Garden Route District Municipality

03/06/2026

VIDEO | 3 Junie 2026

Die Calitzdorpdam loop tans oor ná vandag se reënval in die opvangsgebied. Die water vloei oor die wal se breedte. Inwoners word herinner om weg te bly van riviere, laagwaterdrifte en areas waar water vinnig vloei.

The Calitzdorp Dam is currently spilling after today's rainfall in the catchment. The dam wall is overflowing across its full width, with a strong flow of water moving downstream. Residents are reminded to stay clear of rivers, low-water crossings and fast-flowing waterways.

03/06/2026

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗧 𝗙𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦

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1] Read beyond
𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑠

2] Consider the source
𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒, 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛?

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𝐷𝑜 𝑎 𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟. 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙?

4] Check the date
𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠.

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𝐼𝑓 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑠ℎ, 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒. 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒.

6] Links and Sources
𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦. 𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦?

7] Are you biased?
𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑓𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡.

8] Is it authentic?
𝑈𝑠𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑜𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒.

9] Check main news websites
𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚 𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡-𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒.

Let's work together to stop the spread of misinformation.

03/06/2026

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗚𝗥𝗗𝗠 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗦𝗖 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘇𝗮 𝗢𝗰𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲

Today, 3 June 2026, the Garden Route District Municipality (GRDM) and the MSC Shosholoza Ocean Academy hosted a highly anticipated career roadshow in George. Designed to create life-changing opportunities, the event connected potential candidates with exciting vacancies for those looking to start their careers at sea with MSC Cruises.

This second public awareness session successfully hosted residents from the Garden Route in the George Civic Hall, to inform locals about these job opportunities that will continuously become available on MSC cruise ships across the globe.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲:
https://www.gardenroute.gov.za/2026/06/03/03-june-2026-media-release-youth-explore-future-careers-at-grdm-and-msc-shosholoza-ocean-academy-roadshow/

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03/06/2026

⚠️ ROAD CLOSURE UPDATE | 3 June 2026, 17:00

Motorists are urged to exercise caution as ongoing severe weather has resulted in numerous road closures and restricted routes across the Garden Route District.
Current status:
🚫 20 roads closed
⚠️ 15 roads partially open (one lane)
🏠 6 roads open to local access only

Please obey all road closure signs, avoid flooded roads, and only travel when necessary.

For your safety: If a road is flooded, turn around and find an alternative route.

03/06/2026

𝟳 𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗦 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘 𝗘𝗡 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗦 𝗧𝗔𝗞𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗞𝗘

D**k voor jy reageer of aanstuur.

1) Gekskeer of Spot Dryf
𝐺𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑎𝑎𝑘 𝑛𝑖𝑒, 𝑚𝑎𝑎𝑟 ℎ𝑒𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠.

2) Misleidende Inhoud
𝑀𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒 𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑜𝑚 ‘𝑛 𝑘𝑤𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑎𝑑.

3) Nagebootsde inhoud
𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒 𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑.

4) Vervaardigde inhoud
𝑁𝑢𝑤𝑒 𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑖𝑠 100% 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑠, 𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑝 𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑔 𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑜𝑘𝑘𝑒𝑛.

5) Valse verbinding
𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑝𝑠𝑘𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑒, 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑘𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑢𝑛 𝑛𝑖𝑒.

6) Valse konteks
𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑔𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑚𝑒𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑠 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑘𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑒𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑖/𝑔𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑.

7) Gemanipuleerde inhoud
𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑘𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑔.

Kom ons werk saam om die verspreiding van vals inligting hok te slaan.

03/06/2026

Please take note that all Western Cape Road Closure Updates are published here: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/infrastructure/article/western-cape-road-closures-due-storm

03/06/2026

𝗛𝗢𝗘 𝗢𝗠 𝗙𝗢𝗣𝗡𝗨𝗨𝗦 𝗨𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗘 𝗞𝗘𝗡

D**k voor jy reageer of aanstuur.

Hiermee 'n paar wenke om jou te help om verkeerde of fop-inligting in sy spore te stop/stuit!

1) Lees verder.
𝑂𝑝𝑠𝑘𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑒 𝑘𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 '𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑚 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑒 𝑘𝑟𝑦.

2) Is die bron geloofwaardig?
𝐾𝑙𝑖𝑘 𝑤𝑒𝑔 𝑣𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑎𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓 𝑛𝑎. 𝐼𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑎𝑟 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑘𝑏𝑎𝑎𝑟?

3) Weet u wie die skrywer is?
𝐷𝑜𝑒𝑛 '𝑛 𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑔𝑒 𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑒𝑘 𝑛𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑟𝑦𝑤𝑒𝑟. 𝐼𝑠 ℎ𝑦/𝑠𝑦 𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑓𝑤𝑎𝑎𝑟𝑑𝑖𝑔 𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛𝑑?

4) Gaan die datum na.
𝐷𝑒𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑢𝑢𝑠𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑡𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑙, 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑖𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑣𝑖𝑟 ℎ𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑒.

5) Is dit 'n grap?
𝐵𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑒𝑤𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑘 ‘𝑛 𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑝 𝑜𝑓 ‘𝑛 𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑟𝑦𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑣𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑎𝑟ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑑. 𝐺𝑎𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓 𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑘𝑟𝑦𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑎 𝑜𝑚 𝑠𝑒𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑎𝑘.

6) Skakels en bronne.
𝐾𝑙𝑖𝑘 𝑜𝑝 𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑔𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑙𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑣𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒. 𝑂𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑢𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑔𝑒𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒?

7) Is jy bevooroordeeld?
𝐾𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑎𝑡 𝑗𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑖𝑒 𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑗𝑜𝑢 𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑏𝑒𝑖̈𝑛𝑣𝑙𝑜𝑒𝑑?

8) Is dit eg/betroubaar?
𝐺𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑘 ‘𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝐼𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ’ 𝑣𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑡 𝑗𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑡𝑜’𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑙. 𝐷𝑖𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑡𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑘𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒

9) Gaan hoofnuuswebwerwe na.
𝐾𝑦𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑓𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑘𝑦𝑛 𝑒𝑛 𝑔𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑘 ‘𝑛 𝑓𝑒𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑓