Skip to content Skip to left sidebar Skip to footer

Press Releases

George Libraries celebrate Library Week

  In the photograph above, the crowd that took part in the walk from Unity Park to George Municipality in celebrating South African Library Week were personnel from George Library, Olympia Skills School, Provincial Library Service (George Region) and Friends and Patrons of the library that were addressed by Edward Ganza, Deputy Director: Corporate Services […]

George Traffic Services – Easter Holiday Awareness Campaign

Janine Wells, George Traffic Chief in photograph above. The Western Cape Province’s first school term comes to an end on March 20th, 2024 with a week of school holiday, Human Rights Day on the 21st of March and an Easter long weekend. Many citizens will take this opportunity to embark on long-distance travelling to visit […]

George Fire Brigade Acquires State-of-the-Art Fire Engine to Meet City’s Growing Needs

George Fire officials in front of their new state of the art fire engine. In the centre of the back row are Johan Crause (Station Commander); Neels Barnard (Fire Chief), Dr Michele Gratz (Municipal Manager); Johan Brand (Divisional Commander and Santa Sternsdorf (Station Commander). Kneeling in front with fire officials is Executive Mayor Leon Van […]

George Municipality with the Pacaltsdorp Community Business Association held patternmaking workshop

In the photograph above Catherine Stoffels the facilitator/instructor addresses attendees at the patternmaking workshop. The Youth Development section of George Municipality in conjunction with the Pacaltsdorp Community Business Association (PCBA) held a patternmaking workshop for 11 people in February. The workshop was facilitated by Catherine Stoffels, an entrepreneur and seasoned trainer, who has lectured at FET […]

Illegal Dumping in Stormwater Infrastructure leads to flooding and road damage

George Municipality has highlighted the dangers of illegal dumping in our communities in recent weeks, but another form of illegal dumping is under the spotlight now. The dumping of litter and other items into toilets, stormwater drains, and sewer manholes causes a massive headache for the municipality. Overflowing storm water drains are generally found to […]

Kan George 2024 KWÊLA se dorp van die jaar wees?

Kyknet se Kwêla het op 3 Maart 2024 weer hulle immergewilde “Dorp van die Jaar” kompetisie aangekondig en dit is tyd dat inwoners van George saamstaan om die gesogte titel te wen! Waar in George kry jy die lekkerste gebak? Is dit die een dorp in die land waar jy altyd sal tuis voel as […]

CAN GEORGE BE SOUTH AFRICA’S FAVOURITE TOWN?

Look no further than this video highlighting the best that George has to offer! https://youtu.be/m7YMxJD9shs?si=k7GPBwvdQRQGO1Tm Kyknet’s Kwêla launched their popular ‘Dorp van die Jaar’ competition for 2024 on 3 March 2024, and it is time that the beautiful town of George took centre stage to show off its magnificent attributes. All towns in the 9 […]

Mayor’s Newsletter for the week ending Friday 8 March 2024

Ald Leon van Wyk, Executive Mayor of George On Friday, 1 March 2024 it was reported that Knysna Municipal Council had accepted the Western Cape Government’s diagnostic assessment and financial recovery support plan to address the deepening service delivery crisis in our neighbouring municipality. This decision is the first step of the many that will […]

OCC visitors impressed by GO GEORGE features

Dep Mayor and Georgie: George Deputy Mayor, Cllr Raybin Figland and mascot Georgie sent of the athletes with inspiring words of support. Raven Benny, a wheelchair user for the last 24 years, has missed only one OCC to date. This was after he coincidentally happened to visit the Garden Route during the first race and […]

George Municipality participates in an Annual Career Exhibition in Uniondale

Approximately 744 learners from schools in Uniondale, Haarlem and surrounding areas attended the Career Exhibition George Municipality’s commitment to fostering educational and career development was prominently demonstrated through active participation in the annual Career Pathing and Awareness open day held in Uniondale on 20 and 21 February 2024. The event witnessed enthusiastic involvement from various […]

55 750 bags of illegally dumped refuse collected in one month!

Assisting EPWP workers, Cindy Potts, Sue-ne Jacobs and Theresa Snyman was Portfolio Councillor for Community Services: Parks, Refuse and Environment, Theresa Jeyi. In the final week of Illegal Dumping Awareness Month, our Community Services cleaning teams have collected another 13 100 bags of illegally dumped rubbish bringing the grand total to an astonishing 55 750 […]

George Municipality Recognises 35 Years of Dedicated Service

On the photo from left: Deon de Jager (Deputy Director of Water and Sanitation), Benjamin Ndzipho (Artisan Plumber, Water Distribution), Joelian Scheepers (Superintendent of Water Distribution) George Municipality proudly congratulates Benjamin Ndzipho an artisan plumber, for an outstanding 35 years of dedicated service. Mr Ndzipho commenced his journey with George Municipality on 22 February 1989, […]