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. 

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. 

Bitou Municipality, in partnership with the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHESTA), offers an opportunity to unemployed youth who wish to participate in the Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Program for a period of 18 months.

Applications are invited from TVET Students with the following qualifications:

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. 

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. 

Bitou Municipality herewith invites all interested informal traders to apply for Seasonal Informal Trading permits for the period 1 December 2023 to 30 April 2024, for scheduled sites along the coastal areas.

Organizations and or bodies who qualify for financial assistance in terms of the criteria and prescriptions contained in Bitou Municipality’s Grant-in-Aid Policy and Section 67 of the Municipal Financial Management Act 2003, are hereby invited to submit proposals for programs they endeavor to undertake during calendar year 2023.

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.

As per the requirements set in terms of the Western Cape Land Administration Act, No. 6 of 1998 (WCLAA), attached herewith are copies of advertisements to let the following property:

Vacant land approximately 1.7132ha in extent and an old school building of approximately 227m2 in extent, situated on farm 427/5, Knysna RD (Harkerville). Western Cape.