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Important Public Services at Your Fingertips
Mamre Clinic
Tel: 021 - 576 1175
Wesfleur Day Hospital
Tel: 021 571 - 8040
Mamre Police Station
Tel: 021 - 576 1001 (Mamre)
Tel: 021 - 571 8515 (Atlantis)
Doctors RJ Rinkwest and ME Petersen
Tel: 021 576 - 1720
Mamre Primary School
Tel: 061 479 5348
Atlantis Fire Department
Tel: 021-573 7083 | 021-4444 260
Ambulance Service
Tel: 021 - 4807700
911 from your cell phone
Drs Maya and Fortuin
Tel: 021 - 5727827
Appointment via WhatsApp Only! +27 71 513 5452
Directory of Local Businesses, Municipal and Public Services
Twin Gables Guest House, Mamre
8 Henning Huisen Sreet,Mamre,Cape Town, 7347[ GPS Co-ordinates: 33°31'00.1"S 18°28'44.3"E || -33.516698, 18.478984 ]
Contact Details
Tel: +27 - 21-575 0530Cell: +27 - 82 638 9000
WhatsApp for Business: +27 - 82 638 9000
Email: info@twingablesguesthouse.co.za
Atlantis Housing Office
1 Wesfleur Municipal Office, Wesfleur Circle, Atlantis
Opening hours
Monday to Friday
07:30 – 15:00
Tel: 021 - 444 4235
Customer care hotline: 0800 323 130
Email: bradley.george@capetown.gov.za
Cape Nature
Tel: 087 087 3930/39
City Call Centre
Contact Details
Tel: 0860 103 089
Contact Details
| Postal | Private Bag X9181, Cape Town, 8000 |
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| Physical | Civic Centre, 12 Hertzog Boulevard, Cape Town |
| Tel | 021 400 1111/0860 103 089 |
| Fax | 021 400 1313/0860 103 090 |
| Web | www.capetown.gov.za |
Service Departments
Resident Queries
| Accounts | 086 010 3089 accounts@capetown.gov.za |
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| Electricity | 086 010 3089 Contact.Us@capetown.gov.za |
| Refuse & Waste | 086 010 3089 Contact.Us@capetown.gov.za |
| Roads | 086 010 3089 TMCInfo@capetown.gov.za |
| Service Delivery | 086 010 3089 Contact.Us@capetown.gov.za |
| Water | 086 010 3089 water@capetown.gov.za |
Department of Home Affairs
- Offices
- General Passport Info
- Passport Application
- Visas
- Unabridged Certificate
- Travelling Abroad
- Smart ID
- eHomeAffairs
Offices
Western Cape Home Affairs District OfficesAtlantis District office
Thusong Centre, 1 Notthingham Street , Saxon Sea, Atlantis
Tel: 021 572 1487 | 076 936 9591
Email: nokuthula.poni@dha.gov.za
Malmesbury District office
5 Piet Retief Street Malmesbury, 7300
Tel: 022 - 482 8240 / 8247
General Passport Info
General Information about South African Passports(Department of Home Affairs)
How to apply for a Passport
If you're a South African citizen and planning on travelling to another country, you'll need a South African passport.
There are different types of passports, with different application fees for each type.
Did you know you can now apply for your passport online? Visit the Department of Home Affairs website for more information about the requirements for online applications or continue reading to find out more about the different types of South African passports.
- Tourist passport
- Child's passport
- Official passports
- Emergency travel certificates
- Document for travel purposes
Passport Application
Tourist passport
To apply, you'll need to complete a DHA-73 form at a Home Affairs domestic office or, if you're overseas, at a South African embassy or mission.
You must also:
- Have proof of your identity.
- Supply 2 passport photographs. Confirm with your nearest Home Affairs office if they're using the new biometric system. If so, then you don't need to bring your own photographs.
- Have your fingerprints taken.
- Pay the R400 application fee.
It will take about 7-21 working days to process the application and issue the passport. The tourist passport is valid for 10 years.
Note: Passports must be valid for at least 30 days after the intended date of departure. Passports should also have at least 2 blank pages for entry stamps.
Please contact your Home Affairs office - Western Cape before visting, to confirm if they're using the new biometric application system, or if you need to bring your own photos.
Visas
Visas In addition to a passport, South African citizens are also required to have travel visas for certain countries which you may want to visit.
Find out what the visa requirements for South African passport holders are.
Below are links to sites that list Countries that Sount African Citizens can travel to that DO NOT require any Visas. [All links open in New Windows]
99 Countries you can travel Visa-Free(The South African)
101 Countries you can travel Visa-Free(BusinessTech)
101 Countries South Africans can travel without a Visa(Traveller24)
Visa Free Countries For South Africa(TravelStart)
Unabridged Certificate
In case you're still confused, DHA minister confirmed unabridged birth certificates are officially not a requirement
Travelling Abroad
Important Information before Travelling Abroad
Whether you’re travelling abroad for the first time or you're a seasoned traveller, it’s important that you always plan ahead.
Learn as much as you can about the country you’re travelling to. Although English is the main language of communication,
try to learn a few phrases in the local language spoken in the country that you’re visiting.
Smart ID
How to Apply for your Smart ID
If you're 16 years or older and applying for your first ID ever, the requirements are:
- Birth certificate.
- Both parent's ID documents.
- Death certificate, or certified copy thereof if parents are deceased.
- If you're accompanied by your legal guardian, you must be in possession of a legal document or foster care order with a social development letter.
- Proof of residence (where it's available) or provide residential address.
- Free of charge.
Pensioners who are 60 years or older:
- Green bar-coded ID, or affidavit in case the ID is lost.
- Proof of residence (where it's available) or provide residential address.
- Marriage certificate, if married (for marriage verification status).
- Divorce decree, if divorced (for divorce verification status).
- Free of charge.
Other citizens (younger than 60 years old and applying for a new smart ID card):
- Green bar-coded ID, or an affidavit in case the ID is lost.
- Proof of residence (where it is available) or provide residential address.
- Marriage certificate, if married (for marriage verification status).
- Divorce decree, if divorced (for divorce verification status).
- A fee of R140 will be required.
eHomeAffairs
eHomeAffairs
Welcome to the eHomeAffairs - Online Portal for your Smart ID
The Department of Home Affairs is proud to present eHomeAffairs to enable you as a South African born citizen to apply your Smart ID Card and/or passport online.
- Submit applications online
- Upload supporting documents
- Make online payments
- And schedule a booking to visit a Home Affairs enabled Bank offices
Note: A branch visit is mandatory for the capture and verification of your biometric detail (photos, fingerprints and signature). No appointment/booking is required to visit any Home Affairs office.
Indigent Support or Rates Relief
Administration Office, Wesfleur, Atlantis, 7349
Opening hours and Account payments
Monday to Friday:
08:00 – 16:00
Applying for indigent support is a process that could result in you receiving rebates (discounts) on certain services that the City provides. Whether you apply for indigent support or indigent rates relief depends on your monthly household income.
If you earn R4500-00 or less a month, you qualify for 100% rates relief.
If you earn between R4501-00 and R6000-00, you may qualify for between 25% and 75% indigent rates relief.
You can apply for indigent support if you earn R4500 or less per month and get rebates on your water, sewerage, electricity, waste collection and property rates.
Step 1:
Download the Application for Indigent Support in the document downloads section below, or collect the form from your nearest walk-in centre.
You will need to include the following with your application:
- proof of identification (such as your ID book)
- a bank statement for the last three months or a sworn affidavit stating that you do not have a bank account
- a bond statement for the last three months or a sworn affidavit stating that you do not have a bond account
- if you have inherited the house, a copy of the estate documents
Step 2:
Once you have completed the form, you can hand it in at any of the walk-in centres or post the documents to:
Director: Revenue
City of Cape Town
PO BOX 655
Cape Town
8000
How to apply for indigent rates relief
You can apply for indigent rates relief if you earn between R4501-00 and R6000-00. If your property has a municipal value of less than R300 000-00, you will not pay rates after being granted indigent rates relief. If your property has a municipal value of more than R300 000-00, you will not pay rates on the first R300 000-00.
Step 1:
Download the Application for Indigent Rates Relief in the document downloads section below, or collect the form your nearest walk-in centre.
- proof of identification (such as your ID book)
- a bank statement for the last three months or a sworn affidavit stating that you do not have a bank account
- a bond statement for the last three months or a sworn affidavit stating that you do not have a bond account
Step 2:
Once you have completed the form, you can hand it in at any of the walk-in centres or post the documents to:
Director: Revenue
City of Cape Town
PO BOX 655
Cape Town
8000
City of Cape Town Indigent Rate Relief and Support
Lief en Leed Klub vir Gestremdes | Club for the Disabled
Mamre Public Library
Mamre Child Welfare
NPO 003-246
Tel: 021 - 576 1812 | 064 047 7650
Email: cwsa.mamre@gmail.com
Mamre Music School
Mamre Primary School,Johannes Street, Mamre, 7347
Tel: 083 255 1041
Email: mamremusicschool@gmail.com
Mamre Transport Services
Mamre Neighbourhood Watch
MAMRE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
Accredited with Department of Community Safety
Accreditation No: DCS 15/18/167
Who we Are
We the Mamre Neighbourhood watch a group of community members of Mamre that works together with the South African Police (SAP)and the Community Police Forum(CPF) to fight crime and keep our area safe. We operate in the Mamre area over weekends whereby we walk the streets of Mamre voluntarily.
Coordinator : Janine Jordaan: 0636770995
Chairperson: Paula Sambaba: 078 927 6942
Secretary: Christene Oppelt: 082 935 1357
Public Relations /Treasurer: Carmelita Storkey-Willams: 062 139 6255
Secretary: Christene Oppelt: 082 935 1357
Community Outreach
- Operation bush clearing
- Providing food parcels as we receive donations from companies
- Youth Support group – Youth at Risk
- Soupkithen – In Process, will operate from Police station
- Trauma Room at Police station – In Process - Assisting with the coordination
- Community lunch for elderly and disabled people within Mamre Community
- Fundraisings - Braai fundraising, Modelling Show
- Joint Projects with CPF and SAPS – Prayer Day,
- Assisting Rugby Clubs/Athletic club in Mamre when playing home if requested.
MyCiTi TimeTables for Atlantis-Mamre-Pella Routes
All Timetables are available for download in PDF Format, either to your smartphone or desktop PC. You must have Adobe Reader installed either on your Smartphone or PC to read the timetables which are all in PDF format. To install a PDF Reader on your Android Smartphone, goto Google Playstore. For Desktop Computers, goto Free PDF Reader for Windows in order to read these timetables.
Each link will open up in either a new tab on your smartphone, or a new window in your web browser on your PC.
- MyCiTi Atlantis Stations
- Route 234[Crown]
- Route 243[Mamre-Pella]
- Route 246[Frans]
- Changes to Routes
- MiCiTi App
Vlogger Sharing his experience using the MyCity in and around Cape Town(13 April 2019)
The bus is rolling by: MyCiti in Cape Town( 4 July 2016)
NPO | NGO
5 Steps to Register
Five Steps to Register a Non- Profit Organisation
To gain access to government funding,for example from the National Lotteries Commision, you MUST be regsitered as a NPO / NGO.
To register, you must be one of the following:
- non-governmental organisation (NGO)
- community-based organisation (CBO)
- faith-based organisation (FBO).
NPO Funding
List of places that will provide funding for NPO/NGO's.
National Lotteries Commission of South Africa
Which Organisations are Funded by the NLCSA?
National Lotteries Commision Charities Application Forms Download
Western Cape Government Funding
Arts, Culture And Heritage Sector - Application Forms Download
Sport And Recreation Sector
City of Cape Town: Grants-in-Aid-Funding
Mamre Photographers - Lindsay Pick | Vincent Conrad
Lindsay Pick
Most of the images used on this site are used with the express permission of Lindsay Pick.
Other images were taken from Google Images,which are freely available without any royalties, and from the FaceBook pages of the Interim MRA Members.
Lindsay Pick is well renowned for having this fanstatic talent with the lens. The FrontPage Image Slider is courtsey from this very talented photographer.
Please do check out his FaceBook Profile where you will be truly astounded by his amazing talents.
Tel: +27 78 231 7761
Vincent Conrad
Another well renowned local photographer,and very,very talented, is Vincent Conrad. Most locals know him affectionately by his nickname, WACKO.
Vincent is most often called upon by the locals to shoot their wedding ceremonies, baptisms, anniversaries, or sports events.
Please support your local artist, as they are on par, if not bettter than their competition outside of Mamre.
Tel: 081 010 2973
Mamre Post Office
SASSA - South African Social Security Agency
Child Support Grant
What is the application process for a child support grant?
You can apply for the child support grant by filling in an application form at your nearest SASSA Office or counter service point of a Regional Office. Application is free.
You will also need to show certain documents and provide some information, including:
- your South African identity document (ID), which must be bar-coded,
- the child's birth certificate, which must have an ID number,
- your salary slip, bank statements for three months, or pension slips, and any other proof of income,
- if you are unemployed, your Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) card – "blue book" – or a discharge certificate from your previous employer,
- if you are not the child's parent or guardian, a written note of permission from the parent or guardian that you should take care of the child,
- if you are not the child's parent or guardian, information about how you have tried to get the parents to pay maintenance,
- information that shows that you are the child's primary caregiver.
If you cannot make the application yourself, a friend or family member can bring a letter from you, and a doctor's note saying why you can't visit the office yourself. A home visit may then be arranged.
Criteria
Applicants must meet the following requirements:
- The applicant must be a South African citizen, permanent resident or refugee.
- The applicant must be resident in South Africa.
- The applicant must be 18 to 59 years of age.
- The applicant must submit a medical / assessment report confirming permanent, severe disability.
- The applicant's medical assessment must not be older than 3 months at date of application.
- The applicant and spouse must meet the requirements of the means test.
- The applicant must not be maintained or cared for in a State Institution.
- The applicant must not be in receipt of another social grant in respect of him or herself.
Child Maintenance
Child Maintenance
Child Maintenance and the Law
Who has a duty to pay maintenance?
- All parents, whether married or not, living together, separated, or divorced and parents of adopted children, are required to support the financial needs of their children.
- The biological grandparents may need to pay maintenance if the child’s parents can’t pay.
- Any person who’s responsible to raise the child, for example, a legal guardian, adoptive parents and grandparents of the child.
Old Age Pension
- Are a South African citizen, permanent resident or refugee
- Are a permanent resident of South Africa
- Are 60 years or older
- And your spouse (if you have one) pass the means test
- Are not living in a state institution
- Are not receiving payments from another social grant
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Your official identity document (ID).
- If you don't have an ID:
- You must complete an affidavit on a standard SASSA form in the presence of a Commissioner of Oaths who is not a SASSA official.
- You must bring a sworn statement signed by a reputable person (like a councillor, traditional leader, social worker, minister of religion or school principal), who can verify your name and age.
- The SASSA official will take your fingerprints. You will be referred to the Department of Home Affairs to apply for the ID even as your application is processed. If you don’t get an ID, your grant will be suspended.
- If you don't have an ID:
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Proof of your marital status (if applicable).
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Proof of your address.
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Proof of your income.
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Proof of your assets, including the value of the property you own.
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Proof of your private pension (if any).
- Your three-month bank statement.
- If you were employed, an Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) ('blue book') or discharge certificate from your previous employer.
- If your spouse died within the last five years, a copy of your spouse’s death certificate, their will and the first and final liquidation and distribution accounts where applicable.
Request a meeting with the Executive Mayor of Cape Town(Dan Plato)
Office of the Executive Mayor
O21 400 1300 / 021 400 1301