Garden Route Media Forum

13/05/2026

06/05/2026

STORM UPDATE: 6 MAY | 12:00 📢

1. Measured Rainfall 08:00 | 6 May🌧️
Sedgefield 100mm+
Karatara 100mm+
Rheenendal 140mm
Knysna 100mm

2. Service Delivery 🚚
NO refuse collection will take place today.

3. Municipal Offices / Facilities Closed to Public 🏛️
Administration Services
Finance (Income & Expenditure)
Libraries & Licencing
Planning & Economic Development
Visit Knysna (Tourism)

4. Power Outages ⚡
Concordia
Eastford
Green Stores – George Rex Drive / Marlin Road
Hornlee - restored
Qolweni
Rexford
Thesen Islands
The Brentons & Belvidere

The Village Sedgefield – Eskom fault

5. Confirmed Road Closures ⛔
Due to Flooding
N2 / Turn-off to Buffalo Bay
Pitt Street - CBD

Due to Fallen Trees
N2 @ White Bridge – reopened
N2 @ Heidevallei - reopened
Waterfront Drive @ Fire Station - reoponed
Brenton / Belvidere auxiliary road

6. Sandbags 🚜

Residents can bring own bags to fill at Knysna & Sedgefield Fire Stations.

7. Gunplast 🏠

Issued as per Council’s Standard Operation Procedure. Residents to contact Fire Department for assessment and issuing

8. Halls 🏫

Homeless persons currently housed at Loerie Park
Halls: Ready for activation when required
Donations requested

9. Communication Platforms 📲

Residents are encouraged to monitor the Municipality’s social media platforms, website, or download the municipal WhatsApp Channel or Collaborator App for regular updates.

10. Emergency Contact Numbers:📞
Knysna
044 302 8911 / WhatsApp 060 998 6969

Sedgefield
044 343 2900 / WhatsApp 060 998 7019



Knysna Executive Mayor Cllr Thando Matika The Greater Knysna Business Chamber Knysna Infrastructure Group - KIG Visit Knysna Sedgefield Ratepayers & Residents Association Sedgefield Information Knysna-UpperTown Lake Brenton Residents Association Smutsville informal settlement FORUM Knysna Township Knysna 97.0 FM & MC 90.3 FM Plettenberg Bay

14/04/2026

13/04/2026

Welcome to Day 1 of ! 🌍 Visit our stand (M02)at CTICC for regional gems and exciting giveaways. Let’s put Garden Route & Klein Karoo on the map together!





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06/02/2026

15-minute anonymous University of Cape Town survey

Independent academic research by UCT

09/10/2020

Mossel Bay Advertiser is vandag weer op die rakke.

06/02/2019

Algoa FM is an adult, contemporary radio station broadcasting on between 94 to 97 FM Stereo in the Eastern Cape province, South Africa.

08/07/2018

Forum for Community Journalists Excellence Awards - Suzette Herrer, editor of the Mossel Bay Advertiser, received a third prize for their paper in the category best corporate paid newspaper with a circulation less than 10 000.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/2NsKZ83

of Community Journalists

30/03/2018

11/08/2017

| SPOTLIGHT ON: Chantal Rutter Dros | We cannot think of a better time than to showcase our interview with the lovely Mrs. Chantal Rutter Dros - an award winning investigative journalist, presenter, accomplished entrepreneur and one happy Momma (FULL INTERVIEW HERE: http://www.myhru.co.za/chantal-rutter-dros/). Happy Women's Day Ladies! 🌹Love, MYHRU.