George Municipality invites you to join the livestream of the Ordinary Council Meeting for today 23 February @ 10am
Please click on this link to access the live stream via our You Tube Account
https://www.youtube.com/@georgemunicipalofficialy…/streams
Issued by George Mun on behalf of the Road Accident Fund 22 February 2023
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) will take its Mobile Bus Clinic and Driver Wellness Programme to key sites along the Garden Route from Monday 20 February to Friday 24 February in order to reduce accidents caused by driver fatigue and other health related matters.
RAF’s Driver Wellness Programme focuses on long distance truck drivers as well as those who carry a large number of commuters (e.g., taxis, buses etc). The bus will offer free health checks.
Statistics show commercial truck drivers, taxis and buses (commercial and public transport drivers) pose a greater risk and are prone to mass accidents, which is a liability for the RAF. To mitigate this, the RAF facilitated a wellness bus with the necessary equipment to test vitals like high blood pressure, diabetes,
eyesight, etc. The mobile clinic will have a dispensing nurse and an optometrist to prescribe driving glasses on the spot at no cost to the beneficiaries.
This initiative, which has been funded through RAF Corporate Social Responsibility, is in partnership with a Non-Governmental Organisation, the Health Foundation of South Africa (HFSA). HFSA have co-opted
Africa Mobility Solutions for technology and mobility support in partnership with Guud Mobility. The project will create three temporal jobs for the dispensing nurse, optometrist and testing operator.
The bus schedule along the Garden Route is as follows:
Date Location Time
Thursday – 23 February Thembalethu Taxi Rank (George_ 09h00-16h00
Friday – 24 February Mossel Bay Taxi Rank 09h00-16h00
In the unfortunate event of being involved in a motor vehicle accident, a readily responsive RAF Call Centre is reachable at 0860 23 55 23 from Monday to Friday, 07h45 to 16h00. Assistance is available in any of the 11 official languages. The RAF can also be reached through its offices countrywide, details
of which are available on its website on www.raf.co.za.
For additional information and updates, follow the RAF on social media:
@RAF_SA or Facebook @Road Accident Fund
Issued by the Road Accident Fund
The 450mm GRP water line that provides Blanco with water has burst. Adjustments have been made on the network to redirect water to the area.
Water Trucks are on standby should any areas not have water.
Please report to 044 801 9262 or 801 9266 if you do not have any water.
Low water pressure can be expected with the network adjustments.
ETR is to be established and updates will be provided.
Loadshedding times for the rest of the week for George:
Tuesday 21/02/2023
12:00 – 16:30 **
20:00 – 22:30
Wednesday 22/02/2023
04:00 – 06:30
12:00 – 16:30 **
20:00 – 00:30 **
Thursday 23/02/2023
04:00 – 06:30
12:00 – 14:30
20:00 – 00:30 **
Friday 24/02/2023
04:00 – 08:30 **
12:00 – 14:30
20:00 – 22:30
Saturday 25/02/2023
02:00 – 06:30 **
10:00 – 14:30 **
18:00 – 20:30
Sunday 26/02/2023
02:00 – 04:30
10:00 – 14:30 **
18:00 – 22:30 **
Loadshedding times for the rest of the week for Uniondale:
Tuesday 21/02/2023
15:00 – 19:30 **
23:00 – 01:30
Wednesday 22/02/2023
07:00 – 09:30
15:00 – 19:30 **
23:00 – 01:30 **
Thursday 23/02/2023
01:00 – 03:30 **
07:00 – 09:30
15:00 – 17:30
23:00 – 01:30 **
Friday 24/02/2023
01:00 – 03:30 **
07:00 – 11:30 **
15:00 – 17:30
23:00 – 01:30
Saturday 25/02/2023
05:00 – 09:30 **
13:00 – 17:30 **
21:00 – 23:30
Sunday 26/02/2023
05:00 – 07:30
13:00 – 17:30 **
21:00 – 01:30 **
URGENT! URGENT!
PLEASE TAKE NOTE – Consumers are requested to use electricity very sparingly when power returns after loadshedding (especially a 4 hour slot). Please do not switch on all of your appliances as soon as power returns. This causes massive surges which can means areas can trip further delaying your return of power. Eskom has requested Municipality’s to switch on in sections due to high usage when power returns. This will greatly delay the switching on process.
URGENT PUBLIC NOTICE: George Fire Brigade Telephone Landlines in Working Order
All telephone landlines for the George Fire Brigade are in working order following mechanical issues with the generator last night.
Fire Control – 044 8016311
Other and After Hours 044 801 6300
Issued 21 February 2023 @ 12h30, George Municipality
All telephone landlines for the George Fire Brigade are currently down due to mechanical issues with the generator. Please use the following Cellphone Numbers for Emergencies until further notice.Fire Control 074 621 8737 Other Emergencies 074 423 8635
PUBLIC NOTICE: IMPORTANT PREPAID METER SOFTWARE UPDATE (TID Rollover) – Phase 2 will receive a Token to amend software
Issued George Municipality, 20 February 2023 for immediate release.
The George Municipality has embarked on a pre-paid electricity metering software update for its approximately 50 000 prepaid consumers quite a while back. The current software will expire in November 2024. This will not only impact George consumers but ALL prepaid meters throughout South Africa. If your meter is not updated before the deadline, you will not be able to recharge your prepaid meter with the new tokens and therefore will not have power.
70% of George Software Updates Completed
George Municipality has already successfully implemented the software update on close to 70% of its prepaid meter base, through the work done by field staff and contractors on-site while doing a meter change, site inspection, and Amp limit roll-out. These teams will continue to go out weekly to do site inspections and Amp limit roll-out.
Final 30% software update will be done by receipt of an extra token
To expedite the software update (TID roll-over) and in order to ensure no consumer is placed at risk of having a non-working meter, the municipality will implement the next phase – key change process – of its TID roll-over implementation plan from March 2023 with the issue of a separate, extra token when you make your next purchase.
Key Change Token
If your prepaid meter software has already been updated during Phase 1, you will NOT receive an extra token with your first purchase in March 2023. If you do receive a KEY CHANGE Token with your first purchase in March the following is VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE BEFORE you insert the key change:
Verification or Queries – If you receive an extra token and you are unsure what to do?
Customers may phone the George Municipality on 044 801 9222 or Ontec on 044 873 5474 for verification, for response to queries OR to request that their software is addressed. Please note that all municipal and/or Ontec officials carry identification cards with a photograph and their ID number as well as a copy of a verification letter explaining the purpose for their visit.
For more information on the TID Rollover (software update) please visit the George Municipality’s website to view frequently asked questions (FAQ):
https://www.george.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TID-ROLLOVER-FAQ-MvH-Afrikaans-1.pdf
https://www.george.gov.za/george-doc-categories/documents/media-documents/other-publications/page/2/
TOKEN IDENTIFIER (TID) ROLLOVER https://www.sts.org.za/tid-rollover SOURCE
The Token Identifier is a 24-bit field, contained in STS compliant tokens, that identifies the date and time of the token generation. It is used to determine if a token has already been used in a payment meter. The TID represents the minutes elapsed since the 1st of January 1993. The incrementing of the 24-bit field means that at some point in time, the TID value will roll over to a zero value.
All STS prepayment meters will be affected by TID roll over on the 24/11/2024. Any tokens generated after this date and utilizing the 24bit TID will be rejected by the meters as being old tokens as the TID value embedded in the token will have reset back to 0.
Follow the link to the advert: https://www.george.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GIPTN_George-Herald-Notification-Office-Lease-116_V4-FINAL-COLLAB_FINALupdate-MM-approved.pdf
Percentage storage at new raised dam wall height 71,24
Rainfall for last 7 days: 39.1mm(Measured up to and including 20 February 2023)
The co-operation of all users of municipal water is essential and is greatly appreciated.
Follow this link for the detailed Stricter Water Restrictions in English/Afrikaans and Isixhosa.
https://www.george.gov.za/george-doc-categories/public-notices/general/
Contraventions of the Water Restrictions can be reported on 0800 424477. Fines will apply and/or six months imprisonment.
Report water leaks and burst pipes to 044 801 9262/66 or after hours at 044 801 6300, as soon as you notice them.
Public Notice: Warning of Damaging Waves
Issued by the South African Weather Service 20 Feb 2023
Warning of damaging waves at George and surrounding areas from 20/02/23 to 21/02/23.
According to the Weather Service, strong to near gale force north-westerly winds (50-60 km/h, gusting 70-80 km/h) are expected between Saldanha Bay and Cape Agulhas ahead of a cold front making landfall on Monday morning, reaching gale force (60-70 km/h, gusting 80-90 km/h) between Gansbaai and Struisbaai. It will become west to south-westerly from late morning, spreading to Plettenberg Bay by the afternoon and will be accompanied by wave heights of 4.0 to 4.5m, reaching 5.0m near Cape Agulhas. The winds will moderate, and waves subside from the west during Tuesday morning.
Impact: Difficulty in navigating at sea due to strong winds and quick successive steep waves can be expected. Small vessels and personal watercraft (e.g., kayaks) are at risk of taking on water and capsizing in a locality as well as localised disruption to beach front activities are possible.
Instruction: Small boats and personal watercraft are advised to stay away from the open sea and seek the shelter of a harbour, river estuary or protected bay. The public, especially the tourists that are not familiar with the coastal routes where built-up of sand are expected are advised to seek alternatives routes beforehand.