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Minutes of BR&RA Committee Meeting held on 13th August 2024

Apologies were received from Elizabeth (hospital), Danie (CPF meting) and Monty (sick).

  1. Danie had been elected Chairman of the CPF 2 for Bathurst village and reported that the CPF committee had been organised and sent communication from the Community Police Forum (CPF) regarding the allocation of executive portfolios and our initial actions in line with our safety and security objectives.
    He gave thanks to Chris Boyd and Georg Kukulies for taking the first (of many) steps to get the CPF off the ground.
    1st CPF communication available here.

  2. Thea reported about meeting with Sue from Sunshine Coast Tourism and the ideas / wishlist to
    a) Beautify Kowie Road
    b) erecting Gym sites at certain stations throughout our village
    c) Signage to our River walk
    d) extending the side walk from the 4-way stop to the Co-op
    e) promoting film crews to operate in and around Bathurst

    Pineapple Festival date was finalized to be the last week-end in February to be held at Summerhill. She will engage with Sue regarding the necessary permits and with Eugene from Summerhill about more details. Caitlyn needs to be contacted regarding the pineapple costume.
    Thea and Clare proposed pineapple candles and pineapple bags. Maya suggested to speak to Lee about bags for the fest.

  3. Clare reported about the difficulties she has to engage with businesses regarding the Eastern Cape Website from Hogsback. She will consider to carry on with this project after the meeting with Sue on 14th August 2024 

    Clare also reported regarding the recycling project and that she made contact again with the East London company, Cliff Freeman from DNF recycling contacted her last week, and hopes that we can engage them especially after the PA recycling site has closed down.

  4. Warwick reported that the financials from the previous year had been finalized and that he is awaiting the report.

  5. Maya reported that she had updated the website with various sports available in Bathurst / Nolukhanyo and has made use of sharing the Bathurst Country affair on Facebook to add to the BR&RA visibility. She also updated the website with the fact that the Municipality had cleaned water reservoir and consequently the water in Bathurst is now clear. 
    She also mentioned that the website should be reporting the fact that the Kowie Museum has / is being relocated to the Bathurst Museum, which is looking good.

  6. Monty’s report: Following conversations with Director Booysens of the Ndlambe Muni Community Protection Services , Lucy Gradwell and Khayalethu Sweli of the Cattle Owners, we had a meeting with Director Booysens, Deputy Director Fanie Fouche, Mr Mbolekwa LED officer, Sipho Velezanizi By-Laws Officer, Andile Marazi, the council Speaker and former Bathurst Ward Councilor to discuss the fencing of the rubbish dump, and the commonage generally – especially keeping cattle off the main road. It was decided to hold a meeting next Thursday in the Nolukhanyo Community Hall to establish a committee with broad representation. The Committee will try to be inclusive and create a common understanding of commonage matters. One of the issues the council is keen to do is to establish a cooperative for those who rely on the commonage for economic sustenance, i.e. cattle owners, agricultural project, traditional healers, etc. 

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Community Conversation held 14th May 2024 – Animals
  1. Cattle on our tar roads: BR&RA is encouraging all Bathurstians to send photographs of cattle roaming on our tar roads to BR&RA Chair Elizabeth Milne, who will then pass this information on to the relevant Ndlambe authorities. It was also noted that cattle are no longer dipped but sprayed.
  2. Dogs: It was noted that the Pet Ark had been ordered by the NdlambeDog Municipality to reduce their number of dogs to 2 by 27th May 2024.
    Bathurst Animal Rescue is a non-profit organisation founded by Vivien Challis. This organisation is helping with getting dogs to the vet for neutering / spaying as well as to reunite dogs roaming in the streets or lost with their owners. To make identification of dogs and their owners easier, it was decided to create a confidential database for dogs in Bathurst. All dog owners are requested to send their dog’s details to Barbie Gerber.         

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      BR&RA Constitution:    Please click here to view our reworked constitution.   

      History of BR&RA

      In 2021 some residents in Bathurst reinstated the Barthurst Residents and Ratepayers Association  and thus a General Meeting was held on 28th August 2021. A second GM was held on 19th April 2023, the first Annual General Meeting in November 2023 and regular AGM’s are scheduled every November.

      Minutes of General Meetings and Chairmans report: please click here to read GM minutes and the BR&RA annual  report from Chris Boyd dated 19th April 2023.    

      Minutes of monthly Committee Meetings are filed separately and can be viewed in the Archive.