The mayor and his team invite residents from the Overstrand to come and meet them during its First Thursday initiative which aims to reduce red tape within the municipality.
Overstrand Executive Mayor Dudley Coetzee, Mayoral Committee Members, the Municipal Manager and the top management team will be hosting the first of Overstrand Municipality’s First Thursday events on Thursday 7 November at the Whale Museum, Market Square Street, Hermanus.
Residents will have the opportunity to engage with the Mayor and his team one-on-one, cutting down “red tape” processes, giving the public direct contact for dialogue on how the municipality can improve services and grow the economy.
To do this successfully and make sure that residents have access, it will work on a “first come first served” basis and no appointment is needed.
Although First Thursday Let’s Talk sessions will start in Hermanus, residents from all over the Overstrand are welcome to join. Hopefully this initiative will be rolled out to other towns next year.
First Thursday was launched in Cape Town. Since then, Premier Alan Winde introduced the concept in government during his tenure as Minister of Economic Opportunities and is now being expanded across the Western Cape where decision makers from each directorate will engage with the public.
