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Stay up to date with all the latest news and happenings in and around our village.


Kom Together, Right Now, Over You
Kom together on November 25 at 6pm on your street and share a meal and refreshment with residents of your street! Organise it yourself...

Steve Pike
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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The Power of Peace
PeaceJam South Africa, in partnership with the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, presents ‘THE POWER OF PEACE,’ a dialogue with...

Steve Pike
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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One small stepup for Kommetjie kind
Kudos to Kom resident Mark Skelton for building a ladder up a very steep and difficult section of one of the Kommetjie paths that lead up...

Steve Pike
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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Major Earth to Ground Control
You are warmly invited to watch world acclaimed film The Letter at St Joseph's church at the top of Rubbi Road, Kommetjie, at 18h30 on...

Steve Pike
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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Dance of the Nocturnals
A day or two ago, a resident on the corner of Benning Drive and Ixia was filming the milkwoods and listening to the sounds of the...

Steve Pike
Sep 28, 20231 min read
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Baboon Data Collection Resumes in Kom
Data collection in Kommetjie resumes! From 22 September to 6 October fieldworkers will be back continuing the door-to-door survey in...

Steve Pike
Sep 21, 20231 min read
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Join Us for World Cleanup Day
The KRRA invites Kommetjie residents to join us tomorrow 9:00 at the Wireless road carpark for World Cleanup Day.

Steve Pike
Sep 15, 20231 min read
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Permission Granted to Demolish
The KRRA reports some clarity on the future of the burned down Swan Lodge after heritage authorities announced that permission for the...

Steve Pike
Sep 4, 20232 min read
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Spring Board
The Friends of Kommetjie Library invite young and old and inbetween to a collaborative Spring Planting Day, which aims to plant as many...

Steve Pike
Aug 21, 20231 min read
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The Baboons are Back
After several months of calm, it's Kommetjie's turn to host the baboons again, and many locals (of the human variety) are not happy....

Steve Pike
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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No Refuse Collection Today
Waste Mart apologises that they are not able to put trucks on the road today due to staff shortages this morning as a result of taxi...

Steve Pike
Aug 8, 20231 min read
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Minutes of KRRA Annual General Meeting 2023
Detailed minutes of the recent Kommetjie Residents and Ratepayers Association AGM have been released. Download them, and the Chair's...

Steve Pike
Jun 11, 20231 min read
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SWAN LODGE – Opinions Required!
Your opinion is needed to reach decisions. This burnt-out building at the centre of Kommetjie has become a focus of community concern...

Steve Pike
Jun 10, 20231 min read
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Weaving the Threads Together
The Social Fabric group of KRRA, in collaboration with global youth organisation PeaceJam, invite you to a screening of Until We Are...

Steve Pike
Jun 1, 20233 min read
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Summary of Baboon Chat at AGM
Dr Ben Cousins, a renowned social scientist and land expert who is assisting with this vexatious issue, presented on the Baboon Dialogues...

Steve Pike
Jun 1, 20232 min read
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Baboon Attitudes Research Project
From Thursday 1 June to the 10th, fieldworkers will be going door-to-door conducting a survey in Kommetjie. This is part of an...

Steve Pike
May 31, 20231 min read
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Kom Together
Welcome to this year's AGM! Here is a rundown of what we will cover at the meeting, which promises to be a bumper edition!

Steve Pike
May 22, 20232 min read
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Forced Removals from Kom
We will be rolling out several stories of Kommetjie residents who were forced to move to Ocean View between 1968 and 1972 as a result of...

Steve Pike
May 22, 20231 min read
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My Bitter Sweet Memories
We lived for decades as a family of 12 kids of water bailiff Jacob Daniels until the day we were forced to Ocean View. By Louisa Layters.

Steve Pike
May 22, 20236 min read
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The Daniels Family of Jacob Avenue
John Daniels and his sister Johanna Williams grew up in Kommetjie, but were forcibly removed to Ocean View. This is their story.

Steve Pike
May 22, 20235 min read
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