I apologise for not updating members earlier. There was little or no progress during the previous Covid-19 2019 year and following into 2020 and the Western Cape Government Department’s ruling of no-evictions during this pandemic does the town no favours.

Vanacore SA (Pty) Ltd, part of the 'Project Service Provider(s)' - PSP team for the Greater Hermanus Catalytic Human Settlements Development’s - Schulphoek Development will be managing the Social Compact for Schulphoek.

Vanacore is tasked to handle all stakeholder management aspects, as well as beneficiary administration. Their responsibility is to be the secretariat of the Social Compact (SC) and fulfill their task as per the WCDHS policies, the Overstrand objectives as well as social coercion to which the social compact will seek to achieve.

CONTRACT NO. 2047/2019

The Contractor’s, Meyer Beton Siviele & Boukontrakteurs, Element Consulting Engineers and GAPP Architects and Urban Designers met with Businesses and Residents of High Street.

A detailed presentation was given by Hedwig Crooijmans-Lemmers from GAPP, as to what High Street will look like on completion. 

Dear Premier Winde, Speaker Mnqasela and Mayor Coetzer

The WCBCF is a mandated organisation which acts on behalf of our members, which constitutes of business and property owners in the Overstrand area.

At the 2018 AGM of HPP, held on 4 Dec 2018, an Advisory “HPP Safety & Security Committee”, initiated by property rate payers present, was established. This was to provide that the greater community is represented and ensure more transparency and inclusion of ratepayers in the HPP special rates zone, and could advise the HPP on their matters of concern.

"Hermanus will stay the icon of beauty and class"

We have noted a decline in the tourism numbers for our region during the holiday period of December and January. It is, however, important to remember that the economic climate in South Africa has been part and parcel of the decline, we should also not shy away from the negative actions in our town during the 2018 calendar year who have left scares on our community. The tourism industry in Hermanus and the region has always been one of the key economic contributors to our prosperity. The full effects of the 2018 unrest will only be truly noted if we compare a larger sample of 6 months to a year upon year basis.

The recent spate of unrest, as well as the raging veld fires in the Overstrand, has necessitated greater community involvement in order to strengthen the hand of Law enforcement agencies and Emergency services. The cooperation of the various parties was in many instances hampered by the absence of a nodal centre to where information could be sent to, and from where the necessary resources could be dispatched from. A need for joint planning- and command and control centre was identified by all role players.