Disability Rights Awareness Week


With the 2024/25 municipal budgeting process in progress, residents and ratepayers should drive a collaborative action to unpack proposed increases in electricity tariffs, water tariffs, municipal rates, and service fees. Public participation platforms and ward committees are among these but should not be limited to them alone. Business Chambers, Ratepayers Associations, Civic Associations, and individuals…
The DEPARTMENT OF CO-OPERATIVE GOVERNANCE (COCTA) issued a notice related to the STANDARD DRAFT BY-LAWS FOR TOWNSHIP ECONOMIES ISSUED IN TERMS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT: MUNICIPAL SYSTEMS ACT, 2002 (ACT NO. 32 OF 200) on 31 May 2024 Read the full article here… Read the draft legislation here…
Draft 2025 /26 Municipal budgets should soon be published for Public Participation. Read the full article here…
The purpose of this communique (with all rights reserved and without prejudice) is to provide observations and present probing questions as to the application and/ or implementation of the published proposed 2024/25 Tariff Increases. Read the full article here…
Die George Herald artikel asook, gereelde water beskikbaarheids probleme in veral die Kraaibosch omgewing en wat na verneem word ook in Pacaldtsdorp en Thembalethu , riool stortings, die sluiting van strande, en die toestand van die stortings terrein in George laat die vraag ontstaan – Wat is die werklike stand van ons infrastruktuur? Lees die…
During a Business Café conversation held on 24 November 2023 with community leaders representing faith-based, environmental, ratepayers’ and heritage associations from across George, it was agreed that the city’s biggest strength lies in its ‘social capital’. “There is a parallel between “Social Capital” (communities’ ability to build and maintain relationships), “Ubuntu” (I am because we…