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GEORGE NEWS - Phase three of George Municipality's Operation Clean-up swung into action on Monday 25 October.
Cleaning teams from the department of community services moved into Pacaltsdorp to clear up illegal dump sites and raise awareness around the dangers of illegal dumping.
A total of 44 areas will be targeted with JCB and tipper trucks over the next two weeks. Community services officials will hand out flyers on the dangers of illegal dumping in the areas that are cleared.
Protection services
Municipal law enforcement officials will carry out patrols and create awareness around the safe keeping of animals, illegal dumping, dangers of cable theft, vandalism and other municipal by-law-related matters.
Community development
The Youth Office and the Seven Passes Initiative will jointly host a parenting programme every Tuesday morning for young women from Pacaltsdorp who have children of 2 to 9 years old. This is a closed group, so if anyone is interested in this programme, they can contact the municipal office on 044 802 2900.
Various outreaches have been completed, and are still in progress with Pacaltsdorp Primary and Pacaltsdorp Secondary schools over the next two weeks. Programmes will also be run with youths who have completed their schooling.
These programmes are run in conjunction with the Pacaltsdorp Business Chamber, and includes entrepreneurship training / mentoring, job readiness, leadership and life-skills training.
At Pacaltsdorp Secondary School, the municipal team provided career counselling together with the Department of Labour for Grade 12 learners. This included leadership and positive citizenship encouragement at their Grade 12 valedictory ceremony.
An afterschool programme, incorporating tennis to instil discipline and life-skills, will take place with learners from Pacaltsdorp Senior Secondary School through the peer educator programme.
Parks and recreation
The parks teams will be addressing the trimming of trees where necessary, cutting of grass on sidewalks as well as spraying for weeds this week.
Finance
Finance officials will be stationed at the Pacaltsdorp Community Hall on Wednesday 27 October from 09:00 to 13:00 to assist members of the public with the completion of indigent applications and account queries, and to facilitate arrangements on overdue accounts. Please bring along a copy of your monthly municipal account, any other relevant paperwork and your ID.
Pacaltsdorp Library
Pacaltsdorp Library has installed an exhibition on illegal dumping as well as one in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, set up by library assistant Eurogene Carolus. The library will be running an extensive programme over the next two weeks, including book lending to the crèches Soete Uurtjies, Grade R New Dawn Park Primary, Grade R Pacaltsdorp Primary, Rooibootjie in Syferfontein, Rosedale Community Crèche and Vuurvliegies.
The 10 books loaned to each crèche will contain information on illegal dumping to raise awareness among our youngest residents.
Illegal dumping awareness activities will also be run together with community services officials with older learners of Pacaltsdorp Primary School this Friday and the next. The crèche Soete Uurtjies will be treated to a story hour as well as a colouring exercise.
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