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10 Jan 2019 This ain’t no picnic: suggestions for Odland site to benefit all Bitou localsOnce again the 2018 festive season was marred by the overflow of picnickers who gathered on both sides of Odland Street. Traffic in both directions was brought to a virtual standstill, as revellers of all ages walked willy-nilly in the road.
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In the December 20 issue of KP Herald, Yolandé... -
21 Nov 2018 Why halt Bitou municipal investigation if there’s nothing to hide?In Business Day of October 22, it was reported that the Auditor General’s staff have been terrorised by several municipal officials, and have even been shot at.
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AG Kimi Makwetu has raised this serious situation in a letter of October 15 to parliament’s standing committee on the Auditor... -
19 Sep 2018 If Victor Molosi was still alive, our problems would have been solvedKnysna reader Vuyani Vidgodgo Stuurman posted this pic and sentiments on the CXPRESS Facebook page on September 8: “Yesterday when the heavy rain was falling hard, this is the damage caused in Khayalethu. Public workers of Knysna Municipality left the drains open and the water running down the...
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15 Aug 2018 Pointer owners have no feeling for nature, only for their unruly dogsI read with interest the letter concerning the killing of cormorants on the beach [turn to page 11 of the August 8 edition at www.cxpress.co.za]. The dogs in question actually are pointers - white with brown patches.
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I have met with the owner a couple of times walking along the lagoon at... -
02 Aug 2018 Millions of Bitou’s uncollected service charges a write-off?I was shocked to see R17-million written off for “indigent” debt during a recent Bitou Special Council meeting.
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Bitou provides R36-million a year in indigent subsidies for water, electricity, and refuse for registered indigent households. This is funded from an approximately R100-million...
