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The Nature's Valley Ratepayers Association stand in service of its members and look after the interests of Nature's Valley.
The Nature's Valley Ratepayers association was established in 1964 to serve as a body in service of the the ratepayers and look after their interest.
The N.V.R.A. has grown into a streamlined well managed organisation making use of the vast experience of its committee members and running the association using the latest business acumen and project management methodologies.
An excellent association has been built up with the Bitou Municipality, SAN parks and the Nature's Valley Trust, with whom there is a constant striving to make Nature's Valley a better place for all who live there and to maintain the nature reserve like environment for which Nature's Valley has become famous.

The portfolios are as follows:

• Chair: Jeanner Biesenbach.
• Vice chair persons: Ina Brand en Doug Blaine
• Treasury: Abrie du Toit
  These four people are responsible for the day to day running of the NVRA as well as taking decisions between meetings.
  
  Administration and canvassing:
  
• Jeanne Biesenbach Built environment: (Building regulations, plan recommendations, notice boards, zoning and sub-divisions.) Jeanne Biesenbach, Stef Naude, Marina Niven, Di Woode, Jan Strydom (co-opted, Bertie van Zyl (co-opted)
• External communication: Bitou Residents Affiliation, Covie, Tsitsikama Forum) Ina Brand, Marina Niven, Engela Muller, James Martin.
• Infrastructure: (Water, electricity, roads, sewerage, waste management) Doug Blaine, Juan ke Roex, Roe Venter, Johan Grobbelaar. Frans Wagener (co-opted), Nico Loretz (co-opted), Geoff MCIlleron (co-opted) Frans Kapp (co-opted).
  Contractual National Park
• Management committee: James Martin, Chairman for the NVRA, Bitou representative, SAN Parks representative. Environment (Liaison with the NVTrust, Open Spaces Committee, Estuary Committee) Michael Perlman, James Martin, Engela Muller.
• Safety and Security: (Liaison with Police, Security companies and trafic department) Peter Harpur, Antoinette Pieterse
  Special projects:
• Grootrivier pass: Juan le Roex, Ina Brand
• Munisipale Belastings: Gordon Paterson
• Toerisme Opname: Ina Brand, Antoinette Pieterse