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....
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Stay Informed
Stay up to date with all the latest news and happenings in and around our village.
Steve Pike
Aug 8, 20231 min read
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...
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Steve Pike
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Help Ocean View Kids on Youth Day
Please can Kom community members assist Ocean View community builder Shamiela Rooi with financial assistance as she prepares for a...
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Steve Pike
Jun 11, 20231 min read
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...
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Steve Pike
Jun 10, 20231 min read
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...
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Steve Pike
Jun 1, 20233 min read
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...
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Steve Pike
Jun 1, 20232 min read
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...
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Steve Pike
May 31, 20231 min read
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...
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Steve Pike
May 22, 20232 min read
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!
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Steve Pike
May 22, 20231 min read
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...
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Steve Pike
May 22, 20236 min read
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.
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Steve Pike
May 22, 20235 min read
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.
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Steve Pike
May 4, 20231 min read
AGM Heads Up
Please diarise the date for the KRRA Annual General Meeting, which will be held on the evening of Wednesday 24 May at St Joseph Church at...
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Steve Pike
May 4, 20232 min read
Blackened Swan
The fire that devastated our building more than 17 months ago has created challenges that we as the Oosthuizen family have had to face....
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Steve Pike
May 4, 20231 min read
Mayoral Queries
The KRRA had three elected questions for a submission at the Mayoral meeting around spatial planning, traffic and a sidewalk to Ocean View.
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Steve Pike
May 4, 20232 min read
Road Safety Update
KRRA road representative Caro Smit has been in touch with Cllr Simon Liell Cock, City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Transport portfolio member...
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Steve Pike
May 4, 20231 min read
Kom Represents!
Road safety expert and KRRA road representative Caro Smit recently attended the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and Road Victims...
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Steve Pike
May 4, 20231 min read
Primate Patience Please
Since the KRRA workshop in collaboration with the baboon management team from the Simon's Town Civic Association at the Catholic Church...
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Steve Pike
May 4, 20231 min read
Pipe Pressure Problem
In the Kommetjie area, from Wireless Road to the lighthouse, the COCT has managed to come up with a solution that seems to have worked....
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Steve Pike
May 4, 20231 min read
ET Go Home
As you are all aware, invasive aliens are a continual environmental threat in and around Kommetjie. To keep them at bay, one needs to be...
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