It costs nothing to be kind.
To be authentically concerned.
To be giving.
To be open.
To be courteous.
To be HUMAN.I have long maintained that Social media is not the problem. People use social media with the wrong intent. And our societies have made it cool to be an asshole.Society has taken bullying, change its wardrobe, and called it “dragging”. Society has taken abuse, put red lipstick on it, and then called it being “woke”.I was raised to believe:You can raise your voice without being unkind.
You can correct someone without being rude.
You can teach someone without reducing them & stripping of their humanity.Before you comment on how important mental health is (and to be clear, it absolutely is important), just check your own timeline & make sure you’re not the one attacking, ridiculing, or insulting people.Some of you are the reason somebody right now is on their knees praying for strength. Again, don’t be an asshole. Just. Be. Kind. #vusithembekwayo#motivationalspeaker#keynotespeaker#venturecapital#kindness#happiness#socialmedia Do not delay, go and subscribe to Vusi’s Youtube channel
The following headlines covered the front page of the Australian MailOnline on 28 June 2022: Christianity is on the decline as the number of ‘non religious’ Aussies surges ahead in the latest censusThe news article then provides the final numbers of the 2021 Australian census which reveals that only 43.9% of Australian’s now identifies as Christian – a decline of 17.2% since the census of 2011. It also reports that more Aussies now claim to be non-religious than ever before – 39% compared to only 22% ten years ago.If the data is contextualised it reveals a far grimmer picture. Nearly 1,900 Christians have left their faith every day of the year for the past 5 years – more than 3,46 million in total. If we take an average attendance of a church to be 250 then it means 13,840 churches have emptied over the past 5 years. This is more than just a disaster; it is a tragedy! A disaster is usually a widespread event with negative outcomes and affects those nearby, but a tragedy is personal. It affects us all. We are taught in scripture that if one part of the body suffers, all the other parts suffer with it (1 Corinthians 12:26) and the spiritual loss of loved ones in Australia should therefore be addressed as a matter of deep urgency by the body of Christ globally.So, is Christianity dying?Fortunately not. This is only a trend that affects the non-persecuted world.
A BLESSING CAMOUFLAGED AS A CURSE
I say ‘non-persecuted’ Church because church decline is not a global phenomenon. It is generally NOT a challenge faced by those who scatter the seeds of the gospel in the midst of persecution. CHINAIn the early 1970s, there were an estimated 3 million Christians in China. Today, the number may be as high as 130 million. This translates to more than 6,500 new converts every day of the year for the past 55 years. MIDDLE EASTThe Church in the Middle East is thriving! Yes, suffering and persecution is a deep reality, but believers are thriving in their witness of the cross. The Middle East is proving to be a region of growth, not despite persecution but because of persecution. The church is growing faster now than ever before in the Middle East. Even with groups of Christians immigrating from places like Iraq, Iran, and Syria the church has entered a new era and is not the same church. It has branched out into new forms and instead of merely surviving in the Middle East – it is reviving!Figures show that in both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, Christianity was practically non-existent just over a hundred years ago. There were only 80 Christians in the UAE in 1910 (0.1 per cent of the population) and 50 in Saudi Arabia, even less than 0.1 per cent, according to a recent study. However, one hundred years later in 2010, Christianity had exploded to 12.6 per cent of UAE’s population and 4.4 per cent of Saudi Arabia’s. Between the two countries alone there are now well over one million Christians. While by no means a majority, this represents significant growth in such a conservative Islamic region.In Iran, guestimates are that there are between 1 and 2 million converts. Mark Bradley, a writer about Iranian Christianity, claims that more Iranians had become Christians in the past 25 years than in the past 13 centuries combined.In June 2020, the Research Institute for Analyzing and Measuring Attitudes in IRAN, conducted an online survey amongst 40,000 Iranians living in Iran. Compared with Iran’s 99.5% census figure, only 40% identified themselves as Muslim with younger people reporting high levels of irreligiosity and converting to Christianity.AFRICAIn Africa, in the last 15 years alone, the Church has seen a 51% increase, which works out on average at around 33,000 people either becoming Christians or being born into Christian families each day in Africa alone. So, what went wrong in Australia?
BECAUSE IT’S NOT UNBIBLICAL WE MADE THE NON-BIBLICAL, BIBLICAL
Christian communities in the West are mostly comfort-filled and risk-free gathering zones. Go to any European, American or even South African suburban Church and chances are good there will be aircon in the building, coffee in the foyer and comfortable pews in the hall – not to mention the bands, the lights and the sound systems. There is nothing wrong with that. And even though this is non-Biblical, it is not unbiblical – meaning that nowhere in Scripture do we read that Christians lived a risk-free life but neither do we find Scriptures commanding us not to do so. Or do we?Well, maybe not in so many words but Jesus did warn His disciples of the lures of prosperity leading to comfort and ending in slavery (Matthew 6:24) “No one can be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Randy Alcorn adds these thoughts to the words of Jesus: “Money makes a good servant to those who have the right master, but it makes a terrible master itself.
W.Tozer puts it this way: “Any temporal possession can be turned into everlasting wealth. Whatever is given to Christ is immediately touched with immortality.”
Theologian Jacques Ellus says that the only way to defeat the godlike power that money seeks to impose on our lives is to give it away, which he calls “profaning it”: “To profane money, like all other powers, is to take away its sacred character. This destroys its power over us. Every time I give, I declare that money does not control me. Perpetual generosity is a perpetual [devaluing] of money.”
So, how do we stop the decay?
THE PATTERN OF PROCLAIMING IS THE PATTERN OF PERSECUTION
The early Church had a very specific church-planting model. It was not developed in boardrooms or discipleship classes. It was a pattern that developed naturally, instinctively, and unintentionally, and at its core was persecution. The process is described in Acts 8 where Saul tried to destroy the church; going from house to house, dragging out the believers and throwing them into jail, and, then in verse 4, the believers who were scattered went everywhere, preaching the message. My interpretation of their church planting model is something like this: As they preached, the church grew. As the church grew, they were persecuted. As they were persecuted, they were scattered. As they were scattered, they preached. As they preached, the church grew. As the church grew, they were persecuted… As they were persecuted, they were scattered. … EtcIf one of these links in the chain of evangelism is broken, the process comes to a halt and the Church fossilizes.Nowhere in the early days of Christian evangelism do we find the luxuries of modern seeker-friendly comforts. As a matter of fact, the early message for those who followed Christ was quite simple: “all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (2 Tim 3:12). By the way, in the Greek, the word all means, all, so every believer will face persecution; at least if they are living “a godly life in Christ.”But then, as persecution of Christians by the Roman Empire came formally to an end in 311 CE, faith embarked on a new unexplored road of relative freedom and status. The Church now had something to lose and something to prove. In 313, Constantine (c. 272-337) legalized Christianity and it became the official religion of the Roman Empire in 380. This new expression of faith allowed for believers to integrate into a new social order where Christianity was not only accepted but now enjoyed privileges and protection unknown to the early Church. Richard Rohr wrote an article stating that the single most unfortunate thing that happened to Christianity was the disappearance of persecution. He wrote the following:I’m sure the Emperor Constantine thought he was doing Christians a favour when he ended official persecution and made Christianity the established religion of the empire. Yet it might be the single most unfortunate thing that happened to Christianity. Once we moved from the margins of society to the centre, we developed a new film over our eyes. After that, we couldn’t read anything that showed Jesus in confrontation with the establishment, because we were the establishment, and usually egregiously so. Clear teaching on issues of greed, powerlessness, nonviolence, non-control, and simplicity were moved to the side-lines, if not actually countermanded. As long as the Church bore witness from the margins in some sense, and as long as we operated from a minority position, we had greater access to the truth, to the Gospel, to Jesus. In our time we have to find a way to disestablish ourselves, to identify with our powerlessness instead of our power, our dependence instead of our independence, our communion instead of our individualism. Unless we understand that, the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5–7) isn’t going to make any sense.When the position of the Church morphed from persecuted to privileged, from disadvantaged to advantaged, from marginalised to favoured, from minority to majority, and from being scattered to being protected, everything changed – including, and especially, evangelism and missions. And once Christians fail to evangelise, they fossilizeEnter Australia – and Europe and the USA for that matterSo, is there hope for the declining Church in the West?
A SOLUTION CAMOUFLAGED AS A CHALLENGE
Yes, there is hope. There is always hope. Not just for Australia but for all Western nations that have lost the opportunity to intimately share the cross of Christ through persecution.But the solution is not always that obvious and for those who suffer from inattentional blindness it might even present itself as a curse – something to oppose and resist. The simple truth is this, the answer to restoring Church growth will come from those who are scattered: THE MARGINALISED, THE PERSECUTED, THE DISPLACEDAnd God has already provided a solution for the church in Australia. According to the 2021 census, since 2016 more than one million migrants arrived in Australia. More than 80 per cent of them arrived before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.“Yes, we all know the scripture of caring for foreigners and opening our hearts to the destitute and marginalised, but practicalities are much different today” I hear you say. “Well, not really!” is my answer. And I say this because I researched this. Firstly, before looking at the spiritual revival that follows those who “are scattered like seed”, let’s look at the practical and economic implications.In an analysis conducted by UNHCR border protection teams in various locations in Greece, interviews were conducted with Syrian refugees who arrived in the country between April and September 2015. The UNHCR commented as follows: “Those Syrians interviewed reported a very high level of education. Overall, the profile (of the refugees) is of a highly-skilled population on the move.”The influx of skilled people could therefore greatly benefit the economy of Australia, Europe and the USA over the next 10 to 16 years, since research shows that, on average, a refugee can expect to remain a refugee for 17 years. For example, the Refugee Council of Australia has demonstrated that 65% of current enterprises involve refugees from non-English speaking backgrounds. A good illustration of the entrepreneurial character that a refugee arrival brings was shown in the 2000 Business Review Weekly’s annual “Rich 200” list: it revealed that five of Australia’s eight billionaires were people whose parents migrated to this country as refugees.If this applies to the economy, then it can also apply to spiritual mattersGERMANYGermany welcomed beyond one million refugees in 2015, 430,000 of whom fled from Syria. Many Christians expressed the fears that this will be the Islamisation of Europe and God’s judgement on Europe becoming secularDr Detlef Blöcher (Previous Director of the Christian Relief and Missionary Work in Germany) however painted a different picture. He shared the relatively strong readiness there was on the part of the older generation in Germany to take in these refugees due to the memories of their own experience of forced displacement out of the former German areas in Eastern Europe. Thus their experience underscores the sustainability of a biblical ethics of empathy as the basic approach for dealing with refugees and migrants today.Today, seven years later, Dr Blocher testifies that more than 50,000 Muslim refugees have become genuine followers of Christ with thousands more being exposed to the Gospel. One thing Dr Blöcher emphasised is that none of these converts would have had the opportunity to hear the Gospel, and accept Christ without fear, if they had remained in their countries of origin. He also expressed the joy that there was a new awareness of mission amongst believers because “God has now sent the missionfield to Germany”But, of significant importance, was the conclusion of Dr Bloecher: “After seven year we have found that the refugee converts have becomes the necessary “blood infusion” for the indigenousness German church. If it was not for the refugees we would have reached a point of non-existence in the near future as the German population becomes more and more secular.”What an incredible picture of a Sovereign God who wants all to be saved – in Australia, Syria, America and Russia. Unless we return to the Biblical model of being Church the future looks bleak. Unless we are scattered and evangelise, we will fossilizeSo, next time you encounter a stranger in your country, thank the Lord for caring enough about your “own” people that He would send some “scattered seed” from abroad to bear fruit in a nation that is not their own. Remember, God’s priority is redemption, not our comfort nor our security, but redemption – at all costs and at any cost – the cross is proof of this.
Becky Harling – AuthorWe are in a difficult post-covid season. Especially we as the church (the Ecclecia). One aria that is really troubling for me is attendance to or lack of attendance to corporate prayer meetings. Pre Covid we had a constant attendance of 15 to 20 prayer warriors attending our prayer meetings. During covid our online attendance were good in the beginning but declined to 2 or 3 people attending currently. What is the cause of this? I found this article by Becky Harling and is sharing it so that we can have a new understanding of what corporate prayer time is and the power of corporate prayer time. (see links at the bottom of the article).
6 Reasons Why Corporate Prayer Is Powerful and EssentialThroughout church history, God’s people have gathered for corporate prayer. In fact, many of the greatest revivals started as believers joined together in community prayer meetings. In the early church, believers met often – sometimes daily – for prayer and worship.In our present culture of busyness, we have lost a bit of the urgency of corporate prayer meetings. Our ability to use the internet effectively has certainly grown our audiences and brought some remarkable benefits to the church. However, we must remember that gathering for corporate worship and prayer is essential to our spiritual journey.What exactly is corporate prayer? Corporate prayer is simply praying as one. When we gather together and combine our prayers as one body of Christ the results are powerful.The Psalmist wrote, “Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together” (Psalm 34:3). The element of being together in prayer is what’s important.Corporate prayer times may include common prayers such as “the Lord’s prayer” (Matthew 6:9-13). Everyone might recite the words together. Or, it might be as simple as believers gathering for prayer and praying in one accord around common themes. As the leader suggests various topics, the participants pray together for those suggested topics. Corporate prayer meetings can take place in a small group of friends gathering to pray together for the strengthening of their marriages or in a small group of parents who gather regularly to pray for their kids. The important element of corporate prayer is that it is praying together.I remember for many years, my in-laws gathered with a small group of neighbors every Sunday evening for times of corporate prayer. Together, they prayed for all their kids and grandkids and any other concerns that surfaced in their group. Through the years they witnessed God’s faithfulness as He answered many of their cries.
What Does the Bible Teach about Corporate Prayer?
Jesus instructed, “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them” (Matthew 18:20). Whether large groups or tiny, what Jesus taught here was profound. He was teaching us that as we gather for a time of prayer as communities, He would be right there with us, interceding for us. It’s not that He’s not with us when we pray alone it’s that He knew we needed the times of praying together and sensing His presence together.In the book of Acts, we see the early church gathering regularly for the purpose of prayer (Acts 2:40-47). At times they gathered daily. As they faithfully prayed, God came among them and worked mighty miracles in response to their faithfulness. Corporate prayer was foundational and a core value of the early church.As we consider life in the church today, both here in the United States as well as in the global church, we need to understand the importance of corporate prayer. Here are 6 reasons why corporate prayer is essential for the church:
What Does Corporate Prayer Do? – The Purpose of Corporate Prayer
Forty (40) major road intersections in George are free from Eskom’s load shedding, planned and unplanned power outages and the traffic flow continues seamlessly. Thanks to the installation of the Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) units that energising the traffic lights during outages.
The Electro-Technical Services team has successfully completed phase 1 of the UPS installation project. The installed UPS which amounted to R2.5 million, makes use of batteries that are charged via our electrical supply. The UPS which is eco-friendly and energy saving, automatically kicks in and operates the traffic lights should the electrical supply be interrupted for any reason with an average duration of 4 hours, before the battery needs recharging.
“This is certainly a game changer at the major traffic intersections in George during peak hour loadshedding. The UPS housing is IP65 rated which allows it to be water and dust proof,” said the Executive Mayor Ald Leon van Wyk. “The measure is one of several sustainable energy solutions the municipality is introducing to reduce the impacts associated with loadshedding, including traffic congestion and human resources such as traffic pointsmen.”
The Director for Electro-Technical Services, Mr Bongani Mandla commended the relatively small traffic lights team, who with a specialised skills set and commitment to service delivery address ongoing faults and maintenance at all traffic light intersections in the George area.
More UPS are to be installed in the remining traffic lights in the coming in the 2022-2023 financial year.
Luke Daniel from Business Insider published this amazing article of a woman making a huge difference in her community. It is well worth the read. Link to article – Read original article herePlease head over to the original article and like it.A small patch of once-barren land behind a high school in Hanover Park has been transformed into an urban oasis, where community members learn to grow their own food with limited resources and space.The Cape Flats, with its sandy and wind-swept terrain, lies away from the fertile grounds in the shade of Table Mountain. Its parched nature and placement were exploited by apartheid’s Group Areas Act, which forcefully relocated communities to the outskirts of the city, reserving developed urban areas for the white minority.Hanover Park, like most Cape Flats neighbourhoods, still bears the scars of the oppressive apartheid regime. Rows of red-roofed housing projects overlooking grey concrete courts line the streets. Two-tone brown face brick walls reflect the ground below.But the path around Mount View High School leads to an explosion of green. Stretched shade cloth hangs above plants. Tomatoes, bell peppers, and spinach rise from the soil contained within repurposed planks. A grow tent exposes the silhouette of seedlings.This is the work of Renshia Manuel, a single mother of four who’s lived in Hanover Park for the past 13 years.Her affinity for food gardening started long before, when, during the school holidays, she’d spend time with family among the farming communities near Robertson and Piketberg.“We had the freedom to work on the farms during the holidays. We’d either be harvesting or pruning, depending on the season,” Manuel tells Business Insider SA. “That’s where my love of gardening, especially food gardening, was cultivated.”
GrowBox food garden, Mount View High School in Hanover Park (Photograph: Luke Daniel / Business Insider South Africa)
Manuel’s love of gardening eventually took a backseat to work and parenting. That was until around 2014, when, unemployed, she turned back to gardening as a means of putting food on the table for her family.“I was unemployed, and I couldn’t find work. It was purely out of desperation that I started a food garden, and that would literally be our supper,” says Manuel.In rediscovering her green thumbs, Manuel’s entrepreneurial spirit was activated, and she applied for a spot in YouthStart, a start-up programme that aims to develop business skills. She had initially aimed to open a nursery in Hanover Park but was encouraged to “find her niche” and ended up winning third place at the 2016 Youth Start Entrepreneurial Challenge.
GrowBox grow tent behind Mount View High School in Hanover Park (Photograph: Luke Daniel / Business Insider South Africa)
That was the starting point for GrowBox, a portable wooden box designed by Manuel as a solution for people living in cramped conditions to grow their own vegetables. GrowBox, the product, soon grew into a fully-fledged business, aided by Manuel’s participation in the Red Bull Amaphiko Academy and now as a FURTHER fellow connecting with other young entrepreneurs.With dreams of expanding the business beyond just the boxes, Manuel managed to partner with Mount View High School and secure a piece of land to act as an outdoor showroom of urban food gardening solutions.“The principal [of Mount View High School] loved the idea because he envisioned a greener space within Hanover Park for the learners to be in,” says Manuel.“It’s important that we start shifting the mindset about where food comes from and how to grow food and get the kids excited about growing food.”
Renshia Manuel, CEO and founder of GrowBox, in front of donated used tyres now used to grow vegetables (Photograph: Luke Daniel / Business Insider South Africa)
Today, the planter boxes themselves are still Manuel’s biggest sellers, but she also runs food gardening workshops, sells her own produce, and offers food-scaping services. During lockdown, she also hosted market days, with members of the community selling homemade goods at stalls as a way of making money amid the cash crunch presented by the pandemic.And while sustaining the business side of GrowBox is important, the food garden behind Mount View High School has a deeper social purpose. While the stigma around Hanover Park, mostly about gang violence, dissuades potential customers from collecting produce from the food garden, says Manuel, it’s perfectly placed to provide the community’s youth with a positive and creative outlet.“I know gardening is therapeutic, and it does relieve stress,” says Manuel.“I’m the chairlady of the primary school’s SGB. Often there are disciplinary cases of kids using substances, or they have anger issues. I have had learners here [at the food garden] who were on disciplinary suspension, and I let them work in the garden. They do planting [and they’re] very eager.”“We need more of this. Let’s see how we can get kids being with the plants, with nature and just calm their spirit because there’s a lot of anger and aggression in our communities. Kids are facing the most, and they don’t have an outlet. They are forced to be strong at an early age, and they have a lot of barriers, and I think they need a healthy, holistic space like this. And that’s what I’m trying to work towards.”
GrowBox food garden, Mount View High School in Hanover Park (Photograph: Luke Daniel / Business Insider South Africa)
Manuel hopes to set up similar gardens, even if at a smaller scale, at schools across Hanover Park.But GrowBox’s expansion plans have faced some serious hurdles. After a boom during the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, when people spent more time at home and became more interested in gardening, Manuel’s vehicle, used to deliver produce and planter boxes and collect supplies, caught fire almost exactly a year ago.This, coupled with no help from Hanover Park’s ward councillor, has put the brakes on Manuel’s plans and threatens the sustainability of her own business. GrowBox has turned to a crowdfunding campaign, started on 15 June, to secure money for a vehicle.“The reason we’re doing this campaign is to get back on the road, literally, so we can do what we love.“[With a vehicle] we can expand on what we’re doing, getting our service offerings to other schools, broadening our community reach, [and] adding more workshops [even] in different communities.”This article is published by Luke Daniel on Business Insider.
Link to article – Read original article here
It is official! On Tuesday 22 June 2022, Health Minister Joe Phaala repealed all Covid regulations.Dit beteken, geen maskers en ook geen beperkings op saamtrekke.
Met Opel wat deesdae in die Stellantis groep blyplek gevind het, is die 2022 Mokka ‘n welkome toevoeging tot hul modelreeks vir die Suid Afrikaanse mark. Soos met omtrent al die nuwe modelle in die Stellantis stal, het ook die 2022 Mokka ‘n gedaanteverwisseling ondergaan. Die nuweling is die 2de generasie Mokka en met die vorige model wat as ‘n produk van General Motors wêreldwyd meer as een miljoen eenhede verkoop het, het die 2022 Mokka groot skoene om vol te staan.
Die 2022 Opel Mokka word gebou op Stellantis se PSA EMP1 platform wat ook diens doen in verskeie modelle van Opel, Peugeot en Citroen. Die nuweling bied ’n moderne ontwerp, pragtige neus en bakwerk met skerp en sterk aksentlyne wat in geheel beskou, vir ‘n treffende voorkoms sorg. Die nuwe Mokka gaan verseker een van die meer gewilde kopies wees onder die talle stoftrappers in sy marksegment. Mededingers sluit in Peugeot se pragtige 2008, Kia Seltos, Mazda CX-30, Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, Toyota Corolla Cross om maar ‘n paar te noem. Daar is ook nog die Volkswagen T-Cross en selfs Haval se Jolion. So die kompetisie is kwaai en kieskeurige kopers word bederf om uit talle opsies te kies wat hul voorkeure en beursies die beste pas.
Die Puretch 1,2liter 3-silinder turbo petrolenjin is vanuit die Stellantis se parte stoor en dien ook as kragbron in die nuwe Opel Corsa, asook die Peugeot 208 en 2008 modelle. Opel se hand kan gesien word in die veerstelsel en dinamika, terwyl die 8-spoed outomatiese ratkas ook met die komplimente van Opel kom. Hierdie outokas is ‘n juweel en kom ook met ratspane agter die stuur toegerus. Aandrywing is deur die voorwiele. Die enjin lewer ‘n stewige 96kW en 230Nm se piekkragte vir baie goeie verrigting. Volgens Opel se amptelike syfers is die 2022 Mokka se brandstofverbruik 6,1L/100km wanneer gemeet word in ‘n gekombineerde siklus van stadsverkeer en ooppad ry.
Stellantis in Suid Afrika het die 2022 Opel Mokka in twee modelle plaaslik beskikbaar gestel, naamlik ‘n intree “Elegance” en die topmodel “GS Line”. Die intree Elegance is verbasend goed toegerus en kom standaard met ondermeer ‘n 7” raakskerm vir die klank-, vermaak- en inligtingstelsels wat ook met Apple CarPlay en Android Auto aanpasbaar is. Die 7” digitale instrumentpaneel agter die stuurwiel bied aan die bestuurder omtrent alle nutfunksie-inligting met die druk van ‘n skakelaar op die netjies ontwerpte sportstuurwiel. Die Elegance beskik ook oor outomatiese klimaatbeheer, spoedbeheer en elektriesbeheerde vensters en kantspieëls terwyl die sitplekke met materiaal beklee is. ‘n Pluspunt vir die koue winters is dat die voorste sitplekke ook ‘n funksie het om te verhit. Die topmodel GS Line kry daarenteen ‘n 10” raakskerm vir die infotainment en ‘n 12” digitale instrumentepaneel vir die bestuurder. Die bekleedsel is leer en die voorste sitplekke bied funksies om te kan verhit asook masseer.Die GS Line kom ook standaard toegerus met die Matrix LED intelligente hoofligte, asook ‘n omvattende stel passiewe en aktiewe veiligheidstelsels waaronder aanpasbare spoedbeheer, ‘n vooraf waarskuwing om mootlike botsings te vermy asook ‘n baanhou-funksie. Die kajuit is ruim, maar spasie vir die agterste passasiers kan beknop raak vir 6 voet-plussers. Andersins vertoon die kajuit effe futuristies, modern en aangenaam luuks. Die instrumentasie is effe na die bestuurder gedraai en bied goeie ergonomie, maar die instrumentasie en verskillende programme om die inligting en funksies te bereik, kon meer intuitief wees. Tydens die media bekendstelling in die pragtige Kaap, kon ons bietjie in stadsverkeer ry, maar ook lang ente pad deur die Boland en Swartland. Die nuwe Mocca se enjin en 8-spoed ratkas is pekfekte pasmaats en sorg vir heerlike verrigting op die ooppad. Deur die vinnige swiepe en draaie was ons beïndruk met goeie dinamika, greep en balans. Die 3-slinder enjintjie klink en voel heerlik lewendig en as ons in Sport modus die ratspane agter die stuur gebruik het om ratte te verwissel, was dit soomloos en vinnig. Die Mokka se balans en paddinamika was in geheel goed. Die nuwe Mokka bied 3-ritmodusse deur sy ratkas naamlik, Eco, Normaal en Sport. Ons het die Sport modus verkies, maar vir die beste brandstofverbruik sal jy Eco moet kies. Ritgehalte is verbasend goed en so ook die lae vlakke van pad- en windgeraas teen togsnelhede, ten spyte van ons topmodel se 17” sierwiele met lae profiel bande.Die 2022 Opel Mokka vertoon treffend van buite (veral in die pragtige nuwe “Matcha”-groen bakkleur) en binne. Die hoë vlakke van standaard toerustingis sal baie van die jonger generasie beïndruk en aanspoor om te koop. Nie net is die nuweling ‘n reuse verbetering op die ou model nie, maar bied ook veel meer in terme van verrigting, afwerking en ontwerp met die groot pluspunt van ‘n veel beter enjin en brandstofverbruik. Die nuwe Mokka kompeteer teen baie goeie opponente in sy marksegment, maar behoort sy man in elke opsig te kan staan.Elke nuwe Opel Mokka word verkoop met ‘n 4jaar/60 000 km diensplan, asook ‘n 3jaar/120 000 km waarborg ingesluit by die koopprys.Mokka Elegance R469,900Mokka GS Line R519,900This article appeared in Ed.86 of Ultimate Drive.
George Municipality experienced a whirlwind of complaints and callouts last week following some extreme weather conditions in the Southern Cape. Extreme berg wind conditions from Tuesday 17th May contributed to intensifying a veldfire in Hansmoeskraal that was attended to by Garden Route District Firefighters with George Fire Brigade assisting through till Thursday morning when it was finally contained and the 7mm of rainfall recorded at the Denneoord Airbase, cooled everything down.Executive Mayor Leon Van Wyk this week thanked all officials for their efforts in bringing fires under control and dealing with disruptive power outages where repair teams worked long hours to clear vegetation and re-connect lines. “I was touched once again by the positive comments for the work of our communications team, our fire-fighters and electrical teams. We take pride in having employees (on an ongoing basis we also need to remember our water, sewer, refuse, stormwater teams and others) who are dedicated in keeping our services functioning at a high standard, as well as the privateers who pitch in or are contracted to assist,” said Ald Van Wyk.George Fire and Disaster ServicesOn Wednesday 18 May, the George Fire Department received a total of twenty-seven calls which included three structure fires, including a 3-bedroom house in Denneoord which was extensively damaged. Two informal structures were completely destroyed in Lawaaikamp.A total of twenty-three calls for Veld and bush fires came in for areas including Hansmoeskraal, Groenkloof, Saasveld Road, Garden Route Dam, Kraaibosch Estate, Glentana, New Dawn Park, Zone 1 Thembalethu, Pacaltsdorp, and Ring Road. The Hansmoeskraal fire, the Saasveld Fire (which included Groenkloof, Saasveld Road and Garden Route Dam) and the Denneoord house fire came in all at the same time. Resources were stretched to the maximum and aerial support was called in to assist with the Saasveld fire. Helicopter operations were however limited at one point due to high wind speeds. Savannah Helicopters were able to provide support for a good hour and 10 minutes before being grounded late afternoon of Wednesday due to poor visibility.Wind gusts of up to 40 km/h together with temperatures of up to 30 degrees were recorded on Wednesday afternoon at the Denneoord Airbase. Adding to the strain on resources was a motor vehicle accident with luckily no injuries recorded. Our Social Service division provided mattresses, blankets and food parcels to four families who lost their structures in fires from 17 – 21 May.Power outages and loadsheddingThe electrotechnical division had their hands full dealing with 11 high voltage power outages located in the Wilderness area alone, and another 18 in areas such as Hoekwil, Pinedew, Herold’s Bay, Garden Route Dam, Saasveld and Kraaibosch. 238 low voltage complaints were dealt with during the three-day period. Some of these outages were caused by trees that fell on lines, while others were in difficult terrains requiring extreme caution from the teams. In addition to the weather-related power outages, ESKOM called Stage 2 Loadshedding for the 17 – 20 May but George was fortunate not to be affected. George Municipality is obliged to adhere to the ESKOM Loadshedding Schedule as received and cannot make amendments or give concessions to certain areas. Director for Electrotechnical Services, Bongani Mandla, thanked his officials for focusing on addressing the key issues to restore electrical supply under such difficult circumstances.Damaged treesParks and Recreation a division of Community Services attended to 15 callouts on 18th May. Seven of these were urgent where trees had fallen onto roads and were obstructing traffic in Denneoord and Blanco and were dealt with immediately despite the inclement weather conditions. The remaining trees were either felled or broken branches were pruned back on Thursday, with teams working throughout George collecting broken branches.Water, Sewer and streetsOur Civil Engineering teams attended to 143 sewer network callouts, 76 water network callouts and 14 complaints with regards to streets during the three-day period.
George Municipality has taken into consideration the approach of the winter months with sun setting earlier and light fading, and accordingly amended the times during which gardens can be watered by hand-held garden hose, in terms of the existing Water Restrictions in place. As of 1 May to 31 August, gardens may be watered by hand from 17h00 – 19h00.The current water restrictions were implemented in January 2022 and are similar to those found in paragraph 2B of the George Municipal Drought Management Policy. 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.George Municipality has over the past year reported to the public that the consumption of drinking or potable water per day in George, is currently high compared to the amount of raw water that is being purified by our water treatment works.DRINKING WATER DEMAND IS UPThe Annual Average Daily Demand for drinking water has averaged at 32 Ml per day and the current water treatment works output per day is about 38Ml. This is produced jointly on a daily basis by the Old Water Treatment Works and the New Water Treatment Works which are both operating at full capacity.BUT THE GARDEN ROUTE DAM IS FULL?Residents should note that although the GARDEN ROUTE DAM LEVEL remains almost full, this is RAW WATER storage and not POTABLE or DRINKING WATER supply. The raw water needs to be treated at the George Old and New Water Treatment Facilities before it goes to the main potable water storage reservoirs for distribution into the reticulation system. The current water demand is higher than the production rate at these facilities.FORWARD PLANNINGForward planning is in place and the remedial and capacity (20Ml) extension projects funded by the Budget Facility for Infrastructure funding (BFI grant) will extend the water treatment capacity for George and will be implemented in two phases over three years. The construction for the 20Ml Water Treatment Works has started and will continue over the next few years. The overall funding required to ensure potable water security in the George system is R1.197 billion and the funding will be provided over the next forty (40) months for the full phases of the Potable Water Security and Remedial Works projects. There are currently 12 sub-components in various stages of procurement and implementation.In 2021 it was determined that South Africans use 235 litres of potable water per person daily as per the Water Resources Commission. Following the implementation of Water Restrictions in George earlier this year and based on the 2011 STATSA population figure for George at 210 000, the daily consumption of drinking water for the average Georgian is equal to approximately 167 l per day. This shows that the public are responding to the Water Restrictions and using less drinking water. This is commendable and we thank everyone for their combined efforts. We do however have to remind the general public that the restrictions will remain in place until the new Water Treatment Works can be commissioned.George Municipality has also applied for R238m in disaster funding for remedial work required to repair our water and sewer infrastructure damaged during the floods of November/ December 2021. The Municipality is still awaiting the outcome of the application.The right of access to basic water supply and sanitation is a basic right for all communities and it is the responsibility of the George Municipality as the Water Services Institution to take reasonable measures to ensure these rights. Water Restrictions in George are therefore in place to reduce use of drinking water to ensure that the Municipality can fulfill this mandate.The immediate measures to be adhered to are as follows:
The mechanical irrigation of gardens is prohibited.
Gardens may be watered by means of hand-held garden hose only, from 1 May to 31 August between 17:00 to 19:00 and from 01 September to 30 April between 19:00 to 21:00:Mondays and Thursdays for even-numbered households ONLYTuesdays and Fridays for uneven numbered households ONLY.
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.
The washing of vehicles with a garden hose, except by a commercial enterprise whose business it is to wash cars, is prohibited;
The cleaning of ANY area using water is prohibited;
The filling of swimming pools is prohibited.
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.Applications for exemptions are to be submitted to the Directorate: Civil Engineering Services for approval. Once approved, a written exemption shall be provided, and individual applications assessed.Report all water leaks to our Civil Engineering Department on 044 801 9262/66
Opgedra aan: Francois Germishuys11 April laat middag kom ‘n boodskap deur van Francois, “Hi, is jy ok? Hoe voel jy?” ek antwoord hom en sê “operasie was ‘n sukses, ek voel net moeg en bietjie seer, Francois skryf vir my ‘n storie asb”. Nie lank nie en hy stuur vir my ‘n storie. Hy vra my om een te skryf en ek het belowe ek sou, maar daardie geleentheid het nooit gekom nie. Francois hier is jou storie nou en ek eer jou my vriend.My storie: Die legende Francois GermishuysAs ek ‘n sagte diep mens kan beskryf is dit Francois, sy liefde vir mense en natuur, sy liefde en passie vir motorsport, vliegtuie en fotografie, sy stil wees en verlore raak in skryf kuns en musiek. Ek luister na mense en wat hy vir hulle beteken het en almal het gesê sy barmhartigheid, nederigheid en menslikheid. As jy hulp of insperasie nodig gehad het was daar net een oproep en hy was altyd gewillig om te help waar hy kon. Hy was trots op sy werk, sy talente en gawes en hy het elkeen van dit gebruik tot die beste van sy vermoӫ, hy wou sy kennis en wysheid met mense deel om hulle te help.Hy het gespog oor sy vrou en seun, liefdes dade wat hy vir haar gedoen het, soos om vir haar die bed op te maak en haar nagkleertjies opgevou onder haar kussing neer te sit. Ek het altyd so na hom geluister en gedink “Francois jy is waarlik ‘n roman vir jou vrou”, hy het sy opegewondenheid gedeel as sy fotos van die Stockcars of trou fotos in die George Herald beland het.Francois het ook ‘n baie stil en diep kant gehad, hy kon in die kleinste dingetjie die mooiste sien, waneer ons saam gewerk het aan ‘n projek het dit soms gelyk of hy verlore raak in sy eie wêreld met soveel vrede. Ek onthou as hy my trou fotos gewys het dan was daar altyd ‘n natuur foto iewers in, in my trou fotos was daar fotos van dolfyne, ‘n vreemde persoon se poedel hond, seemeeue en die vol maan. Dan was daar sy skryf kuns, ek was altyd nuuskierig oor sy skryf, waar het hy sy karakters gaan uit haal en hoe hy die storie lyn kon skep, daar was altyd humor betrokke. Dan was daar soms die diep droom skryf waar ‘n mens so verlore kon raak, waar hy hierdie ou wêreld so besonders laat lyk het met soveel hoop liefde en passie.Sy liefde vir motorsport en vliegtuie, ek het eendag verby die lughawe gery en daar het sy kar gestaan oorkant die pad, ek stop om te hoor of alles okay is. Hier sit hy en aanskou hoe die vliegtuie op stuig en land. Ek wat self uit die lugvaard industrie kom het ook ‘n passie vir die groot vlieg monstertjies, so ek het verstaan hoekom hy dit gedoen het, en besef toe dat dit vir hom is soos om by ‘n motorsport byeenkoms te sit. Natuurlik was sy grootste liefde “George motorklub” as daar ‘n byeenkoms was, was hy die fotograaf op die baan en jy kon die aksie en passie in sy fotos beleef.As daar een ding is van hom wat vir my uit gestaan het was dit sy menslikheid en ondersteuning. Een jaar met die landbouskou het ek “Love George” help bemark. Ek gaan toe na hom toe met ‘n hand vol “Love George” stickers en vra of hy my kan help by die stockcars. ‘n Halfuur later kom hy na my toe met soveel opgewondenheid en gee vir my die nuus. Elke stockcar het ‘n “Love George” sticker op hy het gereӫl dat ek pouse die skare kan toe spreek oor die “Love George” app. Toe ek begin het om my getuienis te deel was hy die grootste ondersteuner. Toe my artikel uit gekom het in “Joy Magazine” het hy gery van supermark tot supermark opsoek na ‘n boek, en ek moes die artikel teken. Toe my boek “Lodene” vrygestel was, het hy daarop aangedring om ‘n getekende boek te ontvang. En so kan ek aanhou met hoe hy ‘n mens geondersteun het, stories wat ek die laaste paar dae gehoor het van ander vriende. Hy het nooit iets terug verwag nie, maar as jy ‘n droom gehad het was hy daar en het in ‘n mens geglo.As ek kyk na Francios dan sien ek ‘n man wat elke passie en liefde uit geleef het, en hy wou gehad het elke mens moet dit kan doen. Jou drome ‘n realiteit maak. Hy het altyd tyd gemaak vir sy vrou, familie en vriende en wou elke oomblik met elkeen deel.Dit is my storie van ‘n vriend wat bietjie kennis en wysheid in my lewetjie kom saai het, sonder verwagtings en sonder voorwaardes, hy was net daar vir almal.Francios, Hey hey jy, Dankie vir die deeltjie wat jy in my lewe was, dankie vir jou ondersteuining, omgee en baie geduld. Die wêreld gaan verseker ‘n bietjie valer wees sonder jou. Jy het my baie geleer en was ‘n mentor. Die sagtheid van jou mensewees het in jou oӫ weerspieӫl. Jou al gese jy beteken baie vir baie mense, sien jy nou? Francios, jy word klaar gemis! Dankie vir alles!Dene
Christian communities in the West are mostly comfort-filled and risk-free gathering zones. Go to any European, American or even South African suburban Church and chances are good there will be aircon in the building, coffee in the foyer and comfortable pews in the hall – not to mention the bands, the lights and the sound systems. There is nothing wrong with that. And even though this is non-Biblical, it is not unbiblical – meaning that nowhere in Scripture do we read that Christians lived a risk-free life but neither do we find Scriptures commanding us not to do so. Or do we?Well, maybe not in so many words but Jesus did warn His disciples of the lures of prosperity leading to comfort and ending in slavery (Matthew 6:24) “No one can be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Christian communities in the West are mostly comfort-filled and risk-free gathering zones. Go to any European, American or even South African suburban Church and chances are good there will be aircon in the building, coffee in the foyer and comfortable pews in the hall – not to mention the bands, the lights and the sound systems. There is nothing wrong with that. And even though this is non-Biblical, it is not unbiblical – meaning that nowhere in Scripture do we read that Christians lived a risk-free life but neither do we find Scriptures commanding us not to do so. Or do we?Well, maybe not in so many words but Jesus did warn His disciples of the lures of prosperity leading to comfort and ending in slavery (Matthew 6:24) “No one can be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
Hanover Park, like most Cape Flats neighbourhoods, still bears the scars of the oppressive apartheid regime. Rows of red-roofed housing projects overlooking grey concrete courts line the streets. Two-tone brown face brick walls reflect the ground below.But the path around Mount View High School leads to an explosion of green. Stretched shade cloth hangs above plants. Tomatoes, bell peppers, and spinach rise from the soil contained within repurposed planks. A grow tent exposes the silhouette of seedlings.This is the work of Renshia Manuel, a single mother of four who’s lived in Hanover Park for the past 13 years.
Manuel’s love of gardening eventually took a backseat to work and parenting. That was until around 2014, when, unemployed, she turned back to gardening as a means of putting food on the table for her family.“I was unemployed, and I couldn’t find work. It was purely out of desperation that I started a food garden, and that would literally be our supper,” says Manuel.In rediscovering her green thumbs, Manuel’s entrepreneurial spirit was activated, and she applied for a spot in YouthStart, a start-up programme that aims to develop business skills. She had initially aimed to open a nursery in Hanover Park but was encouraged to “find her niche” and ended up winning third place at the 2016 Youth Start Entrepreneurial Challenge.
Hanover Park, like most Cape Flats neighbourhoods, still bears the scars of the oppressive apartheid regime. Rows of red-roofed housing projects overlooking grey concrete courts line the streets. Two-tone brown face brick walls reflect the ground below.But the path around Mount View High School leads to an explosion of green. Stretched shade cloth hangs above plants. Tomatoes, bell peppers, and spinach rise from the soil contained within repurposed planks. A grow tent exposes the silhouette of seedlings.This is the work of Renshia Manuel, a single mother of four who’s lived in Hanover Park for the past 13 years.
Die GS Line kom ook standaard toegerus met die Matrix LED intelligente hoofligte, asook ‘n omvattende stel passiewe en aktiewe veiligheidstelsels waaronder aanpasbare spoedbeheer, ‘n vooraf waarskuwing om mootlike botsings te vermy asook ‘n baanhou-funksie. Die kajuit is ruim, maar spasie vir die agterste passasiers kan beknop raak vir 6 voet-plussers. Andersins vertoon die kajuit effe futuristies, modern en aangenaam luuks. Die instrumentasie is effe na die bestuurder gedraai en bied goeie ergonomie, maar die instrumentasie en verskillende programme om die inligting en funksies te bereik, kon meer intuitief wees. Tydens die media bekendstelling in die pragtige Kaap, kon ons bietjie in stadsverkeer ry, maar ook lang ente pad deur die Boland en Swartland. Die nuwe Mocca se enjin en 8-spoed ratkas is pekfekte pasmaats en sorg vir heerlike verrigting op die ooppad. Deur die vinnige swiepe en draaie was ons beïndruk met goeie dinamika, greep en balans. Die 3-slinder enjintjie klink en voel heerlik lewendig en as ons in Sport modus die ratspane agter die stuur gebruik het om ratte te verwissel, was dit soomloos en vinnig. Die Mokka se balans en paddinamika was in geheel goed. Die nuwe Mokka bied 3-ritmodusse deur sy ratkas naamlik, Eco, Normaal en Sport. Ons het die Sport modus verkies, maar vir die beste brandstofverbruik sal jy Eco moet kies. Ritgehalte is verbasend goed en so ook die lae vlakke van pad- en windgeraas teen togsnelhede, ten spyte van ons topmodel se 17” sierwiele met lae profiel bande.
Die 2022 Opel Mokka vertoon treffend van buite (veral in die pragtige nuwe “Matcha”-groen bakkleur) en binne. Die hoë vlakke van standaard toerustingis sal baie van die jonger generasie beïndruk en aanspoor om te koop. Nie net is die nuweling ‘n reuse verbetering op die ou model nie, maar bied ook veel meer in terme van verrigting, afwerking en ontwerp met die groot pluspunt van ‘n veel beter enjin en brandstofverbruik. Die nuwe Mokka kompeteer teen baie goeie opponente in sy marksegment, maar behoort sy man in elke opsig te kan staan.Elke nuwe Opel Mokka word verkoop met ‘n 4jaar/60 000 km diensplan, asook ‘n 3jaar/120 000 km waarborg ingesluit by die koopprys.Mokka Elegance R469,900Mokka GS Line R519,900This article appeared in Ed.86 of Ultimate Drive.
A total of twenty-three calls for Veld and bush fires came in for areas including Hansmoeskraal, Groenkloof, Saasveld Road, Garden Route Dam, Kraaibosch Estate, Glentana, New Dawn Park, Zone 1 Thembalethu, Pacaltsdorp, and Ring Road. The Hansmoeskraal fire, the Saasveld Fire (which included Groenkloof, Saasveld Road and Garden Route Dam) and the Denneoord house fire came in all at the same time. Resources were stretched to the maximum and aerial support was called in to assist with the Saasveld fire. Helicopter operations were however limited at one point due to high wind speeds. Savannah Helicopters were able to provide support for a good hour and 10 minutes before being grounded late afternoon of Wednesday due to poor visibility.Wind gusts of up to 40 km/h together with temperatures of up to 30 degrees were recorded on Wednesday afternoon at the Denneoord Airbase. Adding to the strain on resources was a motor vehicle accident with luckily no injuries recorded. Our Social Service division provided mattresses, blankets and food parcels to four families who lost their structures in fires from 17 – 21 May.Power outages and loadshedding
The electrotechnical division had their hands full dealing with 11 high voltage power outages located in the Wilderness area alone, and another 18 in areas such as Hoekwil, Pinedew, Herold’s Bay, Garden Route Dam, Saasveld and Kraaibosch. 238 low voltage complaints were dealt with during the three-day period. Some of these outages were caused by trees that fell on lines, while others were in difficult terrains requiring extreme caution from the teams. In addition to the weather-related power outages, ESKOM called Stage 2 Loadshedding for the 17 – 20 May but George was fortunate not to be affected. George Municipality is obliged to adhere to the ESKOM Loadshedding Schedule as received and cannot make amendments or give concessions to certain areas. Director for Electrotechnical Services, Bongani Mandla, thanked his officials for focusing on addressing the key issues to restore electrical supply under such difficult circumstances.
Damaged trees
Parks and Recreation a division of Community Services attended to 15 callouts on 18th May. Seven of these were urgent where trees had fallen onto roads and were obstructing traffic in Denneoord and Blanco and were dealt with immediately despite the inclement weather conditions. The remaining trees were either felled or broken branches were pruned back on Thursday, with teams working throughout George collecting broken branches.Water, Sewer and streets
Our Civil Engineering teams attended to 143 sewer network callouts, 76 water network callouts and 14 complaints with regards to streets during the three-day period.
A total of twenty-three calls for Veld and bush fires came in for areas including Hansmoeskraal, Groenkloof, Saasveld Road, Garden Route Dam, Kraaibosch Estate, Glentana, New Dawn Park, Zone 1 Thembalethu, Pacaltsdorp, and Ring Road. The Hansmoeskraal fire, the Saasveld Fire (which included Groenkloof, Saasveld Road and Garden Route Dam) and the Denneoord house fire came in all at the same time. Resources were stretched to the maximum and aerial support was called in to assist with the Saasveld fire. Helicopter operations were however limited at one point due to high wind speeds. Savannah Helicopters were able to provide support for a good hour and 10 minutes before being grounded late afternoon of Wednesday due to poor visibility.Wind gusts of up to 40 km/h together with temperatures of up to 30 degrees were recorded on Wednesday afternoon at the Denneoord Airbase. Adding to the strain on resources was a motor vehicle accident with luckily no injuries recorded. Our Social Service division provided mattresses, blankets and food parcels to four families who lost their structures in fires from 17 – 21 May.Power outages and loadshedding
The electrotechnical division had their hands full dealing with 11 high voltage power outages located in the Wilderness area alone, and another 18 in areas such as Hoekwil, Pinedew, Herold’s Bay, Garden Route Dam, Saasveld and Kraaibosch. 238 low voltage complaints were dealt with during the three-day period. Some of these outages were caused by trees that fell on lines, while others were in difficult terrains requiring extreme caution from the teams. In addition to the weather-related power outages, ESKOM called Stage 2 Loadshedding for the 17 – 20 May but George was fortunate not to be affected. George Municipality is obliged to adhere to the ESKOM Loadshedding Schedule as received and cannot make amendments or give concessions to certain areas. Director for Electrotechnical Services, Bongani Mandla, thanked his officials for focusing on addressing the key issues to restore electrical supply under such difficult circumstances.
Damaged trees
Parks and Recreation a division of Community Services attended to 15 callouts on 18th May. Seven of these were urgent where trees had fallen onto roads and were obstructing traffic in Denneoord and Blanco and were dealt with immediately despite the inclement weather conditions. The remaining trees were either felled or broken branches were pruned back on Thursday, with teams working throughout George collecting broken branches.Water, Sewer and streets
Our Civil Engineering teams attended to 143 sewer network callouts, 76 water network callouts and 14 complaints with regards to streets during the three-day period.
