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The Overberg District Municipality has appointed EPWP (Extend Public Works Program) workers to assist their Municipal Health Services Department in collecting data of premises in the Overstrand sub-district.

They will collect data from Premises that must have a Health Certificate in terms of the Overberg District Municipal Health By-law of 15 July 2019, which are the following premises:   

• Child Care Centre & Early Childhood Development Centre 
• Children’s Homes  
• Beauty Salons                                                                            
• Nursing Homes
• Health Establishments
• Healthcare Risk Waste Generators
• Old Age Homes
• School Premises
• Accommodation Establishments (premises where accommodation is provided with or without meals eg. Guest houses, B&B’s, self-catering units, air bnb’s etc.)
• Offensive trades (such as panel beating and spray painting, scrap yards and scrap dealing, waste recycling plants, breweries, premises storing manure, super phosphate or fertilizers, slaughtering of animals and other obnoxious premises as listed)

They will also collect data from Food Premises. All Food Premises must have a Certificate of Acceptability in terms of Regulation 638, Regulation Governing General Hygiene Requirements for Food premises, the Transport of Food and related matters.

All EPWP workers have been issued with a signed and stamped identification card of the Overberg District Municipality. This project will run until 30 June 2023 in all towns and residential areas of the Overstrand sub-district.

Richard Bosman
MUNICIPAL MANAGER

19 April 2023