Photo: Mike, Pexels GEORGE NEWS - The effect of Covid-19 on staff numbers and logistics are among various factors causing the number of vehicle licences that require renewal to pile up at the George vehicle licensing centre, creating a "perpetual backlog". This is according to the George Municipality that issued a statement in response to frustration among the public about the hours-long waiting in queues outside the gate at the centre. In the statement, the municipality appealed to help relieve the pressure by applying for renewals online. However, registration of vehicles cannot be done online, and a waiting game is then unavoidable, as Wilderness resident Chris Leggatt found when he accompanied his son to register his first vehicle.