{"id":294922,"date":"2025-12-11T13:38:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/?p=294922"},"modified":"2025-12-11T13:38:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T11:38:07","slug":"kouga-takes-historic-step-to-strengthen-land-invasion-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/kouga-takes-historic-step-to-strengthen-land-invasion-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Kouga takes historic step to strengthen land-invasion prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>KOUGA <\/strong>&#8211; In a landmark move, Kouga Local Municipality has, for the first time in its history, formally appointed the Red Ants as an accredited service provider to support the ongoing prevention of land invasion and the illegal occupation of municipal- and state-owned land through a competitive tender process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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          &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Red Ants have been appointed by the Kouga Local Municipality.                                                                                                          &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RedAnts2_61250-1024x574.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RedAnts2_61250-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"The Red Ants employees standing alongside a truck.\" class=\"wp-image-294924\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.784000580741171;width:532px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RedAnts2_61250-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RedAnts2_61250-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RedAnts2_61250-768x431.jpg 768w, 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