Notice Archive

11 October 2022, @ 11h35

George Fire Services will be undertaking a Control Burn today 11 October from 12h00 at the Garden Route Dam, southern flank. This is due to the perfect weather conditions being in place, as well as Garden Route Fire Services availability to assist with the monitoring of the control burn. Residents should be unaffected as the wind direction will move smoke away from the residential area.

Fire Emergencies must be reported to 044 8016311

Public Notice: Control Burns scheduled for October and November

Issued by George Municipality,  11 October,  for immediate release

George Fire Rescue and Disaster Management services are in the process of planning a number of Control Burns before the start of the fire season. Control burns serve to reduce the fuel loading (dead leaves, tree limbs, and other debris), in areas and are implemented to prevent wildfires spreading. The areas of concern are: Pacaltsdorp  in the Dellville Park area, the area behind Honda George, the Garden Route Dam, southern flank and east of Denneoord. The control burns will take place during October and November and are subject to the prevailing weather conditions. A Public Notice will be issued prior to each Control Burn.

If you have a business located within the CBD, this First Thursday engagement is specifically for you! George Executive Mayor Leon Van Wyk calls on all corporates and businesses to discuss Central Improvement District (CID) for the Central Business District (CBD) in this month’s “First Thursday” engagement, to be hosted in October 2022.

This interactive discussion will be centred on how through using CID, the Municipality and businesses within the CBD can collaborate to improve and uplift open spaces and the environment in that particular area.

Join the conversation in conjunction with the mayor and senior management of the Municipality, share your ideas and solutions.

To participate, please share your thoughts and talking points along with your name and that of your establishment, contact number and email address to: supportbusiness@george.gov.za

When:                  13^th October 2022

Platform:             MS TEAMS

Time:                    16:30

For any further queries contact:
Melissa Dreyer – 044 801 9129

Planned power outage by Eskom 13 October 2022 from 08h00 to 16h00
• This outage is a planned outage arranged by Eskom to perform maintenance on their network.
• George Municipality will energise Wilderness clients via the emergency feed from George.
• Clients are encouraged to use electricity sparingly.
• Clients may experience lower than normal voltages.
• Should we encounter any loading issues on the day of the outage, we may have to implement loadshedding within the Wilderness area at short notice.

The traffic lights intersection in Hope and Union Streets will remain in flashing mode till the cables are repaired by the contractor that was digging in the area. The contractor damaged feeder cables between 3 stable kiosks.

LOAD SHEDDING UPDATE 9 OCT 2022
Issued by George Municipality

Sunday, 09 October 2022: Loadshedding will be implemented daily at 16:00 – 00:00 from Monday to Wednesday. To the extent possible, Eskom will endeavour to limit load shedding to night-time to have minimal impact on the economy and population. The load shedding will be used to replenish emergency generation reserves during the night to bolster generation capacity. Eskom will publish a further update on Wednesday afternoon, or as soon as any significant changes occur. – Eskom

George:

10 October 2022
18:00 – 20:30

11 October 2022
None

12 October 2022
None

Uniondale:

10 October 2022
21:00 – 23:30

11 October 2022
None

12 October 2022
None

VERY IMPORTANT PLEASE
ONLY USE ESSENTIAL APPLIANCES WHEN POWER IS RESTORED Consumers are reminded to use electricity sparingly especially when power returns after load shedding. This will reduce the risk of overload tripping on the network. Consumers are requested, where possible to not switch on appliances such as stoves and kettles for at least 30 minutes after load shedding.

Loadshedding will be suspended at 05:00 on Saturday morning owing to lower weekend demand and adequate emergency generation reserves. – Eskom

Issued George Mun, 6 October 2022 @16:10

A fibre contractor damaged the feeder cable in Disa Str, Pacaltsdorp and caused an unexpected power outage in this area. Electricians are attending to the situation. ETR 3hrs

Stage 4 load-shedding will continue to be implemented until 05:00 on Thursday morning and will then be reduced to Stage 3 until 05:00 on Saturday morning.

George will be affected as follows:

Wednesday 05/10/2022
20:00 – 22:30

Thursday 06/10/2022
04:00 – 06:30
12:00 – 14:30
20:00 – 22:30

Friday 07/10/2022
04:00 – 06:30
20:00 – 22:30

Saturday 08/10/2022
04:00 – 06:30

Uniondale will be affected as follows:

Wednesday 05/10/2022
15:00 – 17:30
23:00 – 01:30

Thursday 06/10/2022
15:00 – 17:30
23:00 – 01:30

Friday 07/10/2022
07:00 – 09:30
23:00 – 01:30