George Municipality engages with local businesses ahead of the George Festival [SOUND]

# The George Municipality in the Western Cape says it is committed to maintaining strong partnerships with local stakeholders and ensuring minimal disruption to business operations during the George Festival in December. Mayor Jackie von Brandis, together with municipal manager Godfrey Louw, and Western Cape MEC for Cultural Affairs and Sport, Recardo Mackenzie, met with local business owners whose businesses are located around Unity Park. The municipality’s spokesperson, Chantel Edwards-Klose, says the discussions centred around logistics and road closures for the festival: