Notice Archive

Tuesday 19 July 2022 @ 13h10

Law enforcement operation is ongoing with taxis being inspected for permits and licences as required by law.

Please Note: Passengers should at all costs avoid getting into an illegally operating vehicle because there is an increased risk that that vehicle might be impounded with passengers left stranded. At the same time, they don’t have the benefit that the vehicle has had to go through a roadworthy test, which is mandatory when obtaining an operating licence. Passengers getting injured while using illegal transport have no claim with the Road Accident Fund.

Tuesday 19 July 2022

George Municipality confirms special law enforcement operations against illegal taxi operators in certain areas of town.

An interdict obtained by George Municipality in January of this year stipulates that any operator providing service without a valid operating licence will be subject to immediate arrest and impoundment of the illegal vehicle until such time as the case has been heard in court.

The municipality apologises for this inconvenience caused by continued disregard of the law by illegal operators and will provide regular updates.

URGENT GO GEORGE SERVICE NOTICE: DELAYS ON PARKDENE ROUTES
Tuesday 19 July 2022, 11:50

Please note that all buses from Parkdene are currently delayed due to circumstances beyond our control.
Affected routes: Route 15 Parkdene-CBD, Route 18 Parkdene-Blanco, Route 16 Parkdene-GR Mall and Route 51 Parkdene Community.
We apologise for this inconvenience to passengers and will provide regular updates regarding the situation.

Eskom loadshedding confirmed: Stage 2 from 16h00 – 24h00 from 18 – 21 July 2022.
Stage 1 will start from 16h00 – 24h00 from 22 – 25 July 2022.
Issued by George Mun 18 July 2022 at 14h50
George will be affected as follows:

Monday 18/07/2022
22:00 to 00:30

Tuesday 19/07/2022
22:00 to 00:30

Wednesday 20/07/2022
None

Thursday 21/07/2022
None

Friday 22/07/2022
20:00 to 22:30

Saturday 23/07/2022
None
Sunday 24/07/2022
None

Monday 25/07/2022
None

Uniondale will be affected as follows:

Monday 18/07/2022
17:00 to 19:30

Tuesday 19/07/2022
None

Wednesday 20/07/2022
None

Thursday 21/07/2022
16:00 to 17:30

Friday 22/07/2022
23:00 to 00:30

Saturday 23/07/2022
None

Sunday 24/07/2022
None

Monday 25/07/2022
None

UPDATE: POWER SUPPLY RESTORED IN WILDERNESS AND BEING SUPPLIED THROUGH ESKOM TRANSFORMER

Power supply has been restored Wilderness. Wilderness is now being fed via Eskom supply once again. Eskom completed the repairs before midnight, last night.

Wilderness and surrounds experienced an unexpected power supply outage that occurred on the Eskom power system over the past weekend. The George Municipality’s Electrotechnical Services came in to pick up the load from its power system and gradually restored the power supply to consumers while Eskom attended to the problem. The power outage, which occurred for hours also negatively impacted the potable water pump station in Wilderness Heights, as the reservoir in that areas was running empty.

Good news is the Eskom repaired the transformer and restored power supply to Wilderness. The George Municipality’s Municipal Manager, Dr Michelle Gratz wishes to thank the George Municipality’s Electrotechnical Services Department for coming in to carry the load while Eskom was busy with repairs. The George Municipality has now normalized the network with customers being supplied through Eskom Transformer.

Dr Gratz also expressed a word of gratitude to customers in the Wilderness areas for their patience and understanding during the power outage period.

18 July 2022
10:25

George Municipality continues to temporarily supply power outage to Wilderness, following Eskom’s unexpected power outage last night into this afternoon.

According to available information, it appears that the damage on Eskom’s Transformer may take longer to repair, this means that the Municipality must continue longer to temporarily pick up the Wilderness load for the extended time, from its power system.

To ensure sustainability of the temporary pick up of Eskom’s load, the Municipality will have to do emergency works for 2,5 hours on a portion of Wilderness, to allow for this network to continue supplying the customer for the extended duration.

The switch off will take place at 09:00am on Sunday morning, 17 July 2022 until about 11:30am. The emergency work will affect the Pinedew line and Stoker line.

Issued by George Municipality
16 July 2022
19:10

UPDATE: GEORGE TEMPORARILY RESTORE THE POWER SUPPLY IN WILDERNESS AS ESKOM ATTENDS TO THE PROBLEM

The George Municipality has temporarily restored the power supply to all areas in Wilderness.

This follows a power supply outage that occurred on the Eskom power line last night resulting in an unexpected power outage in Wilderness.

The George Municipality’s Electrotechnical Services came in to pick up the load from its power system and gradually restored the power supply to consumers while Eskom is attending to the problem.

All areas have now been temporarily restored and clients should please continue to use electricity sparingly as loading remains a challenge.

WATER SUPPLY RESTORED IN WILDERNESS HEIGHTS

The water truck that was dispatched to Wilderness Heights has now been withdrawn as the power supply has been restored in Wilderness Heights. Residents in Wilderness Heights were earlier today urged to use water sparingly as the Wilderness Heights potable water storage reservoir levels were very low, due to Eskom’s power outage in Wilderness Heights.

Issued by George Municipality
16 July 2022
14:45

WATER SHORTAGES DUE TO ESKOM’S POWER OUTAGE IN WILDERNESS HEIGHTS

Residents in Wilderness Heights are urged to use water sparingly. The Wilderness Heights Potable water storage reservoir levels is very low, due to Eskom’s power outage in Wilderness Heights. A water truck has been arranged to supply water and will be stationed at Wildernishoogte Winkel (Bundu Cafe).

Issued by George Municipality
16 July 2022
12:40

VELD FIRE WARNING FOR FDI>75
Warning valid Sun 17 Jul 08:00 until Sun 17 Jul 20:00

AFFECTED DM/LM/METRO AREA
Beaufort West, George, Hantam, Hessequa, Kannaland, Karoo Hoogland, Laingsburg, Oudtshoorn, Prince Albert

SHORT MESSAGE
Are expected over the southern of Namakwa, Central Karoo and interior of Garden Route including the Hessequa and George municipalities tomorrow, Sunday (17/7/20220)

DISCUSSION
The warm to hot temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds could result in the development of runaway and veld/bush fires.

IMPACTS
Conditions are such that the FDI index is above 75. Under these conditions, fires may develop and spread rapidly resulting in damage to property and possible loss of human and/or animal life

INSTRUCTION
Fire teams, labour and equipment are to be placed on Standby. A first sign of smoke, every possible measure should be taken in order to bring the fire under control in the shortest possible time.

Issued by the South African Weather Service
16 July 2022

UPDATE: GEORGE TEMPORARILY RESTORES 65% POWER SUPPLY WHILE ESKOM ATTENDS TO THE POWER OUTAGE PROBLEM IN WILDERNESS

George continues to pick up Wilderness power as Eskom is attending to the power outage problem on its powerline. George Municipality has restored about 65% power supply in the Wilderness area.

Eskom’s transformer at substation Wilderness has faulted over the last night, resulting in a power outage in Wilderness. While Eskom is attending to the problem, the George Municipality is trying to pick up Wilderness via the George power system.

The load is quite high at the moment, so restoring the entire Wilderness will still take a while as we wait for loads to decrease before energizing the next portion.

We would like to request consumers whose power has been restored to use power sparingly so that we can restore the power supply to other consumers quicker.

Issued by George Municipality
16 July 2022
10:10

UPDATE: GEORGE TEMPORARILY SUPPLIES POWER WHILE ESKOM ATTENDS TO THE POWER OUTAGE PROBLEM IN WILDERNESS

Eskom’s transformer at substation Wilderness has faulted over the past night, resulting in a power outage in Wilderness. While Eskom is attending to the problem, the George Municipality is trying to pick up Wilderness via the George power system. Thus, George Municipality has so far restored about 40% of Wilderness. The load is quite high at the moment, so restoring the entire Wilderness will still take a while as we wait for loads to decrease before energizing the next portion.

We would like to request consumers whose power has been restored to use power sparingly so that we can restore the power supply to other consumers quicker.

Issued by George Municipality
16 July 2022
09:00

UNEXPECTED POWER OUTEGE IN WILDERNESS

Eskom’s transformer at sub station Wilderness has faulted. We will try to pick up Wilderness via George shortly.

Issued by George Mun
16/7/2022
07:00