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Issued George Municipality on 1 February 2022

The Conville public swimming pool has been opened for the public, as of 31 January 2022. The Uniondale public swimming pool will be opened to the public with effect from 4 February 2022.  

OPERATION DAYS, TIMES & SAFETY AT BOTH, CONVILLE AND UNIONDALE:

• Monday to Friday: 13:00 – 16:00 (with 2 Lifeguards on Duty)
• Saturdays and Sundays (Public Holidays): 09:00 – 12:00 and 13:00 – 16:00 with 2 Lifeguards on Duty and one Lifeguard on standby.

ADHERENCE TO COVID19 PROTOCOLS AT THE SWIMMING POOLS:

Conville Swimming Pool:

• The maximum number of people allowed during normal operations will be 200 people in total (swimming or not).
• The maximum number of people allowed in the bathrooms is 10 in each ladies’ and men’s bathroom.
• Wearing a mask in the building and in the bathrooms is mandatory.
• Entrance to the facility will be controlled by conducting screening including a register where every person signs in.

Uniondale Swimming Pool:

• The maximum number of people allowed during normal operations is 50 people in total (swimming or not).
• The maximum number of people allowed in the bathrooms is – 5 men and 5 ladies
• Wearing a mask in the building and in the bathrooms is mandatory.
• Entrance to the facility will be controlled by conducting screening including a register where every person signs in.

THE TARIFFS FOR ENTRY INTO BOTH CONVILLE AND UNIONDALE SWIMMING POOLS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Non-Sporting events:

• Entrance fee: Adult (Including children 16years and above): R 11,50 per person
• Children (15 years & under): R 3,50 per child
• Season ticket: Adult (Including children 16years and above): R315,00
• Children (15 years & under): R253,00 per child
• Half Season ticket: Adult (Including children 16years and above): R157,50
• Children (15 years & under): R126,00 per child
• Swimming tuition: 8 lessons per person: R 77,50 / person (Both adult and children)

Sporting events:

Hire of Conville Swimming Pool:

• Galas for Adults: R1 235,00 / day

• Swimming: R 133,00 / hour

• Galas for Schools: Monday to Friday: R193,00 /hour Saturday to Sunday &Public Holidays: R293,00/hour

• School competitions:

• Individual School competitions: R 62,00 /hour
• Individual School training sessions: R 92,00 / hour session
• Floodlights: R 65,00 / hour
• Touchpads: R3 785,00 / day

PLEASE NOTE: Entry fee to the Swimming Pools is VAT INCLUSIVE

For enquiries/bookings: Conville Swimming Pool

Tel: 044 801 9488

Contact persons:

G de Villiers Email: gbdevilliers@george.gov.za – Sport Development Assistant

LY Botha Email lybotha@george.gov.za  – Sport Development Officer

Riaan Swart Email rswart@george.gov.za

Enrico Engelbrecht Email eengelbrecht@george.gov.za  

For enquiries/Bookings: Uniondale Swimming Pool

Tel: 044-8019020 / 044 7521024 (Uniondale Office)

Please note that there are currently delays in the switching on and off, of streetlights in the eastern suburbs of George.  This is due to vandalism to the George Municipal fibre infrastructure.

Technicians are working to get this service restored.

REMEMBER: The George Municipality offers a reward for information that leads to the successful conviction of electrical theft and /vandalism in a court of law. The witness will have to go on record to the authorities, giving his/her name and contact details to testify, but his/her identity will be protected. Report to 0860 044 044

George Municipality is aware that the High mast lights are off in Thembalethu. An electrician has been sent out to investigate. We’ll keep you updated of any developments.

A truck overturned on the N2 near the Herolds Bay turnoff, direction Mosselbay, earlier this morning.

The N2 Highway has been temporarily closed for approximately 1hour, as follows:

• Both lanes on the N2 Highway have been closed
• Traffic officers are diverting motorists to the R102 past the airport
• Diversion points are the Pacaltsdorp and Heralds Bay bridges on the N2

Mop-up operations are in progress, emergency workers are still on the scene removing the truck from the road.

Please continue to drive cautiously as traffic became slow due to a detour to the alternative route.

Issued George Mun

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A truck overturned on the N2 near the Herolds Bay turnoff, direction Mosselbay, earlier this morning.

The N2 Highway is partially open as follows:

• West to East lanes (Cape Town to George) has been reopened for traffic; no need to use R 404 toward the George Airport and R 102 to George at this stage.
• East to West lanes (George to Cape Town); only one lane is open for traffic. Please drive cautiously.

Emergency workers are still on the scene removing the truck from the road. Our disaster management warns that the N2 will be temporarily closed later this afternoon as the mop-up exercise will get more complex.  

We will issue a warning as soon as that is about to happen.

Issued George Mun

UPDATE: Media Alert, 27 January @ 09h00

Truck has overturned on the N2 near the Herolds Bay turnoff.

The road has been temporarily closed from traffic moving from West to East (Cape Town to George), for approximately an hour. Motorists are advised to take the turnoff to the George Airport R 404, then into R 102 into York Street in George then turn right to join the N2 on the Pacaltsdorp intersection.

All emergency role players are currently on the scene, trying to remove the truck from the road.

Motorists are requested to proceed with caution.

Issued George Mun

Issued George Municipality, 27 January 11h50

Test results received for 26 January, indicate that the Touw River is NON-COMPLIANT at Ebb & Flow area for Full Contact and NO SWIMMING OR WATERSPORTS IS ALLOWED at this stage.

Lagoon Mouth NON-COMPLIANT, no swimming is allowed, however, intermediate contact is allowed and therefore canoeing and water sports where you do not touch the water are permitted.

The results are compliant for Fairy Knowe and swimming and water sports are permitted.

Issued George Municipality, 26 January 11h00

Test results received for 25 January, indicate that the Touw River is COMPLIANT for Full Contact.

SWIMMING, canoeing, and water sports are allowed at all areas – Ebb and Flow, Fairy Knowe and Lagoon/ river mouth.

Issued by George Municipality 26 Jan 2022 at 11h00

Issued George Municipality, 25 January 10h00

Test results received for 24 January, indicate that the Touw River is COMPLIANT for Full Contact.

SWIMMING, canoeing, and water sports are allowed at all areas – Ebb and Flow, Fairy Knowe and Lagoon/ river mouth.

Issued by George Municipality 25 Jan 2022 at 10h00

Issued George Municipality, 24 January 10h00

Test results received for 23 January, indicate that the Touw River is COMPLIANT for Full Contact.
SWIMMING, canoeing and water sports are allowed at all areas – Ebb and Flow, Fairy Knowe and Lagoon/ river mouth.

Issued by George Municipality 24 Jan 2022 at 10h00

Issued George Municipality, 23 January 10h00

Test results received for 22 January, indicate that the Touw River remains NON-COMPLIANT at Ebb and Flow and Fairy Knowe area for Full Contact and NO SWIMMING IS ALLOWED at this stage. Intermediate contact is allowed and therefore canoeing and water sports where you do not touch the water are permitted.

The results are compliant for the River mouth/lagoon and swimming and water sports are permitted.

Issued by George Municipality 23 Jan 2022 at 10h00

Issued George Municipality, 22 January 10h00

Test results received for 21 January, indicate that the Touw River remains NON-COMPLIANT at Ebb and Flow and Fairy Knowe area for Full Contact and NO SWIMMING IS ALLOWED at this stage. Intermediate contact is allowed and therefore canoeing and water sports where you do not touch the water are permitted.

The results are compliant for the River mouth/lagoon and swimming and water sports are permitted. Issued by George Municipality 22 Jan 2022 at 10h00

A portion of Hanmoeskraal is experiencing an unexpected power outage. Affected areas are Silvertown, Thembalethu and 28 farms on the Hansmoeskraal side. Electricians are attending to the complaint. We’ll keep you updated about any progress made.

Issued by George Municipality
27 Jan 2022 at 10:40

Power supply has been restored in parts of Wilderness. The affected streets were Louis, Cedric & The waves.

Issued by George Municipality

27 Jan 2022 at 09:35

Power is currently off in parts of Wilderness. Affected streets are Louis, Cedric & The waves. Electricians are out to investigate the cause of the power outage.

Issued by George Municipality
27 Jan 2022 at 07:40

NOTICE NR.  DPD 003/2022

Notice is hereby given that the ward committee database for registered sectors/ organisations as well as maps, which contain the division of the wards into blocks, are available for comments from *27 January 2022 – 03 February 2022* at the area offices and at the Uniondale Office.  

Please contact the following persons in this regard.

Wards: 1,3,22,26

Contact Person: Marshel Abrahams

Tel: 044-803 9275

Wards: 2,5,6,18

Contact Person: Garth Meyer

Tel: 044-801 9379

Wards: 8,17,20

Contact Person: Maria Figeland

Tel: 044-803 9261

Wards: 7,9,10,11,12,13,15,21  

Contact Person: Thembakazi Matseke

Tel: 044-801 9448

Wards: 14

Contact Person: Berenice Arries

Tel: 044-803 9295

Wards: 16

Contact Person: Karin Samson

Tel: 044-801 9111 (x2797)

Wards: 23,27

Contact Person: Evangeline Thorne

Tel: 044-803 9286  

Wards: 4 ,19

Contact Person: Walter Damons

Tel: 044-803 9280

Wards: 24, 25

Contact Person: Marildien Olivier

Tel: 044-752 1024

Wards: 28

Contact Person: Paulina Saaiman

Tel: 044-801 9074

Issued George Municipality, 25 January 2022

Water Restrictions are necessary to protect our water resources

The George Municipal Section 80 Civil Engineering Services Committee today, 25 January 2022 approved the implementation of Water Restrictions similar to those found in paragraph 2B of the George Municipal Drought Management Policy.

Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee, Cllr Browen Johnson noted that an emergency as contemplated in Section 2(4)(b) of the Water Services By-law to limit or restrict the use of water currently exists in George as the water treatment works cannot meet the current potable water demand and cannot ensure adequate reservoir storage volumes to meet the emergency storage volumes required.

Water restrictions will therefore be implemented in the George Water Distribution and Reticulation network, excluding Uniondale and Haarlem, with immediate effect until further notice.

The immediate measures to be adhered to are as follows:

1. The mechanical or automatic irrigation/watering devices or sprinkler systems for gardens is prohibited.
2. Gardens may be watered with a handheld hose from 01 September to 30 May during the following period only, i.e.  between 19:00 to 21:00

Gardens may be watered with a handheld hose from 01 June to 31 August during the following period only, i.e.  between 17:00 to 19:00:

Mondays and Thursdays for even-numbered households ONLY
Tuesdays and Fridays for uneven numbered households ONLY.

3. The irrigation or watering of all sports fields is prohibited.  Exemption from restrictions in the following instances only: golf course greens, bowling greens, and cricket pitches which may only be watered between 19:00 and 21:00.

4. The washing of vehicles with a garden hose is prohibited, except by a commercial enterprise whose business it is to wash cars.

5. The cleaning of ANY area by mechanical means or hosepipe using water is prohibited; The use of a bucket is however permitted.

6. The filling of swimming pools is prohibited.
7. Where own water from a borehole or reservoir is used, the appropriate notice shall be displayed on the premises, e.g. “OWN WATER”.

Contraventions of the Water Restrictions can be reported on 0800 424477 and will be followed up by George Municipal Law Enforcement.

Any person who contravenes these restrictions is guilty of an offence and is, upon conviction, liable to a fine as published in the annual tariffs list, or six months imprisonment.

In terms of Section 5 of the By-law, any person may apply in writing for the exemption from the provision of any notice published in terms of the By-law, and the Council may grant an exemption and impose conditions in respect of such an application.  The Policy grants permission to the Directorate Civil Engineering Services to approve applications for exemptions.

Application forms for an exemption can be obtained from the office of the Directorate: Civil Engineering Services, Old Town Hall, on the corner of Market and York Streets. Alternatively, applicants can contact Ms G van Niekerk on 044 – 801 9354 / gvanniekerk@george.gov.za to request that a copy of the application form be emailed to them. The Directorate Civil Engineering Services will consider all applications. A written exemption shall be provided where approved.

Report all water leaks to our Civil Engineering Department on 044 801 9262/66  to email an application form.