Executive Mayor Browen Johnson

🌱 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖? ♻️

We are offering 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐢𝐧 to permanent residents within the George Municipal area!

Composting helps reduce household waste going to landfill, improves soil health and gives your garden a natural boost. 🌿

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬?
✅ Permanent residents of the George Municipal area
✅ Proof of residence required
✅ You must be able to generate suitable organic waste, such as fruit & vegetable peels, eggshells and grass cuttings.

𝐈𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐬:
❌ Meat or meat products, cooked foods
❌ Oils, fats, or grease, dairy products
❌ diseased plant material
❌sawdust or woodchips from treated wood, coal ash, glossy or coloured paper
❌ dog or cat faeces
❌ weeds with seeds
❌ nappies and used tissues

📌 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲:
Download the application form from:
https://www.george.gov.za/george-document/gm-application-form-for-home-compost-project/

and email your completed form with proof of residence to [email protected] or [email protected].

📞𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 044 802 2900

𝐎𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤: https://www.george.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Home-Composting-Guideline.pdf.

🌱 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡!

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 📣
𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐬 & 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

📅 12–16 December 2026
📍 Various venues across George

George is bringing a new “Festival of Festivals” model to life — and we’re inviting local event organisers, clubs, artists and community groups to be part of it.

You organise your event. We provide the city-wide platform, joint marketing, official programme inclusion and cross-promotion.

✅ Sports & wellness
✅ Arts, music, comedy & theatre
✅ Family events & markets
✅ Exhibitions & cultural experiences
✅ Food markets, tastings & festivals

Your event must:
✅ Take place in or around George between 12–16 December
✅ Align with sport, arts, culture or family entertainment
✅ Use the official festival branding
✅ Meet all required municipal safety, traffic, noise and permitting requirements

Proposals must include:
Event concept, date/time/venue, target audience & expected attendance, organisation details, infrastructure requirements and sponsor information/branding rights.

🔔 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 30 SEPTEMBER 2026 AT 24:00

Apply online: https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/3jC5Th

For enquiries: Melanie Martins, George Tourism
☎️ 044 801 9296
📧 [email protected]

Bring your event. Bring your creativity. Be part of George Festival 2026!

Road Accident Fund in Thembalethu

The RAF will be bringing their services to our residents at Thembalethu High Shcool, offering an opportunity to get assistance, ask questions and understand claim processes.

We encourage residents to join us in the session on the day. Details in the graphic.

🚨Oppotunity🚨

𝐀 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑-𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐃 𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐅𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄

Today, I joined councillors and our municipal staff in standing together in solidarity against gender-based violence and femicide. I did so not only as the Executive Mayor of George, but as a South African man.

A man who, like so many others, has a mother, a sister, nieces, aunts, cousins and friends who are women. And like many South Africans, I have watched in horror as the atrocities committed against women in our country continue to unfold. What has happened in the Kempton Park area has shocked us. But we cannot simply watch in horror, shake our heads and then carry on with our lives.

We have to do something.

And perhaps the first step is for us, as South African men, to acknowledge that we have a problem. Somewhere along the way, we have allowed behaviour that should never be accepted to become normalised. My heartfelt condolences go to the families and loved ones of the women who have been so violently taken from us.

But we also have to look closer to home.

Here in our own city and region, we have lost women to gender-based violence. We know the names of women whose lives have been taken from them. Women who were daughters, sisters, mothers, partners and friends.

These are not just names or statistics.

They were people. They had families. They had dreams. They mattered.

There must come a time when we stop asking women how they should change their behaviour to stay safe, and start asking ourselves what we are doing about the people who make them unsafe.

We tell women not to walk alone.
We tell them to watch their surroundings.
We tell them what time they should be home.
We tell them what they should wear and where they should go.
But where is the same energy when it comes to confronting the perpetrators?

We have reached a point where women are being told they cannot walk to the post office, cannot get into their own cars, cannot feel safe in their own homes — and now, apparently, cannot even go for a jog without fearing for their lives.

That cannot be normal.

Women should not have to live smaller lives because men choose to behave violently. And let me be clear: this is not about saying that every man is a perpetrator. There are countless good men in South Africa who respect women, protect their dignity and treat them as equals. But good men cannot simply stand on the sidelines. We have to speak up. We cannot allow perpetrators to define what it means to be a South African man. We have to challenge the jokes, the intimidation, the controlling behaviour and the attitudes that tell men they are entitled to dominate women.

Because masculinity does not mean making someone afraid of you. Strength does not mean intimidation. And being a man does not give you the right to control, hurt or silence another human being. We need to raise men who understand that. We need fathers to teach their sons that respect is not weakness. We need friends to call each other out when behaviour crosses the line. And we need men to stop looking away when they see something that is wrong. If your friend is hurting his partner, say something. If you hear someone talking about women as though they are possessions, challenge it. If you see controlling or abusive behaviour, do not simply laugh it off or walk away.

Your voice could be the difference between someone continuing down that path and someone being forced to confront their behaviour.

Today, I want to make it clear that I stand with our municipal staff, with the women of George, and with every victim and survivor of gender-based violence.

We stand with the families who have lost loved ones.
And we stand with every woman who simply wants to live her life without fear.

But standing in solidarity cannot stop at words.

We have to be part of the solution.
So today, I challenge the men standing with me — including myself — to take up our responsibility.
Let us be the men who say no more.
No more looking away.
No more making excuses.
No more normalising toxic behaviour.
No more telling women that they must change their lives because of the actions of violent men.
Not on my watch.

And to the women and girls who are living in fear or find themselves in an unsafe situation: please speak up. Please reach out to someone you trust. You do not have to face it alone.

Your safety matters.
Your life matters.
Your voice matters.

As a country, we have to do better. And as men, we have a responsibility to help make that change happen.

Today, we stood together. We observed a moment of silence for the lives that have been lost, and we reflected on the society we want to create and what each of us can do to help address this crisis.

𝐄𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡.
𝐍𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.
𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡.

🏠 A home is more than four walls — it is dignity, security and a place to build a future.

Today, come rain or shine, we had the privilege of handing over 15 new homes in Metro Grounds to families who can now begin a new chapter with greater security and hope.

For each family, this is more than a house. It is a place to call home.

Thank you to everyone who played a role in making today possible. This is what service delivery looks like when we work together.

15 homes. 15 families. 15 new beginnings. 🏠❤️