3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy.. The driver won’t see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.)… DON’T DO THIS!
The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your HEAD and tell you where to go.
AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE..If someone is in the car with a gun to your head
DO NOT DRIVE OFF……. Repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF!!!!
Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it.
As soon as the car crashes……BAIL OUT AND RUN!!!!
It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) BE AWARE… look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door.
Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver’s side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
(And better paranoid than dead.)6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.
Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot.
This is especially true at NIGHT!)7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!
The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then,
it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!!!!
Preferably in a zig -zag pattern!8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP!!!
It may get you raped or killed.
(Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked ‘for help’ into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next VICTIM).9. Another Safety Point:
Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last and because it was late and she thought it was weird..She called the police.
The police told her ‘Whatever you do, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR!
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a windrow and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, ‘We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, do not open the door.’ He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby’s cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby.. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby’s cries outside their doors when they’re home alone at night.10. Water scam!
If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe…..
DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE!
These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack.Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors!I’d like you to forward this to all the women you know.
It may save a life.
I was going to send this to the ladies only but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc…. You may want to pass it onto them.
Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one’s life.A few safety tips
WRITTEN BY A COP:
Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one’s life. In daylight hours, refresh yourself of these things >to do in an emergency situation… This is for you, and for you to share with your wife, your children, & everyone you know. After reading these 9 crucial tips, forward them to someone you care about. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do :The elbow is the strongest point on your body. If you are close enough to use it, do!2. Learned this from a tourist guide. If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse,……. DO NOT HAND IT TO HIM.
Toss it away from you… Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet/purse.
AND RUN LIKE MAD IN THE OTHER DIRECTION!
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy.. The driver won’t see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.)… DON’T DO THIS!
The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your HEAD and tell you where to go.
AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE..If someone is in the car with a gun to your head
DO NOT DRIVE OFF……. Repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF!!!!
Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it.
As soon as the car crashes……BAIL OUT AND RUN!!!!
It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) BE AWARE… look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door.
Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver’s side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
(And better paranoid than dead.)6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.
Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot.
This is especially true at NIGHT!)7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!
The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then,
it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!!!!
Preferably in a zig -zag pattern!8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP!!!
It may get you raped or killed.
(Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked ‘for help’ into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next VICTIM).9. Another Safety Point:
Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last and because it was late and she thought it was weird..She called the police.
The police told her ‘Whatever you do, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR!
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a windrow and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, ‘We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, do not open the door.’ He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby’s cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby.. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby’s cries outside their doors when they’re home alone at night.10. Water scam!
If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe…..
DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE!
These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack.Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors!I’d like you to forward this to all the women you know.
It may save a life.
I was going to send this to the ladies only but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc…. You may want to pass it onto them.
Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one’s life.
3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out the hole and start waving like crazy.. The driver won’t see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, eating, working, etc., and just sit (doing their checkbook, or making a list, etc.)… DON’T DO THIS!
The predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get in on the passenger side, put a gun to your HEAD and tell you where to go.
AS SOON AS YOU GET INTO YOUR CAR, LOCK THE DOORS AND LEAVE..If someone is in the car with a gun to your head
DO NOT DRIVE OFF……. Repeat: DO NOT DRIVE OFF!!!!
Instead gun the engine and speed into anything, wrecking the car. Your Air Bag will save you. If the person is in the back seat they will get the worst of it.
As soon as the car crashes……BAIL OUT AND RUN!!!!
It is better than having them find your body in a remote location.5. A few notes about getting into your car in a parking lot, or parking garage:
A.) BE AWARE… look around you, look into your car, at the passenger side floor and in the back seat.
B.) If you are parked next to a big van, enter your car from the passenger door.
Most serial killers attack their victims by pulling them into their vans while the women are attempting to get into their cars.
C.) Look at the car parked on the driver’s side of your vehicle, and the passenger side.. If a male is sitting alone in the seat nearest your car, you may want to walk back into the mall, or work, and get a guard/policeman to walk you back out.
IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
(And better paranoid than dead.)6. ALWAYS take the elevator instead of the stairs.
Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and the perfect crime spot.
This is especially true at NIGHT!)7. If the predator has a gun and you are not under his control, ALWAYS RUN!
The predator will only hit you (a running target) 4 in 100 times; and even then,
it most likely WILL NOT be a vital organ. RUN!!!!
Preferably in a zig -zag pattern!8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic: STOP!!!
It may get you raped or killed.
(Ted Bundy, the serial killer, was a good-looking, well educated man, who ALWAYS played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane, or a limp, and often asked ‘for help’ into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next VICTIM).9. Another Safety Point:
Someone just told me that her friend heard a crying baby on her porch the night before last and because it was late and she thought it was weird..She called the police.
The police told her ‘Whatever you do, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR!
The lady then said that it sounded like the baby had crawled near a windrow and she was worried that it would crawl to the street and get run over. The policeman said, ‘We already have a unit on the way, whatever you do, do not open the door.’ He told her that they think a serial killer has a baby’s cry recorded and uses it to coax women out of their homes thinking that someone dropped off a baby.. He said they have not verified it, but have had several calls by women saying that they hear baby’s cries outside their doors when they’re home alone at night.10. Water scam!
If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all your taps outside running or what you think is a burst pipe…..
DO NOT GO OUT TO INVESTIGATE!
These people turn on all your outside taps full blast so that you will go out to investigate and then attack.Stay alert, keep safe, and look out for your neighbors!I’d like you to forward this to all the women you know.
It may save a life.
I was going to send this to the ladies only but guys, if you love your mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, etc…. You may want to pass it onto them.
Everyone should take 5 minutes to read this. It may save your life or a loved one’s life.Unity Park is open for Fitness
We Are George are so excited to be working with George Municipality to launch this exciting initiative.
We truly believe George can be a healthy city for all and we can’t think of a better location to do this and Unity Park!
Get in touch with us to apply!
https://www.facebook.com/wearegeorge/
Vic Bay to Host Pro Surf Event
Issued George Municipality, 11th June 2019
Photograph: Melanie Marè Photography for George MunicipalityLocal surf break, Victoria Bay, will this month host a high profile professional surfing competition. Top international athletes will face off against our best local talent in the Vic Bay Classic, from June 20th to 22nd. This is the first time in 25 years that Victoria Bay has featured on the South African World Surf League Qualifying Series.George Municipality stepped in to support the City Surf Series event after the cancellation of the Zigzag Durban Surf Pro in May. “This is an excellent opportunity to showcase our local surf break,” says Tourism Manager Joan Shaw. “Victoria Bay is clean and safe and well known as the best right hand point break in the Southern Cape. This event will be streamed online and viewers from all over the world will see our world class surf break. We are proud to support this event and trust it will provide a welcome boost for surfing tourism in George.”Over 100 competitors will face off in men’s, women’s and pro junior divisions in the inaugural event. Local pro surfer Bianca Buitendag is a confirmed entrant and hopes to use this event as a stepping stone to the WSL Championship Tour. Other competitors expected at the event include local surfing icons Sean Holmes and David Pfaff, as well as internationally rated J-Bay athletes Dylan Lightfoot and Matthew McGillivray.The surfing competition has been warmly welcomed by local surfing association, Eden Surf Riders. “The Vic Bay Classic is a great opportunity to host a professional tournament and to have world class surfers in our bay,” says Eden Surf Riders’ Chairman Robert Pollock. “Events such as this help young South African surfers to raise their standard and earn points towards the Championship Tour. We are proud to have been offered nine wild card entries and we can’t wait to see how our local chargers fare against international competition,” Pollock continues.In addition to world-class surfing action, spectators can expect a menu of ocean safety and educational events. City Surf Series and Surfing South Africa will host a community beach clean-up as well as a waste reduction workshop. The NSRI are set to host an ocean awareness campaign.Over 500 guests are expected at Victoria Bay over the three day tournament including international surfing competitors, coaches and family members as well as local spectators. “We are confident that this world-class event will have significant economic benefits for George,” says Economic Development Manager Pedro Oliphant. The Vic Bay Classic is officially supported by George Municipality’s Economic Development Division and is backed by George Tourism. “We are delighted to showcase George as a city for a sustainable future,” Oliphant continues. “The event is a welcome addition to the calendar, falling over the winter season, which is usually is a quiet period for tourism. We trust our visitors will savour George’s quality lifestyle, scenic beaches and spectacular coastline.”The Vic Bay Classic will conclude the 2019 City Surf Series and will be the 7th stop on the WSL Africa Tour. Competitors can enter the event by logging on to the World Surf League’s Membership Management System at https://wsl.memberpro.net/main/body.cfm?menu=regions . Surfing fans can follow the action online at https://www.facebook.com/CitySurfSeriesZA/
World Environment Day celebrated through community education
Issued George Municipality, 7th June 2019The Environmental Educators for the George Municipal Environmental Services department spent time in Syferfontein on Wednesday 5th June in celebration of World Environmental Day.The focus was on illegal dumping that often occurs on vacant land and open public spaces within residential areas and also water saving tips for the home. Here are the enthusiastic team of educators preparing for their task, from left Babalo Counter, Iviwe Maboza, Thembakazi, community member and Marawyne Williams.
In the second photograph Marawyne Williams discusses watersaving tips with a homeowner. Informative flyers were handed out.
In the second photograph Marawyne Williams discusses watersaving tips with a homeowner. Informative flyers were handed out.Garden Route District Municipality Roads Department makes history
“The Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM) has the biggest Roads function in the Western Cape”. This was confirmed by GRDM Executive Manager for Roads Services, Mr John G Daniels at their main office in George on Tuesday, 28 May 2019.According to Mr Daniels, there are many projects in store for the Roads Department over the current and next financial years. Since the Roads Department is an agency function of the Western Cape Government (WCG), its financial year stretches from the beginning of April to the end of March the following year. The current financial year, therefore, already started in April 2019.
The Roads Services budgetMr Daniels confirmed his statement about the magnitude of the Department, when he said that the budget of the Roads Department amounts to over half a billion rand. “This budget is inclusive of the Department’s yellow fleet that amounts to R386 million, which makes us the biggest Roads Department in the Western Cape,” Mr Daniels boasted. The WCG increased the roads services budget from R145 million, last year, to R160 million for this year. The increase of R15 million could only have materialised due to the Department’s good record of expenditure and stable staff complement. “All these characteristics personify the Roads Services function and with everything necessary in place, we plan to spend R200 million again,” Mr Daniels said.Projects in progress and to be implementedOne such project planned for the current and next financial years will be a R21 million project to be implemented in Slangrivier (Hessequa), which is foreseen to commence in August/September this year. Two other projects include the re-gravel and resealing of roads in the entire Garden Route district. The resealing will amount to R23 million and R17 million is budgeted for the re-gravelling project. The road building project in Friemersheim near Mossel Bay, is envisaged to be completed by September 2019. The R39 million project in Gwaiing (George) where the road is upgraded from gravel to tar, will be completed in the next financial year and will stretch over a period of 18 months.Mr Daniels extended a word of appreciation to all the Roads staff by saying: “I thank each and every one of you for your commitment, endurance and work ethic. We made history by spending R200 million for the year!”
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Pompjoggie betaal vir petrol
‘n Post van Monet van Heerden is op Georgiete Staan Saam geshare wat ‘n mens se hart laat chocolates klop.Vroeg vanoggend oppad Kaap toe stop ek by ‘n petrolstasie om my kar vol te maak. Voordat ek die persoon vra om my kar vol te maak – kry ek net ‘n gevoel dat ek my kaart by die huis vergeet het. Terwyl ek my kaart soek begin ‘n jong man pligsgetrou my vensters was. Na die soektog sê ek toe vir hom ek kry nie my kaart nie en sal ongelukkig nie petrol kan ingooi nie. Hy sê toe vir my: “Ma’am you can’t run out of petrol on the N2. I’ll throw in R100 and then you can just bring back my R100 whenever you are near again. ”
Sonder dat ek nog kan antwoord begin hy petrol ingooi en betaal hy met sy eie kaart.
Hy het nie my naam of my nommer gevra nie – net gesê dat ek moet veilig ry.
Toe ek die geld vir hom gaan terug gee, het ek hom gevra hoekom hy my gehelp het en hoe hy vertrou het dat ek die geld sal terug bring. Hy antwoord my toe “Ma’am I am a believer.”
Dankie Nkosikho vir jou mooi hart.
Jy het vandag vir my hoop gegee vir ons land.
Mag Jesus jou lewe bless!
George Landbou Skou
Corné Botha (president van George Landbouskou) gesels met Christo Fourie die vise-president van die skou genootskap oor die 2019 landbouskou wat hierdie jaar vanaf 29 Augustus tot 31 Augustus plaasvind
Stakeholders meet to discuss people living on the streets
The George Municipality yesterday hosted a meeting to discuss the impact that an increasing number of vagrants and homeless people are having on business and residents in and around the CBD.Social Development Officer Estelle Fredericks said while the homeless issue was strictly speaking not a municipal mandate (it is that of the National Department Social Welfare), the municipality recognised the wider impact the matter had and would continue with its varied approach to address what it can. “The municipality is already doing whatever is possible within the resources available to us and we now ask our businesses and communities to help us come up with new and sustainable solutions.”The George Municipality takes regular surveys to determine how many people are living on the street and registers those who are willing on its database. At last count, there were 94 such people in George. The municipality’s Social Development unit assists with reuniting people with their families, obtaining ID documents, helps with compiling CVs and applying for jobs. The department also heads up the People Living on the Streets Forum, which coordinates with a wide range of roleplayers including SAPS and the National Departments of Social Welfare, Justice, Internal Affairs and Labour.Community and Social Development Services Portfolio Councillor Sean Snyman said it was important to distinguish between homeless people, who had truly lost everything, and vagrants who chose to live on the streets. “It may sound harsh, but there are families out there who should be caring for their own and we make every effort to reunite such vagrants with their people. We also recognise that a large part of the problem relates to drugs – we can’t have job creation projects when the people are not employable. In this regard, the municipality is currently putting a business plan together with the goal of providing a space where a drug rehabilitation centre and related support structures can be established.”About 30 people attended the meeting which included local business, church and social organisations and people living on the streets.It was agreed that there was an urgent need for a night shelter, substance abuse rehabilitation centre and a social rehabilitation centre.The Cremhog homeless facility, which had been on the cards for some time but where gaps in the business plan was hindering implementation, also came under discussion. Attendees had indicated they were willing to work with Cremhog to help address the gaps in their business plan to coincide with the norms and standards required for similar centres. Organisations and individuals said they would be willing to render services at the centre.The decision was made to invite all interested parties to the next People Living on the Streets Forum meeting to discuss the Cremhog proposal. Attendees also affirmed their willingness to become part of the forum.
George Nostalgie
Soos ek vandag oor die groen Ouentiqua berg staar en die koel Kaapse wind waai deur my hare kom die vragie by my op, “Wat maak George so uniek, wat is dit van hierdie dorpie wat ‘n mens se voetjies net hier wil wortel skiet, so asof George jou gevange neem in sy prag beeld. Dan kom die antwoord so in my stil gees op, die mense. Die mense van George is net anders. Soveel geskiedenis van hierdie dorpie, ‘n skatkus van onberykte stories.Stories van ‘n dorpie se ontsaan, stories van liefde, stories van mense wat in eenheid staan as die nood druk, stories van besigheid skepping, stories van kindwees en in vryheid kan wil uit leef. As ek moet dink wat die woord gemeenskap beteken se die naam George alles.Daar is altyd aktiewieteite iewers in George, altyd iets te doen vir die gesin en pret is die hoof bestandeel. Ons is ryk in kulure, ryk in menswees en met mekaar ‘n stukkie van onsself te deel. George is my eie sprokies land, ‘n stukkie aarde ‘n stukkie hemel.George is klein en groot, klein genoeg jy loop altyd bekende gesiggies raak, groot genoeg jy ontmoet elke dag weer nuwe mense.As ek moet dink wat hierdie dorpie se wiele elke dag aan die rol het, is dit elke persoon wat sy deel doen, van ons munisipale werkers, ons skole, ons besighede tot die mense wat seker maak elke mens en dier is veilig.George laat my dink aan ‘n beskrywing van vrolikheid, eenheid, spontaanheid, vriendelikheid, opregtheid, maar as ek praat van George, praat ek van elke persoon in hierdie dorpie, want dit is die mense die opregtheid van harte wat hierdie stukkie hemel, stukkie aarde ‘n tuiste maak vir almal.Elke week gaan ek ‘n Love George Nostalgie met julle deel, daardie ietsie wat ons uniek maak, daardie rykdom skat van stories van George mense. Stories wat ons almal se hartsare sal speelSo ek nooi jou uit om elke week saam met my die skatkus van George se nostalgies te ondek.Moenie ons skattejag stories misloop nie.As jy graag jou storie wil vertel:Lodene Van Blerk
0743369185
lodenevanblerk@gmail.com
George Landbou Skou
Die Outeniqua Skougenootskap bestaan reeds 159 jaar en bied jaarliks een van die grootste en opwindendste landbouskoue in die Suid-Kaap aan. Hierdie wonderlike gebeurtenis herhaal homself elke Augustusmaand op die George Skougronde en is ‘n hoogtepunt onder die boeregemeenskap. In 2019 beplan ons meer betrokkenheid van die publiek, meer programme en vermaak wat die hele gesin gaan bederf.
