PROVISION OF SECURITY SERVICES FOR MUNICIPAL SITES FOR A PERIOD ENDING 30 JUNE 2028

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 12 (3)(b) of the Local government: Municipal Systems Act (Act No. 32 of 2000) as amended and by resolution of Council of Bitou Municipality, that Bitou Municipality has approved the draft by-law relating to the Control of Undertakings that Sell Liquor to the Public. The Council Resolution, Item number C/4/177/04/24, taken at the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 30 April 2024, recommended that the public be informed and encouraged to comment on this by law:

Please Note:

Notice is hereby given in terms of Section 12 (3)(b) of the Local government: Municipal Systems Act (Act No. 32 of 2000) as amended and by resolution of Council of Bitou municipality, that Bitou Municipality has considered and in principle adopted the draft By-law relating to Public Amenities. Council Resolution, Item number C/4/115/09/23 taken at the Ordinary Council Meeting held on 31 October 2023, recommended that the public be informed and encouraged to comment on this by-law: 

Please Note: 

Notice is hereby given to the public that the whole of Sewell Street will be temporarily closed between 7:00 and 12:00 on Monday, September 25, 2023. 

This is due to a Ministerial Outreach Program that will be held in the Bitou Council Chambers during this period.

Residents that will be visiting the nearby businesses can, during this period, make use of the Bitou Municipal Parking Facility that is next to the Main Office building. The Bitou Public Safety Officials will be deployed to direct motorists.

Your patience and understanding is appreciated. 

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.