Notices

UNPLANNED WATER OUTAGE – 15 June, 08H15
Burst Water pipe George South Primary School – affected streets Meade str , Fichat & Laing Str. Team has been sent out. Water Trucks will be arranged.

Issued George Mun

KENNISGEWING VAN DIE ONDERBREKING VAN DIE ELEKTRIESE TOEVOER.

NOOD HERSTEL WERK

DIE VOLGENDE AREAS SAL GERAAK WORD:GEDEELTE VAN THEMBALETHU: ZONE 1

KENNISGEWING geskied hiermee dat die elektriese toevoer onderbreek sal word op WOENSDAG 15 JUNIE 2022 VANAF 09H00 TOT 16H00 met die doel om veranderings aan elektriese hoofleidings te maak. Klante word gewaarsku om die installasie as lewendig te beskou vir die volle periode aangesien die toevoer enige tyd gedurende die periode aangeskakel mag word.

NOTIFICATION OF THE INTERRUPTION OF THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY

EMERGENCY REPAIRS

THE FOLLOWING AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED: PORTION OF THEMBALETHU: ZONE 1

NOTICE is hereby given that the electricity supply will be interrupted on WEDNESDAY 15 JUNE 2022 FROM 09H00 TO 16H00 for the purpose of doing alterations to the electrical mains. Consumers are warned to treat the installation as being live for the full duration as the supply may be resumed at any time within the notified period.

For the health and safety of our employees in the Refuse Department, we would like to urge the community to please take heed of the following when disposing of sharp objects as well as medical waste:

Disposing of sharp objects:

• Carefully wrap up glass, ceramic or other broken, sharp household items in a sheet of newspaper or place it in a cardboard box. Tape the box shut. Put the newspaper or box into another plastic bag and tie the bag shut. The bag should now be safe to place in your general waste bin.

Disposing of medical sharps/waste:

• Throw away all needles, syringes, lancets, and other sharp objects in a hard plastic or metal container. When the container is ½ to ¾full, put on the lid tightly.
• You can also use a coffee can to dispose of sharp objects.
• Do not put sharp objects in glass or clear plastic containers.
• You can stockpile your needles and other medical waste and look out for the quarterly open day for collecting hazardous waste hosted by George Municipality.
• You can also wrap it up in the original packaging.  Once you got it wrapped up, drop it off at the recyclers or bury it in your garden should you have a safe spot.  Although made of stainless steel, blades are very thin and will degrade back to mineral form in about a tenth of the time it takes a water bottle to degrade.

For the disposal of medical waste, the public must store the waste in a hard, plastic container and take it to their closest clinic/ hospital. Otherwise please contact:

AVERDA SA (PTY) LTD

1 Ring Road

George Industria

044 873 0620

candice.fourie@averda.com

ENVIROLOGIC

41 Barrier Street

Mossdustria

Mossel Bay

044 697 7086

envirologic.yvette@gmail.com

HENQUE WASTE (PTY) LTD – MOSSEL BAY (MEDICAL WASTE TRANSPORTER)

13 Border street

Mossdustria

Mossel Bay

064 658 6500

henquewastecbs@icloud.com

COMPASS WASTE SERVICES (PTY) LTD

1471 Marion Naude Road

Berlin

Eastern Cape

043 685 2242

vishaan@compass.za.net

NOTIFICATION OF THE INTERRUPTION OF THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY.

 THE FOLLOWING AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED:

PORTION OF KRAAIBOS / VICTORIA BAY ROAD

NOTICE is hereby given that the electricity supply will be interrupted on  FRIDAY 17 JUNE 2022 FROM  09H00 TO 16H00 for the purpose of doing alterations to the electrical mains.  Consumers are warned to treat the installation as being live for the full duration as the supply may be resumed at any time within the notified period.

Should circumstances prevent the work being carried out during the abovementioned period; the work will be done on MONDAY 20 JUNE 2022 FROM  09H00 TO 16H00

The George Municipality average electricity price increase will be 7.47% as from 1 July 2022.  The new tariffs will be linked to chosen or applied capacity, which means that consumers will need to manage their demand within that chosen or applied capacity. The applicable fixed cost will be applied for the chosen or applied capacity.

The majority of consumers, those using less than 700 kWh/m, should be on 20 Amps (4 600 Watts) as this provides adequate capacity if the load is managed and this will ensure that the price increase will not be more than the average increase.

The possible way in which the demand for a domestic consumer can be managed to ensure that the 20 Amp is adequate is proposed below:

• Fridges, freezers, internet modems, alarms, etc can remain on the whole day.
• Either in the morning when getting up or evening when getting home, switch on lights, radio, Hi-fi, TV, decoder chargers, fans and other such low power appliances as required.
• For cooking / food preparation: Stagger the use of your high-power appliances, for example – Switch on the kettle and wait for it to boil, then use your microwave oven to unfreeze or warm some food, then use a food processor, toast your bread and when those appliances are finished being used, only then switch on the stove plates, and complete all the food preparation.
• Stoves with big ovens can be a problem as some of them have elements totalling 4 000 Watts.  The oven should not be switched on at the same time as any of the electrical plates.  It can be used separately but care should be taken when using the main element and grill at the same time.  Check the rating of your oven.
• Once food preparation is complete – appliances such as heaters, hair dryers, irons, etc can be used.  Some heaters have very big elements, as much as 4 000 Watts.  Heater total load should not exceed 4 000 Watt.
• High-power appliances such as Dishwashers, washing machines and tumble dryers should only be switched on when cooking and space heating is completed.  Some of these can be loaded and only then switched on when cooking and space heating is completed or when going to bed or to work.
• Geysers have elements of generally 2 000 to 3 000 Watt.  These can be switched on and off using the geyser circuit breaker in the distribution board, but it is recommended to install a timer to only switch them on during the night and sometime during the day. Recommended timer switch on times is shown below.  These times should not overlap with other high-power appliances:

• 24h00-04h00. Night-time on for main heating of water
• 14h00-16h00 Daytime boost top-up if required
• Most geysers are controlled by the municipality through a remote-control system.  Currently geysers are switched off during the morning and evening peak periods.

If your normal household is of such a nature that these load management measures are too inconvenient, or your circuit breaker keeps on tripping, you must consider selecting a slightly bigger supply such as 30 Amp.  Various other options also exist such as converting cooking and space heating to gas, installing thermal insulation in the house or installing a solar water heating system.

Please follow the media and visit the George Municipality website at https://www.george.gov.za/electro-technical/electrical-tariff-amendments-2022/ for further information which will assist consumers in understanding the new tariffs, knowing what capacity to select and how to manage their loads within the selected capacity.  

PUBLIEKE KENNISGEWING 3: ELEKTRISITEITSTARIEWE – Hoe om met ‘n beperkte kapasiteitsvoorraad te bestuur?

Uitgereik George Munisipaliteit, 10 Junie 2022

Die George-munisipaliteit se gemiddelde elektrisiteitsprysverhoging sal vanaf 1 Julie 2022 7,47% wees.   Die nuwe tariewe gaan almal kapasiteits beperkings hê.   Die nuwe tariewe sal gekoppel word aan die kapasiteit van keuse of dan toegepaste kapasiteit, wat beteken dat verbruikers hul aanvraag binne daardie gekose of toegepaste kapasiteit sal moet bestuur. Die toepaslike vaste koste sal vir die gekose of toegepaste kapasiteit aangewend word.

Die oorgrote meerderheid verbruikers, die wat minder as 700 kWh/m gebruik, behoort op ‘n 20 Amp (4 600 Watt) toevoer te wees aangesien dit genoeg kapasiteit bied as die vrag beheer word en dit sal verseker dat die prysverhoging nie meer as die gemiddeld is nie.

‘n Moontlike manier hoe die aanvraag deur ‘n huishoudelike verbruiker bestuur kan word om te verseker dat 20 Amp genoeg is as volg:

• Yskaste, frieskaste, internet modems, alarms, ens kan heeldag aanbly.
• Wanneer jul opstaan in die oggend of by die huis kom na werk: Skakel ligte, radio, Hi-fi, TV, laaiers, waaiers, ens aan soos benodig.
• Voedsel voorbereiding en gaarmaak:  Versprei die gebruik van hoë krag toebehore byvoorbeeld: Skakel die ketel aan en wag totdat dit gekook het, gebruik dan eers die mikrogolfoond om kos te ontdooi of warm te maak, gebruik ander voedselverwerkingstoestelle, gebruik die broodrooster, ens en wanneer daardie toestelle klaar gebruik is, skakel dan eers die stoofplate aan en voltooi al die kosvoorbereiding.
• Stowe met groot oonde kan ‘n uitdaging wees aangesien sommige van hul elemente van altesaam 4 000 Watt het.  Die oond en plate behoort nie saam aangesit te word nie.  Die oond kan afsonderlik gebruik word maar verkieslik nie die hoofelement en die rooster gelyktydig te gebruik nie.  Kyk wat die aanvraag van jou oond is.
• Sodra die kosvoorbereiding afgehandel is kan ‘n mens hoë-krag toebehore soos verwarmers, haardroërs, ens aanskakel.  Party verwarmers het baie groot elemente en nie meer as 4 000 Watt moet gelyktydig aangesit word nie.
• Hoë-krag toebehore soos skottelgoedwasmasjieine, wasmasjiene en tuimeldroërs moet net aangeskakel word wanneer daar klaar gekook en ruimteverhitting gedoen is.  Dit kan gelaai word en as ander aktiwiteite klaar is, of voor slapenstyd of voor werk aangeskakel word.
• Meeste geisers het elemente van tussen 2 000 en 3 000 Watt . Hierdie kan ook aan- en afgeskakel word deur die geiser-stroombreker in die verdeelbord te gebruik, maar dit word aanbeveel om ‘n tydskakelaar te installeer om dit slegs gedurende die nag en ‘n sekere tyd gedurende die dag aan te skakel. Aanbevole tydskakelaar-aanskakeltye word hieronder getoon.  Hierdie tye moet nie met ander hoëkragtoestelle oorvleuel nie:

• 24h00-04h00. Nagtyd aan vir die hoofverhitting van water
• 14h00-16h00 Dagversterking indien nodig

• Die meeste geisers word deur die munisipaliteit deur ‘n afstandbeheerstelsel beheer. Tans is geisers gedurende die oggend- en aandspitstyd afgeskakel.

Indien jou huishouding van so aard is dat dit te ongerieflik is om die kragverbruik so te bestuur of die stroombreker bly klink, moet ‘n groter toevoer soos 30 Amp gekies word.  Ander alternatiewe kan ook oorweeg word soos om gas te gebruik vir kook en huis verwarming, die huis beter te isoleer of ‘n sonkragwaterverhittingstelsel te installer.

Volg asseblief die media en besoek die George munisipaliteits-webwerf by https://www.george.gov.za/electro-technical/electrical-tariff-amendments-2022/ vir verdere inligting ten einde verbruikers in te lig hoe om die nuwe tariewe beter te verstaan, kennis op te doen oor die keuse van kapasiteit en hoe om hul verbruik te bestuur.

Public Notice: Remedial work on Hope Street

The public is hereby informed of planned remedial works on Hope Street, section between Long and Union Streets on Friday, 10 June 2022, between 08h00 and 16h00.

All necessary temporary road signage and flag personnel will be in place to assist motorists with detour route wayfinding.

The works are planned with the intention to open the outbound lane (in direction of York Street) soonest, to ensure traffic congestion/disruption are limited to the minimum. Issued by George Mun 9 June 2022

Unplanned power outage in Borcherds. Electricians on way to investigate. Issued by George Mun 9 June 2022 at 15h08

National shutdown threat and GO GEORGE services
Thursday 9 June 2022

Due to rumours of wide-spread service shutdown tomorrow, 10 June, passengers seem to be uncertain whether GO GEORGE services will be operational. We have not received any notice of staff planning to strike and at this stage we are planning to operate as usual.
Police nationally are on high alert and closely monitoring the situation. Passengers will be notified if any change in normal operations becomes necessary.

NATIS SYSTEM DOWN AT DLTC AND MVR

Please be advised that the NATIS System is currently down at the Motor Vehicle Registration (next to the train station) and the Vehicle Testing Station as well as the Driving Licence Testing Centre in Pacaltsdorp.
No transactions can be be done at the MVR, DLTC and the George testing station currently. It is a national problem and technicians are working on the problem. We thank the public for their patience in this regard.

Issued by George Mun
9 June 2022
12h43

Tuesday, 07 June 2022: While no loadshedding is currently anticipated, Eskom cautions the public
that due to the continued shortage of generation capacity, the power system will be very constrained
for this evening. Should there be any significant breakdowns, loadshedding may be required at short
notice, most likely during the evening peak of 17:00 – 22:00.