George Municipality continues to temporarily supply power to Wilderness, since Eskom’s emergency power interruption yesterday morning. The power supply was supposed to be restored late yesterday, however, Eskom reported a broken conductor on its 66kV line supplying the substation and indicated that repairs can only be done today.

George Municipality will continue to temporarily supply power to Wilderness. Customers are urged to use electricity sparingly to enable George’s temporary supply to continue seamlessly.

Issued by George Municipality

30/3/2022

07:00

The George Motor Vehicle Registration (MVR) situated in Hibernia Street (next to the train station) and the Driving Licence Testing Centre (DLTC) in Pacaltsdorp are experiencing a slow service from the electronic National Administration Traffic Information System (NaTIS) as it has been on and off since this morning.

This is a country-wide technical issue experienced by NaTIS users and it is being attended to.

Issued George Municipality

29 March 2022

11:45

Urgent public notice: Waterflow will be affected to the whole of Lawaaikamp after a contractor damaged a water pipe in the area. The water flow needs to be turned off to repair the damaged pipe. Civil Engineering teams and the contractor involved will work as fast as humanly possible to fix the problem. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. Issued by George Mun 28 March at 16h30.

PROJECT:

MIG: UPGRADING OF STORMWATER AND ASSOCIATED STREETS

NEW DAWN PARK PHASE 4

The upgrade of residential streets and associated stormwater pipeline servicing New Dawn Park; including portions of Sierrisie, Bougainvillea, Primrose, Granaalblom, Voelnesvaring, and Klokkiesblom Streets, as well as a portion of Croton Close will have an impact on road users for the period from 01 March to 15 December 2022.

DESCRIPTION:

The upgrade of residential streets and associated stormwater pipeline servicing New Dawn Park; including portions of Sierrisie, Bougainvillea, Primrose, Granaalblom, Voelnesvaring, and Klokkiesblom Streets, as well as a portion of Croton Close will be upgraded.

PROJECT PERIOD:

01 March 2022 to 15 December 2022

SERVICE DISRUPTION:

Municipal services may be disrupted during construction. Advance notification of planned temporary disruptions will be sent out via social media.

TRAFFIC IMPACT:

Caution needs to be exercised by road users and pedestrians throughout the duration of the construction period.  Adherence to temporary road signage and markings will be required.

ACCESS TO SITE:

Access to the site will be strictly controlled. Any member of the public who enters the site will have to comply with the relevant requirements in terms of the Health and Safety Act and the National State of Disaster: COVID-19 Regulations.

PROJECT ENQUIRIES: Urhwebo e-Transand Klasie on Tel: 044 695 0105

The George Municipality apologises for any inconvenience and appeals to road users to be patient and exercise caution during the upgrade.

Please look out for and adhere to temporary road signage and roadworks personnel.

The George Municipality apologises for any inconvenience.

The George Fire Department will do a controlled fire burn in the Denneoord Waterworks area today, between 11:00 and 14:00. Members of the public are requested not to call the fire department about the burning as it is pre-arranged event.

Issued by George Mun

23 March 2022

The CLO will be responsible to communicate and coordinates activities between the contractor, stakeholders and the community.

Qualification’s requirements:

The candidate must be able to read and write local languages, must have a working cellular phone, must be unemployed, must not be a contractor, must be able to work under tough conditions, must have problem solving and conflict management and communication skills.

The above position will be appointed and remunerated by the Principal Contractor.

Conditions of Employment:

Remuneration: To be confirmed upon appointment
Normal hours of work: 07h00 – 17h00 from Monday to Friday (Unless informed otherwise by the Contractor)

Submission of applications:

Please submit a CV & certified copy of your Identity Document in an envelope, marked CLO APPLICATION, THEMBALETHU SUBSTATION, at the offices of Zutari.

Address: Zutari, 2^nd Floor, 65 York St, Dormehls Drift, George, 6529,

Closing date: Friday, 25 March 2022.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: Ian Booi.  Tel no: 044 805 5449.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please consider your application unsuccessful if you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date.

Follow this link for Afrikaans and Isixhosa notices

https://www.george.gov.za/george-doc-categories/public-notices/general/

All customers in Wilderness are currently still online. Our Electrotechnical Services Directorate is monitoring the loading closely. George Municipality would like to thank the public for reducing their load and to please continue to do so, as we are still on an emergency supply with limited capacity.

Wilderness and surrounds experienced an unexpected power outage due to a fault on an Eskom power line yesterday.

Eskom could not locate the fault up to now. The George Municipality’s Electro-Tech Department which is responsible for electricity supply in the City has, meanwhile, provided an alternative power supply in the whole Wilderness area, while Eskom is still attending to the situation.

This temporary alternative power supply cannot carry the demand today, therefore, a rotational load shedding was implemented in Wilderness to ensure some continuity of power supply.

The following rotational load shedding was implemented in the Wilderness area:

(Please note that this is an emergency schedule, which means that it may or may not be implemented depending on real-time loading).

OFF 10 AM-11 AM:

Wilderness heights, from heights road up to 10 Myl laan

Issued by George Mun

14/3/2022

10h15

UPDATE: ESKOM POWER OUTAGE IN WILDERNESS AND SURROUNDS

Wilderness and surrounds experienced an unexpected power outage due to a fault on an Eskom power line.

Eskom could not locate the fault up to now. The George Municipality’s Electro-Tech Department which is responsible for electricity supply in the City has, meanwhile, provided an alternative power supply in the whole Wilderness area, while Eskom is still attending to the situation. We would like to urge all consumers to use electricity sparingly.

This temporary alternative power supply will certainly not be able to carry the demand tomorrow morning, therefore, a rotational load shedding will be implemented in Wilderness to ensure some continuity of power supply.

THE FOLLOWING ROTATIONAL LOAD SHEDDING WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE WILDERNESS AREA:

(Please note that this is an emergency schedule, which means that it may or may not be implemented depending on real-time loading).

OFF 7AM- 8AM:

Kleinkrans, Langvlei Dunes & Pinedew

OFF 8AM-9AM:

Hoekwil, Kerk Str line up to Valley Road

OFF 9AM-10AM:

Hoekwil, post office up to Platrug weg

OFF 10AM-11AM:

Wilderness heights, from heights road up to 10 Myl laan

Should we find the load to be too high at an earlier stage, we may have to implement rotational load shedding at an earlier time, and all time slots will automatically move backwards from the initial start time and will approximately be an hour long each time.

Issued by George Mun

13/3/2022

22:35

We are currently trying to energise Wilderness from George, whilst Eskom is still down. Customers must please take note that this alternative route of supply is over an extended distance and may result in lower-than-normal voltages.

At this stage, we are also not certain if the entire Wilderness can be supplied from this point, but we will update as we go along.

Portion Wilderness Heights, Map of Afrika Wilderness CBD restored so far.

Eskom unfortunately does not have a clear estimated time of repair at this stage. At the same time, Electrotechnical is trying to energise as much as possible from the George supply. We urge customers to reduce their load as much as possible this will enable us to energise a larger area.

Issued by George Mun

13/3/2022

20:00