Mossel Bay Municipality

Mossel Bay was officially proclaimed a town in 1848 and in 1852 it became a Municipality. As a result of the new municipal dispensation introduced by the South African Government, during December 2000 the Municipality of Mossel Bay was merged with those of the much smaller Friemersheim, Great Brak River and Herbertsdale to establish the present-day Municipality of Mossel Bay.
The municipal area, demarcation code WC043, is 2007 sq km in size and includes the towns and / or settlements of Mossel Bay, Boggoms Bay, Brandwag, Buisplaas, D'Almeida, Dana Bay, Glentana, Fraaiuitsig, Friemersheim, Great Brak River, Hartenbos, Herbertsdale, Hersham, KwaNonqaba, Little Brak River, Outeniqua Beach, Reebok, Ruiterbos, Southern Cross, Tergniet and Vleesbaai.
It is situated on the N2 approximately halfway between the coastal cities of Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. It is bordered by the Municipalities of George to the east, Langeberg to the west and Oudtshoorn to the north. Its western boundary is the Gouritz River and its northern boundary the Outeniqua mountains. To the east it stretches to the Maalgate River.
Its main economic activities are agriculture (aloes, cattle, citrus, dairy, ostriches, sheep, timber, vegetables and wine), fishing, light industry, petrochemicals and tourism.
Latest News
MOSSEL BAY MUNICIPALITY GETS CLEAN AUDIT REPORTPublished: Internal News Release - Tuesday, 26 January 2010
The Mossel Bay Municipality received an unqualified audit report for the 2008/2009 financial year from the Auditor-General, thereby repeating its similar achievement of the 2007/2008 financial year..
Read More... TENDER FOR PROJECT TO SUPPLEMENT WATER SUPPLY TO BE AWARDEDPublished: Internal News Release - Thursday, 21 January 2010
A tender for a the establishment of a reverse osmosis facility at a cost of approximately R49 million to purify municipal effluent to a standard that would render it suitable for production purposes at PetroSA’s synthetic fuels plant and save water for Mossel Bay, has closed on Friday, 15 January 2010, and is expected to be awarded within the next week..
Read More... EMERGENCY INCREASE IN WATER TARIFFSPublished: Internal News Release - Thursday, 14 January 2010
The Town Council of Mossel Bay approved an emergency increase in water tariffs with effect from 1 March 2010 at a Special Council Meeting that took place on Monday, 11 January 2010.
Read More... MUNICIPALITY STILL HOPEFUL OF ATTRACTING A 2010 TEAMPublished: Internal News Release - Wednesday, 06 January 2010
The Mossel Bay Municipality remains hopeful that it will still be able to attract a 2010 World Cup soccer team to establish its base camp in Mossel Bay after Paraguay has announced that it plans to switch its base camp to another area, says the Municipality in a statement..
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