Hessequa Municipality is currently dealing with a reoccurring email security issue on the internal email exchange server. Complaints were received from users on the hessequa.gov.za domain as well as external stakeholders about potential email spam. The email problem is receiving priority attention to ensure that the issue is resolved as soon as possible. In the interim all internal & external stakeholders are advised to be extremely cautious and first validate any communication before opening any links of attachments.