Notices

Please note the email addresses for proof of payment of online payments have been changed. (If you used the old addresses before this notification, it will still reach the correct place, but please use the below from now onwards)
Hibernia Street (next to train station) 044 801 9310
Open to the public weekdays 8am-3pm, except Wednesdays when closed at 2pm due to compulsory training, or if otherwise indicated as per Covid-19 measures.
Access control is from the gate at the street, when necessary.

Please consider ONLINE RENEWAL of vehicle licenses as per details below instead of in-person renewals at the vehicle licencing centre as Covid-19 regulations significantly impacts on the amount of people that can be served in a day.

Bulk transactions are being handled separately or after hours when required.

Pregnant women, the elderly and disabled can pre-arrange preferential treatment by calling 044 801 9310.

While vehicle licence RENEWALS CAN be done online, the REGISTRATION of vehicles CANNOT be done online as RICA requirements stipulate that the owner of the vehicle must physically appear in front of the official and the documentation must be original – this is, among other things, a measure against fraudulent registration of vehicles.

ONLINE ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OF VEHICLE LICENCE RENEWALS
The customer starts by registering a profile online at https://online.natis.gov.za/#/ or download the RTMC mobile application for Android from Google PlayStore.
Choose between registering as an individual or business.
The following information will be required:
1. Individual: initial, name, surname, ID number, driving license number, contact details via mobile phone or email.
2. Organisation: name of business, ID number of proxy, driving license number of proxy, contact details via mobile phone or email.
3. A one-time pin will be sent to your email or mobile phone number, which you must enter online.
4. Go to the ‘View motor vehicle renewals’ section and verify the information of the vehicle for which you are renewing the licence.
5. Access and/or download your electronic motor vehicle license RENEWAL NOTICE (also known as a MVL2 notice).
6. If your licence disk is valid but near expiry or if it has expired but is still in the 21-day grace period after expiry, the amount for the renewal of your vehicle will be on the notice.
7. If your license has already expired beyond the grace period, it will not indicate an amount on the system and clients must please phone the George Motor Vehicle Licensing office at 044 801 9310 to confirm the amount due.
8. Pay the amount due into the George Municipality, FNB Public Sector Cheque Account, Number 62869623150 (Branch Code 210554). Use the relevant vehicle license number as a reference such as CAW ###### / Private number ##### WP.
9. Email the proof of payment to payments@george.gov.za and mvr@george.gov.za. Please note the forementioned email addresses are no-reply addresses and are set up for proof of payments only and cannot be used for enquiries. Please phone 044 801 9310 for enquiries.
10. Keep a copy of your proof of payment in the relevant car until you receive your license disk but keep your expired disk on your window in the meantime. Traffic law requires officials to still issue you with a ticket for displaying an invalid disk, but you can appeal the fine and submit the proof of payment as part of your request to have the fine cancelled (details for the appeal process is on the back of the fine).
10. Once payment reflects on the municipality’s bank statement, the vehicle license will be processed, and you will be contacted to arrange collection. Please do not collect unless pre-arranged and notified via telephone – you won’t have to queue in the transaction lines when you collect.
If you want the licence posted to you, please give the person who phones you the address to which you require it posted.
Licences that have not been collected within two weeks from the notification phone call, will be posted to the address listed on the NaTIS system – onus is on the vehicle owner to ensure the correct address is logged on the national system.
The turnaround time for online license renewals is about two weeks.

4 February 2021 Media Release: Our roles and responsibilities at a residence where someone died of COVID-19

https://documentportal.george.gov.za/storage/mayor-speeches/January2021/gbXZQ9Z6W9fBSwrfdw0h.pdf

Please note Protection Services administration offices are closed to the public until further notice, but relevant officials can be contacted via the numbers below.
Fire emergencies only: 044 801 6311 (all hours)
Law Enforcement: 044 801 6350/89
Anti-Land Invasion: 044 801 6310
GIPTN PTOO: 044 801 6345
All after-hours emergencies: 044 801 6300

George Municipality would like to confirm that our Law Enforcement Officers are currently stationed at our various beaches in order to enforce our municipal by-laws ( i.e. ensuring that alcohol is not consumed etc) are adhered to, and are there only to ensure safety measures remain in place at all public areas under our jurisdiction.

George Municipality has an obligation as a local authority to protect lives, and for that reason also as a precautionary measure, Lifeguards will be  on duty at all beaches  within the George municipal area  – Wilderness Main Beach, Leentjiesklip, Victoria Bay, Herold’s Bay and Gwaing Beach.

George Municipality makes an urgent appeal to bulk vehicle licence operators and car dealers from George to NOT go to the Uniondale municipal offices for the processing of vehicle licences and registrations.
The Uniondale office operates on a very small skeleton staff and not all personnel have authorisation to work on the relevant national systems.
Only people whose addresses fall within the Uniondale and Haarlem municipal wards will be assisted to register or renew vehicle licences at the Uniondale offices.
The public is again reminded that vehicle licences can be renewed online – details are at https://www.george.gov.za/vehicle-lisensing/

There will be no in-person reading of water meters in the current reading cycle, 17 November-17 December 2020, and billing for December will be an estimate based on users’ average water consumption.

This measure follows the appointment of a new service provider, Electro Cuts, who will commence its services for George Municipality on 1 January 2021 and will pick up the reading service as it applies from 17 December 2020. The contract of the previous service provider, Ikapa, expired 17 November 2020.

Consumers who have in the past sent water meter readings to Ikapa, must please note the change in email address for this purpose to meterreadings@george.gov.za Online submissions of water meter readings are welcomed and can be provided via the above-email address by the 5th of each month along with the accountholder’s name, contact details and GRG account number.

Please note that from January 2021, meter readers that you may not have seen before may be coming to your property to take physical meter readings and must produce identification upon request. Even if you provide your water meter reading online, physical meter readings are essential from time to time for auditing purposes.

In addition to the water meter readings, Electro Cuts will also be reading electricity box readings in the few residential and business locations where pre-paid boxes have not been installed.

The service provider is in the process of setting up office in George. In the interim, please direct meter-reading inquiries to the municipality during office hours on 044 801 9455/9430/9165.

Meter reading and related accounts queries can also be furnished via email to accounts@george.gov.za