News and Media

ROAD SHOW ON MINIMISATION OF WASTE: 21 MAY 2012
Mossel Bay residents who want to find out more about waste management and how they can join the war against waste are invited to a road show on waste management in the Mossel Bay Town Hall on Monday, 21 May 2012. . Read More...

MORE BLUE DROP AWARDS FOR MOSSEL BAY’S WATER
The Mossel Bay Municipality’s drinking water systems have once again proved to be among the best in South Africa, and two of its plants, Mossel Bay and Friemersheim, achieved Blue Drop status for 2012 in the drinking water certification scheme of the Department of Water Affairs. . Read More...

MOSSEL BAY NO 1 IN SOUTH AFRICA
Finweek - one of South Africa’s prestigious financial magazines - has named Mossel Bay the best place in the country to do business. . Read More...

COUNCIL TABLES DRAFT BUDGET OF R811,6 MILLION FOR 2012/2103
The Executive Mayor of Mossel Bay, Alderlady Marie Ferreira, tabled a total draft budget of R811,6 million for the 2012/2013 financial year at the monthly Council meeting on 29 March 2012. The budget is comprised of an operational budget of R690,1 million and a capital budget of R121,5 million.. Read More...

BUDGET INCLUDES GOOD NEWS FOR PENSIONERS, POOR
The Municipality’s 2012/2013 budget of R811,6 million, which the Executive Mayor, Alderlady Marie Ferreira, tabled in Council on 29 March 2012, contains some good news for pensioners, indigent and poor households as well as municipal water and electricity clients.. Read More...

COUNCIL ANNOUNCES ELECTRICITY BLOCK TARIFFS
The Mossel Bay Municipality is proposing the introduction for the first time of an inclining block tariff in respect of unit charges for electricity sold to domestic consumers with effect from 1 July 2013. Read More...

NO TO DEVELOPMENTS CLOSE TO HIGH WATER MARK
The requirements of the National Environmental Act with regard to the coastal buffer zone will be enforced with immediate effect and any further development applications within 100 metres of the high water mark will not be supported.. Read More...

LIQUOR LICENCE MEETING DATES
The Committee that the Town Council of Mossel Bay appointed to consider all liquor licence applications in the Mossel Bay municipal area will meet immediately after the monthly Council meeting according to a resolution adopted by Council at its monthly meeting held on 23 February 2012.. Read More...

ESKOM AND MOSSEL BAY MUNICIPALITY
Home-owners in the Mossel Bay, Dana Bay, Hartenbos, Great Brak River, Little Brak River and Glentana areas are requested to join hands with the Mossel Bay Municipality and Eskom to help reduce the electrical demand – by participating in a programme aimed at installing appliance control devices connected to their geysers, making it possible to switch them on and off remotely. The control units will be installed at no cost to the home-owners.. Read More...

CABLE THIEF CAUGHT
Cable thieves were given some food for thought when a concerted effort by the Mossel Bay Municipality, the South African Revenue Protection Association and the SA Police to curb cable theft paid off recently and a thief of municipal property was arrested and charged.. Read More...