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Sewerage Damage Report

Dear Members, Plettenberg Bay is facing simultaneous water supply and sewage infrastructure failures while further housing developments continue to be…

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Bitou faces Water Crisis

BITOU FACES WATER CRISIS: RATEPAYERS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION Bitou is facing a severe water crisis after months of below-average rainfall, and the…

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2025 PROPERTY VALUATIONS

Good news and/or bad news depending upon which angle you look at it from. The last Municipal Property Valuation Roll was done in 2019 and formed the basis for…

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Airport Report

Dear Members, Below is the latest update on the Plett Airport. We will update you on the future plans for the airport. Our AGM will be held 10 April and we…

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Year-end reports 202

Dear Members, I hope you find our first three year-end reports on Water, Sewerage, and Governance, of interest. We have a lot of work ahead of us: including an…

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Council update

Dear Members, Apologies for the delay in getting this update to you. Its been an active few months! Council update. In August, IPM Councillor Noksie Kolwapi…

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Final Members Update

Dear Members, Kudos to the municipal teams who have been busy sprucing up Plett in time for the holiday season. Compliments have been rolling in for the Plett…

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Update on various issues

Dear Members, The Plett Ratepayers' EXCO has been busy on your behalf. The following are some brief updates: Intersection of Beacon Way on to the N2. We…

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Membership Appeal

Dear Members, The Plett Ratepayers Association is committed to protecting the interests of all residents of Bitou. Your mandate to us is oversight of municipal…

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Alienation of properties

Dear members and residents, Re: Alienation of Properties We have attached for your convenience the three municipal notices as well as our responses and formal…

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AGM Minutes

Dear Members, We appreciated all the residents and ratepayers who attended the Plett Ratepayers' AGM on 29 March and who showed their support. There were some…

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Chairman's Report

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR 2022 PLETTENBERG BAY RESIDENTS' AND RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION It’s my privilege to take you through the 2022 Chairman's Report on behalf of…

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Report back to Members

16 February 2023 Dear Members, We are becoming increasingly concerned about the ongoing lack of sound financial management of Bitou and the inevitable adverse…

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Letter To Memani

3 January 2023 Dear Municipal Manager, Notice number 356/2022 to raise a R38.8 million loan at a cost of R30 million has reference. The Plett Ratepayers'…

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Appointment of CFO

Dear Members, I don’t need to tell you that over the years Plett has suffered from very poor decision making by the various councils we have entrusted with the…

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Save Water Appeal

Appeal to Use Water Wisely. South Africa is an arid region characterised by erratic rainfall events and long drought cycles. This is before any adverse…

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Dolphin Sign Meeting Update

Dear Members, The Plett Ratepayers' Association recently met with municipal officials to discuss the signage at the dolphin circle. In light of the extremely…

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Bitou In Financial Crisis

Bitou In Financial Crisis Bitou Municipality is in the midst of a dire financial crisis. At a recent presentation to the Ratepayers Association, we were…

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Plett's Xenophobia

An article published in the Daily Maverick several days ago (link below) shows that xenophobia, and the vigilantism that inevitably accompanies it, are now…

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Plett Water Matters

Dear Members, Polluted water is a hot topic in SA at present, and it is something we are also concerned about in our town. We received an enquiry from one of…

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Dolphin Circle Sign

Last May quite out of the blue written instructions were added to the standard traffic signs at the Dolphin circle at the corner of Marine Drive and Main…

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Vigilance and Scrutiny

Constant vigilance and scrutiny. Bitou municipality has for years suffered from financial mismanagement and poor leadership generally. In November last year,…

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Plett Airport Update

A special thanks to Ratepayers Association's board member Steve Pattinson for representing the RA in getting all the interested parties around a table to…

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The People Have Spoken

Dear Members, We would like to share the following Bitou election results with you as supplied by the IEC. The DA lost about 18% of its support in Bitou,…

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Ratepayers' Circular

Dear Members, We have received a number of objections to our earlier circular on the upcoming elections, in which we concluded that the smaller parties were…

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6 Sept. Council Meeting

As an update, the ANC councillors attempted to hold a council meeting on 6 September in the Council Chambers. The six ANC councillors attended, but the six DA…

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Plett Clips Its Own Wings

In a spectacular display of ineptitude and indifference to Plett's major industry, tourism, Bitou Municipality has failed to comply with the most basic…

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Letter To The Mayor

1 August, 2021 Office of the Mayor Bitou Municipality Dear Mayor Nel, Dealing with pending litigation In your meeting with our Executive Committee of 28 July,…

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Service Delivery Update

One of the activities of the Plett Ratepayers and Residents’ Association is to monitor the service delivery, maintenance, upgrading and forward planning of…

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Bitou Implementation Plan

Dear MEC Bredell, There has been no further communication from yourself nor Mr. Paulse since our 3 May letter, requesting your intervention as offered in your…

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The Throne Of Games

Bitou is once again without a legitimate mayor. On 16 April the Bitou council passed a motion to unseat Lobese as mayor and ANC deputy mayor Gcabayi became…

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Locking Up is Hard to Do

‘Hang ‘em high’ is not the cry, but we are frequently asked to put corrupt officials and counsellors behind bars and, if possible, throw away the key.…

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Bitou Mayor Ousted

Constant demands for openness, transparency and accountability in the conduct of Plett affairs, backed by legal action, have ultimately led to the removal of…

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Grant-in-Aid Reports

Dear Speaker Wildeman, Subsequent to our letter dated 22 March 2021, we received the attached two documents from Councillor Swart. However, the attached…

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Councillor Arrears

Dear Speaker Wildeman, We note that, as at February 2021, Councillors designated as follows are in arrears with their rates: Account Number Current 30 days 60…

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Erf 156 - Demolition

For Attention:- Mayor Peter Lobese Dear Sir Re:- Application for Boutique Hotel on Erf 156, Plettenberg Bay, and Court Order for Demolition of Structure, Erf…

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Grants-in-Aid Report

Dear Members, The policy for the Mayor's Grants-in-Aid Fund says "the mayor must report to council on an annual basis in respect of the status of the Fund…

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Postponement of 2020 AGM

Dear Members, With the current rate of COVID-19 infections in the Bitou area, the Plett Ratepayers’ Association committee has decided to postpone the AGM to…

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Frequently Asked Questions

Dear Members, We are frequently asked questions by our members and would like to share some of our answers with you. Dear Peter, Is there anything that we, as…

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More Irregular Expenditure

Dear Members, Way back on 13 August, we wrote to Mayor Lobese requesting a meeting to discuss and obtain clarity on a few issues of concern to us. True to…

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PAY BACK THE MONEY

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'Still Grounded'

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Update on Plett Protests

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Keurbooms: a fishy tale

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"Laugh or Cry"

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