COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES

The municipality must promotion of a safe and healthy environment and the achievement of social development imperatives. The municipality strives to safeguard the social and environmental well-being of the community through the following functions.

• Emergency Services
• Library Services
• Motor Licensing and Registration Services
• Parks, Sports and Recreation
• Primary Health Care Services (Clinics)
• Traffic Services
• Waste Management and Environmental Health

Emergency Services | Back

Our purpose is to render an all-inclusive effective emergency service to the residents of the municipality. This includes fire [hyperlink to fire and emergency services section], rescue and disaster management activities.

Library Services | Back

The purpose of the municipality's libraries is to provide complete information and research services to the community. In so doing the municipality can provide outstanding service delivery and a research unit, educating the public for life, and addressing all information challenges facing the community. Libraries promotes and provides a rich reading culture, research services and access to information.

Other Services:

• Photostat facilities
• Ring binding
• Laminating
• Fax facilities
• Hire of library halls
• Puppet shows/story hours
• Holiday programmes for children
• Inter library loan system
• Study facilities including TSA books
• Book reservations
• Telephonic book renewals
• Block loans to schools

LIBRARIES
	Africana Library Tel\Fax: 053 8306247 Mon-Fri: 08H00 -12h30                13h30 - 16H15 Contact: Shirley James sjames@solplaatje.org.za		Beaconsfield Library Tel\Fax: 053 8306245 Mon – Fri: 09H00 - 13H00                  14H00 - 17H00 Sat:            09H00 - 12H30 Contact: Beverley Theron Email: btheron@solplaatje.org.za
	Galeshewe Library Tel\Fax: 053 8712315 Mon - Fri: 09H00 - 17H00 Sat:           09H00 - 12H30     Contact: Connie  Mazimba Email: galeshewe@solplaatje.org.za	​	Hadison Park Library Tel\Fax: 053 8613374 Mon & Fri: 09H00 - 13H00                   14H00 - 17H30 Tue - Thu:  14H00 - 16H30 Sat:             09H00 - 12H30 Contact: Petro Pienaar Email: ppienaar@solplaatje.org.za
	Judy Scott Library Tel\Fax: 053 8741312 Mon – Fri:  09H00 - 17H00 Sat:            10h00 - 13h00 Contact: Mary Thlomelang Email: jscott@solplaatje.org.za		Main Library Tel: 053 8306242/3/4 Fax: 053 8331954 Mon – Fri: 08H30 - 19H30 Sat:            08H00 - 13H00 Contact: Santie O'Connell Email: soconnell@solplaatje.org.za
	Sonny Leon Library Tel\Fax: 053 8731161) Mon – Fri: 09H00 - 18H30 Sat:           09H00 - 12H30 Contact: Liz Jacobs Email: ejacobs2@solplaatje.org.za		Ritchie Library Tel\Fax: 053 5810040 Mon: 16H00 - 17H30 Wed: 10H30 – 12H30 Fri:     16H00 - 17H30    Sat:    09H30 - 12H00 Contact: Madelein Louw

Motor Licensing and Registration Services | Back

Registration of vehicles must be in-line with Road Traffic Act (Act No. 93 of 1996). All relevant registration documents must be submitted and comply with the requirements of the Act.

• The Vehicle Testing Station (VTS) checks and verifies vehicle roadworthiness. In that way determines whether the vehicles are in a good condition and are roadworthy. Testing is done according to the compliance standards of the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS).

• Drivers' Licensing is based on issuing legal, valid and authentic Learners' Licenses, Drivers' Licenses and Professional Drivers' Permits (PrDP) and License renewals.

Parks, Sports and Recreation | Back

The municipality manages and maintains the parks and gardens, stadia, swimming pools, cemeteries, and resorts in Kimberley and Ritchie. The municipality must ensure that it provides sport and recreational facilities, pleasure resort, parks and gardens, horticultural services, community halls and quality cemetery facilities and services to the residents of Kimberley.

Municipal Halls

The community can make use of any of the following public halls. Bookings can be made at the City Hall. Applicable tariffs can be obtained at the City Hall on enquiry.

• Ghana Williams Hall in Beaconsfield
• City hall in the City Centre
• Floors Civic Hall at Floors
• Motswedimosa in Ritchie
• Rietvale Hall in Ritchie
• Green Point Community Hall in Green Point
• RC Elliot in Vergenoeg
• Social Centre in Galeshewe
• Recreational Hall in Galeshewe
• Bantu Hall in Galeshewe

Cemeteries

Bookings for burials and re-openings can be made at:

C/nr Green Street and Reserve Road
West End
Tel: 053 830 6439 

Primary Health Care Services (Clinics) | Back

The main function of Personal Health Services is the rendering of a primary health care service to all residents in the Sol Plaatje Municipal Area, through our clinics. Environmental Health Services provide effective professional environmental health services to our constituents. These include health inspections, vector control, refuse removal and cleaning services.

Traffic Services | Back

The municipality is responsible for ensuring a safe road environment by providing efficient and effective law enforcement resulting in the reduction in the loss of life as well as the number of persons injured on our roads, free flow of traffic, and creating public awareness with emphasis to educate all road users to arrive alive.

Waste Management and Environmental Health | Back

Municipal Health Services (MHS is a highly regulated environment with the following functions which focuses on issues that have to do with environmental safety for the community. The functions that the municipal undertakes are:Inspections of food premises for food safety

 Investigations of public complaints pertaining to food and environmental safety or infringement

• Fumigation for environmental health and disease control

• Refuse collection

• Cleaning of dumps and streets

• Special removals e.g. building rubble

• Pollution control were illegal dumping has become a big issue within various communities

The primary approach within Environmental Health Services is the prevention and limitation of negative and adverse impacts on the health of our communities and the environment.

Illegal dumping is an offence that can be penalized with a fine of up to R500.00. Community members are encourage to refrain from such behavior and encouraged to report such offences.