindelwa Mkitha, said more of these operations were planned to make schools around Bitou safer. 

Food items expired over four years ago, others with no expiry dates were some of the discoveries made by Bitou Public Safety Officials as they pounced on shops in the CBD on Tuesday.

This blitz follows similar operations on Friday and at the weekend in Witterdrift, Kranshoek and Crags. These operations saw an illegal tavern owner arrested and alcohol worth thousands of rands confiscated as they were trading without a legal permit. 

Thousands of rands worth of liquor and expired food items were confiscated by Bitou Public Safety officials in collaboration with key law enforcement partners, including SAPS. 

This health and safety blitz is part of a campaign of keeping residents safe. 

On Friday, operations began in Witterdrift where two shops were inspected with a health inspector from Garden Route District Municipality. 

Expired food items including baby food, cool drink, chips and spices were confiscated and sent to the Bitou transfer site. 

Hiring Décor and Furniture for the Premier’s Co-Ordinating Forum meeting on 28 and 29 August 2023.

Appointment of a Waste to Energy specialist to conduct a feasibility study for the Bitou Municipal area