Oudtshoorn Local Municipality

1 PJ S - 4 weeks ago

What a disgrace.... Reported a water pipe burst at 18h36 on 08 October 2022 in De Rust. Contacted the control room in Oudtshoorn. It was confirmed that they will attend to the problem. They did and close all the stop valves in the vincinity. Guests that participated in the Meiringspoort half marathon sleep over... Contacted the control room at 20h27 again. Carina at the control room confirmed that a "Mr Lackay" instructed that they will only attend to the problem at 06h00 on Sunday 09 October 2022. Well done sir... perfect example of excellent service delivery for visitors, guests and attendees of a prestige event in the Klein Karoo... Why do we pay rates and taxes? You earn a salary... paid by? You can be proud of yourself ????????. GREAT example of your values... and moral standard...

1 Daniella H - 2 years ago

We left Oudtshoorn immediately after a really nasty encounter with a traffic police officer in what we believe to have been a shake down when he saw our foreign driving licenses. Knowing the law we ignored his demands and he gave up eventually. Car was road legal and taxed, we were not speeding or performing any traffic violation, licenses were legal and in English. An IDP is a recommendation but not a legal requirement and we were well prepared. However if you try terrorise the tourists (especially the locally born ones), you hurt your towns finances. Instead of visiting shops to buy ostrich goodies, we headed back to the Cape Town peninsula. I will not spend money in a town where I am not made welcome. Visitors should avoid this areas and roads around it.