{"id":46978,"date":"2023-06-09T10:05:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T08:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/residents-can-now-have-their-property-surveyed-20230607\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T16:07:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T14:07:44","slug":"residents-can-now-have-their-property-surveyed-20230607","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/residents-can-now-have-their-property-surveyed-20230607\/","title":{"rendered":"Kouga residents can now have their property surveyed by CoGTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local homeowners now have the opportunity to have their properties surveyed (identification of pegs) at no cost.<\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA): Land Survey and Cadastral Information Management has pledged its active support to assist Kouga Municipality in the identification of property boundaries for encroachments and boundary dispute resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>All local homeowners who require assistance with surveying are kindly requested to submit their information to the Town Planning Department at Kouga Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>The department will compile a comprehensive database that will be sent to CoGTA for their support.<\/p>\n<p>The project is scheduled to commence during the course of the 2023\/2024 financial year, which commences on Saturday, July 1, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the municipal GIS technician, Nwabisa Mali, in the Town Planning Department at the Kouga municipal building in 16 Woltemade Street, Jeffreys Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, send an email to nmali@kouga.gov.za which must include the following information, name and surname, erf number, name of town and contact number. An additional option will be to send your information via a survey link that will be available on the municipal website<\/p>\n<p>The QR Code and link to the survey is <a href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/303dc4fd9f1547b78199c86a6c9ab71e\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">here\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/303dc4fd9f1547b78199c86a6c9ab71e\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_09cc418b\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Tradit\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/2030\/36cf03afa5b84e32b81753884c472b08.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/kougaexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/415fa6d63926453c97657166992f905c.jpg\" title=\"The Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA): Land Survey and Cadastral Information Management has pledged their active support to assist Kouga Municipality in the identification of property boundaries for encroachments and boundary dispute\u00a0resolutions.  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