Kommetjie Residents and Ratepayers Association

13/06/2026

🌊 Wave One Hundred is here!

The micro-plastic sludge is back on Long Beach and we’re looking for 100 beach-loving volunteers to help clear it.

Bring a sieve, bring some gloves, bring a friend.

📍 Long Beach Main Car Park
🗓 Saturday 20 June | 10:00am
⏱ Just one hour

Let’s give our beach some love. 💙

09/06/2026

🪲 NATURE NOTES | Cape Point

What looks like something straight out of a sci-fi film is actually a fascinating natural phenomenon spotted right here in the Deep South this week — and SANParks has the answer!

These translucent, striped creatures moving in a mass procession are *fungus gnat larvae*, and what you’re witnessing is called a *column migration* — hundreds of larvae moving together in one direction, most likely seeking drier soil or fresh organic matter.

Completely harmless, totally natural, and honestly… pretty extraordinary to witness up close. 🤩

A huge thank you to Table Mountain National Park for the swift and informative response — and to Check My Plants for sharing this incredible video and staying curious! 🔍

Have you ever spotted something unusual in your garden or on your walks through the Deep South? Share it with us — you never know what you might find!

🌿 Deep South Report — your community, your nature, your news.
📹CheckMyPlants

09/06/2026

05/06/2026

🌊🎭 Driftwood, imagination and ocean activism.
Artist Chip Snaddon brought his extraordinary driftwood sculpture, Koos Malgas, to life at the opening of Beyond The World We Know at Studio50 Gallery, Imhoff Farm, Kommetjie. Commissioned by Protect the West Coast, the striking work highlights the deep connection between creativity, place and environmental stewardship.

🐋 The World Ocean Day Exhibition brings together artists whose work is inspired by the ocean’s beauty, mystery and fragility. Through painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, ceramics, cyanotypes and reclaimed materials, the exhibition explores the living systems that sustain us and the urgent need to protect them.
💙 From kelp forests and marine biodiversity to ocean debris transformed into art, the exhibition invites us to look beyond the surface and reimagine our relationship with the sea.
The exhibition also echoes the message at the heart of the Protect the West Coast campaign: that the wild oceans, coastlines and communities of South Africa’s West Coast are treasures worth celebrating—and protecting.
📍 Studio50 Gallery, Imhoff Farm, Kommetjie
Credit for 📸

MarineConservation Kommetjie Studio50Gallery ImhoffFarm ArtForChange OceanLovers CapeTownArt SaveOurOceans WestCoastSA DriftwoodArt 🌊🐋🎨💙✨

05/06/2026

DSR: The Loquat Tree — A Sweet Slice of Cape Town History 🍋

If you’ve ever spotted clusters of small yellow-orange fruit hanging from a tree in someone’s garden or along a school fence, chances are you were looking at a loquat — and its story stretches all the way back to ancient China.

Originally from southeastern China, where it was cultivated for centuries, the loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) gradually spread to Japan and across Asia before global trade carried it to far corners of the world — including our corner of Africa.

It arrived in South Africa during the 18th and 19th centuries, tucked in among the many fruit and ornamental trees brought over by Dutch and British settlers. As Cape Town grew, so did its gardens — filled with plants gathered from Europe, Asia, and beyond. The loquat took to our climate with ease.

By the early 20th century it had become a fixture in suburb after suburb — a reliable source of sweet yellow fruit enjoyed by generation after generation of Cape Town families.

The loquat is not indigenous to the Cape. It’s an introduced species — part of a living botanical tapestry woven together over centuries of trade, migration, and cultivation. But it has made itself very much at home here.

Many of the older loquat trees still standing across the city are, in their quiet way, living links to Cape Town’s rich horticultural history — and to China, Asia, and the wider world that shaped it.

📸 Image credit: Verona, Italy

04/06/2026

🌊 Imagine Kommetjie 2028 – Your Voice Matters

What do you love most about Kommetjie? What places, spaces and qualities make our village special? And where do you think there is room for improvement?

The Kommetjie Residents & Ratepayers Association (KRRA) is inviting all residents, property owners and business owners to take part in a short two-question survey that will help shape our input into the City’s long-term planning process and the new District Spatial Development Plan for 2028.

Whether you’ve lived here for 30 years or 3 months, your perspective matters.

✅ Takes just a few minutes
✅ Anonymous
✅ Open to residents (owners and renters), property owners and business owners

Your feedback will help ensure that future planning reflects what our community values, wants to protect, and hopes to improve. Take just 5 minutes💫

📅 Survey open: 3–20 June

Please take part and share with your neighbours: https://forms.gle/sx6saRnLum8upFAc8

Together, let’s help keep Kommetjie beautiful, unique and true to its character.

03/06/2026

Tuesday’s sunset

03/06/2026

15/05/2026

🦋IMPROMPTU FYNFORCE MEET 🦋
Tomorrow/ Sat 9am at KS gate (where poppers kept).
We will walk up to where our clearing now meets Kommetjie Main Road and survey the work done.

There are lots of small PJ exposed after the chainsaw work. And cut PJ to be stacked.

If anyone has a worker to volunteer please let me know as stacking work is heavy going. ( thank you Eugenie for last week). 💚🌿 for more details you can contact Mallorie on 0813645871 - Location of Meet-up : https://maps.app.goo.gl/4erM2yXkz3EBtD8e9?g_st=ic

14/05/2026

Kommetjie is changing — and the future of our village depends on people who care about getting involved.

Join us for an evening of community connection, updates and conversation about the things that matter most to Kommetjie:
* Conservation & biodiversity
* Development pressures
* Baboons & the environment
* Disaster preparedness
* Walking, cycling & safer roads
* Protecting the character and spirit of our village

We’re also looking for more helping hands, fresh ideas and community members willing to step forward and be part of shaping Kommetjie’s future.

Whether you’ve lived here for decades or arrived more recently — your voice matters.

Come be part of the conversation.

PS You don’t need to be a ratepayer to have a say, all residents and business owners are welcome!