Die Uitvoerende Burgemeester van George, Ald. Leon van Wyk verwelkom Statistieke Suid-Afrika se verlenging van die aanlynvraelys vir Sensus 2022 tot einde April 2022 en moedig die George-munisipaliteit se burgers aan om hierdie geleentheid ten volle te benut om die sensusvraelys te voltooi.
The Executive Mayor of George, Ald. Leon van Wyk welcomes Statistics South Africa’s extension of the online questionnaire for Census 2022 until the end of April 2022 and encourages the George Municipality’s citizens to take full advantage of this opportunity to complete the census questionnaire.
The Executive Mayor of George, Ald. Leon van Wyk welcomes Statistics South Africa’s (Stats SA) extension of the online questionnaire for Census 2022 until the end of April 2022 and encourages the George Municipality’s citizens to take full advantage of this opportunity to complete the census questionnaire.
Statistics generated from the census are a crucial part of any development, especially local government, as this crucial information gives a true reflection of the situation and needs of citizens,” said Mayor van Wyk. “Fiscal allocations and grants are greatly influenced by the data and information emanating from the census; therefore it is the responsibility of each and every citizen to participate in the census and make use of this extended time to help to get the most accurate statistics for the George Municipality’s precinct.”
Stats SA announced on its website last week, 21 April 2022, that it has reopened the online completion of census survey questionnaires by the respondents themselves until the end of April 2022. “Households that are not counted can go to https://getcounted.statssa.gov.za/#!/home and fill in their name, surname, and cellphone number. After successfully registering, an OTP will be shared which will give access to the census questionnaire. Once the questionnaire is completed, households will get a reference number which they should keep in a safe place for when they are visited by a census fieldworker, or during the Post-Enumeration Survey, which is a quality check for the census project,” Stats SA said in the statement.
“Data collection challenges, particularly in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, which was heavily impacted by the recent extreme weather conditions, led to the decision to extend the census mop-up period to the end of April. All provinces will be able to take advantage of the extended period to ensure that they count as many households as possible,” Stats SA added.
Stats SA is calling on all households to ensure that they get counted in the 2022 Census, either online or by a fieldworker. “The country’s socio-economic dynamics have changed a lot since the last census was conducted in 2011. Government and business need accurate information in order to plan, and the census is the only source of population and housing data at a local level. The more people who participate, the more accurate the data,” said Project Director Calvin Molongoana. “It is critical that every household participates in the census, and makes sure that they get counted”.
Stats SA is appealing to all who live within the borders of South Africa, irrespective of their status, to do the right thing and be counted. The Statistics Act (Act 6 of 1999) and the Protection of Personal Information Act (Act 4 of 2013) complement each other in ensuring that all data collected by Statistics SA remains confidential. Data on an individual cannot be shared with any other agency; any data released by Stats SA is aggregated and confidential to ensure anonymity.
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Issued by George Municipality on 25 April 2022
The George Municipality is embarking on a pre-paid electricity metering software update for its approximately 49 500 prepaid consumers as the current software will expire in November 2024, not only in George but in the entire Country. Failure to update before the deadline will result in consumers not being able to recharge their meter with the new tokens and therefore will not have power.
Standard Transfer Specification (STS) prepaid meters use encrypted tokens to transfer units purchased onto the meters as per the STS standards and industry guidelines. Each token is encoded with a unique Token Identifier (TID), which has a limited range and will run out (rollover) on 24 November 2024.
After this date, all STS compliant meters will stop accepting credit tokens, unless an intervention takes place. This implies that all these meters need to receive the TID Rollover Key Change with a new base date before the said date. Failing to act timeously will have a negative impact on consumers as they will be unable to load electricity on the meter.
Households that are in line for the municipal ongoing meter replacement program must be aware that all new meters installed will eventually be updated, but we are working through older stock now. Older stock, even though newly installed, would need to be updated. The new compliant-ready meters are in the municipality stock stores now. Some of the field staff are already updating the meters if they are on-site doing a meter change or site inspection.
As the update unfolds, consumers must ensure that all their old pre-paid electricity tokens must be entered prior to the update being completed, as the old token will not work once the update has been done.
Details about the specific dates of updates in various areas in George will be released in due course. A team conducting the audits from the George Municipality, in conjunction with the teams from the service providers, Alegro and Ontec will be wearing shirts and/or jackets indicating the “Alegro” name as well as ID cards and correspondence confirming and authenticating them being assigned to conduct the audit. Covid-19 health and safety protocols will be adhered to.
Customers may phone the George Municipality on 044 801 9222 or Ontec for verification on 044 873 5474. For more information on the TID Rollover please visit the George Municipality’s website to view frequently asked questions (FAQ): https://www.george.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/TID-ROLLOVER-FAQ-English-Updated-Version-May-2022.pdf
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A team conducting the audits from the George Municipality, in conjunction with the teams from the service providers, Alegro and Ontec will be wearing shirts and/or jackets indicating the “Alegro” name as well as ID cards and correspondence confirming and authenticating them being assigned to conduct the audit.
Water supply has been restored. Some areas might experience low pressure problems as the network stabilizes. We have deployed two watertrucks to assist areas without water.
System will fully restore by this afternoon.
Issued George Mun
THE FOLLOWING AREAS WILL BE AFFECTED:
PORTION OF HOEKWIL
KERK STR, KAMMASIE STR, PLATRUG ROAD, OLIFANTSHOEK ROAD, LOERIE AVENUE
NOTICE is hereby given that the electricity supply will be interrupted on TUESDAY 26 APRIL 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 THURSDAY 28 APRIL 2022 FROM 09H00 TO 16H00
Issued by George Municipality
22/4/2022
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BEPLANDE KRAGONDERBREKING: GEDEELTE VAN HOEKWIL
DIE VOLGENDE AREAS SAL GERAAK WORD:
GEDEELTE VAN HOEKWIL
KERK STR, KAMMASIE STR, PLATRUG WEG, OLIFANTSHOEK WEG, LOERIE LAAN
KENNISGEWING geskied hiermee dat die elektriese toevoer onderbreek sal word op DINSDAG 26 APRIL 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.
Sou omstandighede verhoed dat die werk gedoen kan word gedurende bogenoemde periode, sal die werk gedoen word op DONDERDAG 28 APRIL 2022 VANAF 09H00 TOT 16H00
Uitgereik deur George Munisipaliteit
22/4/2022
NOTICE is hereby given that the water supply will be interrupted in the Wilderness area on MONDAY, 25 APRIL 2022 FROM 09H00 TO 15H00 for maintenance.
The following areas will be affected:
Issued by George Municipality
22/4/2022
Power outage in George Industrial area. Affecting most businesses in Nelson Mandela Boulevard from Albert Str Bridge up to and including Mcains.
The water pipe that was broken in Langenhoven Street has been repaired. The management wishes to commend the water services team for a job well done repairing the broken water pipe under the rainy weather conditions. The pipe break reportedly occurred following work done by a private fibre installation contractor in George. The pipe break caused water supply interruption in parts of the George CBD.
The water trucks that temporarily supplied water to the affected areas have been withdrawn. The George Municipality also wishes to thank the affected residents and businesses for their patience.
Issued by George Municipality
22 April 2022
13:20
Loadshedding will be suspended at 22:00 tonight. Eskom cautions that supply will remain severely constrained
The water services team is hard at work repairing a broken water pipe in Langenhoven Street in the George CBD vicinity. The estimated time of repair is approximately two hours from the time of publishing this post.
Earlier today, the water services team reported that they have found the location and the cause of the water pipe break that caused water outages in parts of the George CBD. The information available at this stage suggests that the pipe break was caused by a private fibre contractor currently installing fibre in George. Discussions between the Municipality and the private fibre contractor to address the pipe burst and to avoid similar incidents taking place in future are underway.
While the water services team continues to repair the pipe, water trucks have been made available to temporarily supply potable water to the affected areas. One truck is stationed at the Post Office, while the other is at the Medi-Clinic.
Affected areas include the George CBD area, areas around the Medi-Clinic, Post Office up to the SARS building and a portion of Langenhoven Street (between York and Herrie Streets).
We will continue to issue updates of any progress made.
Issued by the George Municipality
22 April 2022
12:00
Following concerted work by the water services team to establish the location and the cause of the water pipe break that caused water outages in parts of the George CBD, the information available at this stage suggests that the pipe break was caused by a private fibre contractor currently installing fibre in George. Discussions between the Municipality and the private fibre contractor to address the pipe burst and to avoid similar incidents taking place in future are underway.
The water services team isolated the water line in Langenhoven Street and has already started the water pipe repair process in Langenhoven Street, to speed up the water supply to the affected areas. Meanwhile, water trucks have been made available to temporarily supply potable water to the affected areas. One truck is stationed at the Post Office, while the other is at the Medi-Clinic.
Affected areas include the George CBD area, areas around the Medi-Clinic, Post Office up to the SARS building and a portion of Langenhoven Street (between York and Herrie Streets).
The estimated time of repair cannot be determined this time due to the complexity of the location of the pipe failure. We will continue to issue updates of any progress made.
Issued by the George Municipality
22 April 2022
10:30
There has been a pipe failure in Langenhoven Street since last night. Water services teams have been attending to the situation and are doing their best to isolate the problem.
Affected areas include the George CBD area, areas around the Medi-Clinic, Post Office up to the SARS building and a portion of Langenhoven Street (between York and Herrie Streets).
The estimated time of repair cannot be determined this time due to the complexity of the location of the pipe failure. We will continue to issue updates of any progress made.
A water truck will be placed at the post office in York Street as a temporary water supply measure. The Municipality apologises for any inconvenience caused.
Issued by the George Municipality
22 April 2022
08:35
Loadshedding will be reduced to Stage 2 at 22:00, and remain in force until Friday evening
George will be affected as follows:
Thursday 21/04/2022
NONE
Friday 22/04/2022
12:00 to 14:30
20:00 to 22:30
Uniondale will be affected as follows:
Thursday 21/04/2022
15:00 to 17:30
Friday 22/04/2022
15:00 to 17:30
23:00 to 01:30
Municipal fibre infrastructure was vandalized last night, this will cause a delay in the switching on and off of streetlights. Affected are Pacaltsdorp, parts of Thembalethu, George South, Herolds Bay and parts of the George CBD. Technicians are working to restore the service.
George Motor Vehicle Registration office cannot process vehicle licence renewal and applications today, due to NaTIS system being offline.
The Road Traffic Management Corporation’s Development team is investigating this country-wide technical issue experienced by NaTIS users.
Eskom has downgraded load shedding to stage 3 as at 22:00 tonight.
George will be affected as follows:
Wednesday 20/04/2022
14:00 to 16:30
22:00 to 00:30
Thursday 21/04/2022
04:00 to 06:30
12:00 to 14:30
Friday 22/04/2022
04:00 to 05:00
Uniondale will be affected as follows:
Wednesday 20/04/2022
17:00 to 19:30
Thursday 21/04/2022
07:00 to 09:30
15:00 to 17:30
Friday 22/04/2022
None
Water in Dennegeurlaan Denneoord will be off on Thursday, 21 April 2022 from 9 am to 1 pm, due to network upgrades.
There is currently construction taking place at Schaapkop Pump Station to stabilise and rehabilitate the slope on the riverbank to protect the pump station from an encroaching donga and create a safe working space for the pump station contractor to establish on-site.
The source of funding for this construction is the Budget Facility for Infrastructure (BFI) funding and the Regional Bulk Infrastructure Grant (RBIG) project.
The embankment contains several pipelines including the rising main (pumping line) from the pump station. The pipeline needs to be replaced by a larger diameter pipeline in Phase 2 of the pump station upgrading and therefore provision must be made in the currently installed infrastructure for the new pipeline to prevent demolition/ excavation into the gabions for the new pipeline.
Gabions are being installed as a retaining wall to retain the earthworks slope and the wire needs to be protected against vandalism and theft, so a concrete capping was specified to prevent access to the wires. The contractor has subsequently introduced the use of gunite (spray-on concrete) instead of conventional concrete due to the ease and speed of construction to save time.
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A 110mm diameter water pipe was damaged by a contractor at the corner of Piterson and Bob Streets in Thembalethu. The Water section has turned the water supply off, which means this area will experience water supply interruption. The expected repair time is approximately an hour from the time of the release of this notice.
Issued by George Municipality
19 April 2022
11:20