Notice is hereby given that a Virtual Council meeting of the Overberg District Municipality will be held on Monday, 25 January 2021 at 11:00.

Here are the latest number of #Coronavirus cases per town in the Overberg. (Please respect the privacy and confidentiality of any active or past #COVID19 patients.)

Overstrand (Cases, Recovered, Active)

Fisherhaven 24 | 22 | 2

Gansbaai 113 | 94 | 17 (and 2 deaths)

De Kelders 25 | 20 | 3 (and 2 deaths)

Blompark 102 | 87 | 14 (and 1 death)

Masakhane 212 | 192 | 17 (and 3 deaths)

Pearly Beach 27 | 20 | 6 (and 1 death)

Uilkraalsmond 9 | 5 | 3 (and 1 death)

Franskraal 27 | 20 | 7

Kleinbaai 6 | 4 | 1 (and 1 death)

Baardskeerdersbos 2 | 2 | 0

Hawston 220 | 166 | 48 (and 6 deaths)

Hermanus 410 | 316 | 87 (and 7 deaths)

Kleinmond 444 | 294 | 144 (and 6 deaths)

Mt Pleasant 230 | 177 | 47 (and 6 deaths)

Onrus 121 | 84 | 32 (and 5 deaths)

Sandbaai 116 | 88 | 28

Stanford 211 | 166 | 39 (and 6 deaths)

Vermont 54 | 41 | 13

Zwelihle 815 | 690 | 115 (and 10 deaths)

TOTAL 3168 | 2488 | 623 (and 57 deaths)

TWK (Cases, Recovered, Active)

Botrivier 158 | 120 | 34 (and 4 deaths)

Caledon 945 | 696 | 221 (and 28 deaths)

Elgin 69 | 56 | 9 (and 4 deaths)

Genadendal 113 | 78 | 33 (and 2 deaths)

Grabouw 1270 | 971 | 259 (and 40 deaths)

Greyton 52 | 31 | 20 (and 1 death)

Riviersonderend 178 | 153 | 19 (and 6 deaths)

Villiersdorp 518 | 432 | 70 (and 16 deaths)

Voorstekraal 15 | 10 | 4 (and 1 death)

TOTAL 3318 | 2547 | 669 (and 102 deaths)

Swellendam (Cases, Recovered, Active)

Barrydale 59 | 45 | 13 (and 1 death)

Buffeljagsrivier 70 | 41 | 28 (and 1 death)

Suurbraak 60 | 33 | 25 (and 2 deaths)

Swellendam 728 | 466 | 253 (and 9 deaths)

TOTAL 917 | 585 | 319 (and 13 deaths)

Cape Agulhas (Cases, Recovered, Active)

Bredasdorp 699 | 513 | 166 (and 20 deaths)

Elim 73 | 51 | 17 (and 5 deaths)

Napier 119 | 96 | 19 (and 4 deaths)

Struisbaai 115 | 83 | 28 (and 4 deaths)

Waenhuiskrans 64 | 49 | 12 (and 3 death)

TOTAL 1070 | 792 | 242 (and 36 deaths)

The Department of Transport and Public Works (DTPW) has opened its new motorised pont at Malgas. This allows public traffic to cross the Breede River at this point avoiding a time-consuming and expensive 90 km detour by road to reach the other side of the river.

Operating hours are 06:00 to 18:00 every day. However, operators may, at their own discretion and without notice, close the pont at any time for safety reasons (as was the case with the old pont). When weather, water and vessel conditions are favourable, and when the pont is not required for transporting DTPW vehicles, members of the public may have their motorised vehicles transported across the river free of charge. No pedestrians or non-motorised vehicles will be transported across the river unless there is also a motorised vehicle on the pont.

A pont is a flat-bottomed ferry. It essentially takes the place of a bridge in a location where the expense of constructing a bridge is not warranted. The old pont, which was connected to a cable and drawn by hand across the river, was put in place a century ago. The old vessel had to be replaced because it had become a hazard to public safety, and because it was no longer fit for purpose. The cable across the river, which is also a hazard to public safety, is not higher from the water surface but will be removed in due course.

The pont slipway is DTPW property as it forms part of the public road crossing the river. However, as a courtesy to the public, boat operators wishing to launch a boat from the road may do so, provided the pont is not currently using the slipway. Boat operators are not permitted to ask the pont operator to move the pont to make way for their boats.

Media enquiries
Jandre Bakker
Head of Communication
Department of Transport and Public Works
Email: Jandre.Bakker@westerncape.gov.za

Hospitals in the Western Cape are currently under severe pressure. This is as a result of the sharp increase in patients requiring to be admitted with severe COVID-19 as well as the increase in non-COVID-19 trauma cases. 

Our healthcare workers are also under severe pressure. They are spending their Festive Season away from their loved ones to help your loved ones. Please help us to support them by only going to the hospital’s emergency centre for life-saving and urgent medical care. 

For non-emergencies, please go to your nearest clinic. 

Please note that our clinics can only test people for COVID-19 who meet the testing criteria. We cannot test people who need a negative COVID-19 certificate for travel purposes.  

The following people will be tested for COVID-19 in the Overberg:

• All people with coronavirus symptoms  
• People with coronavirus symptoms admitted to hospital 
• People with coronavirus symptoms AND who reside in large group confined spaces (old age, homes, care homes, hostels, prisons) 
• Pre-operative testing of coronavirus asymptomatic patients awaiting surgery (should be tested 3 days or less before their operation). 
• Natural deaths occurring at home who had coronavirus symptoms. 
• All Health Care Workers with coronavirus symptoms 
• Health Care Workers who are in quarantine and asymptomatic at day 7 (to allow early return to work). 
• Those who previously tested PCR positive, but have developed new coronavirus symptoms, should only be tested 90 days after their first PCR test

Do your part: wear a mask and avoid crowds.