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Healthcare strikers, taxi drivers clash
After shots were fired on Wednesday, 15 clinics forced to close, and roads barricaded with burning tyres and tree trunks, it was announced that wage negotiations would resume for striking healthcare workers. → Read More
DA sets sights on ruling Eastern Cape
The DA in the Eastern Cape plans to take over the province one municipality at a time by snatching “low-hanging fruits” derived from the ANC’s failures in its leadership race towards the 2024 general election. → Read More
JUST IN | DA elects new Eastern Cape leadership
Andrew Whitfield was announced as the new Eastern Cape DA leader after beating Chantel King. → Read More
DA meets in Graaff-Reinet to choose new Eastern Cape leaders
It is D-Day for the DA as Eastern Cape delegates pick new leaders for the top two posts in the party and decide who will take the reins for the next three years. → Read More
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro fails to verify more than 8,000 assets
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is unable to account for more than 8,000 of its assets, an issue that left councillors wondering whether the city’s standard operating procedures actually worked. → Read More
Solar panel tax break for households
With the walls closing in and load-shedding playing havoc with the economy, finance minister Enoch Godongwana announced measures that will not only absorb more than half of Eskom’s R423bn debt but also grant tax breaks for businesses and homes investing in renewable energy. → Read More
Northern Alliance threat leaves Bay coalition on shaky ground
A threat by the Northern Alliance to withdraw from the ruling coalition in Nelson Mandela Bay is still on the cards despite a coalition management committee meeting called at the 11th hour to iron out issues with the party. → Read More
Northern Alliance threatens to leave Nelson Mandela Bay ruling coalition
The Northern Alliance is threatening to walk away from the coalition government in Nelson Mandela Bay if the party’s voice is not heard. → Read More
MEC’s reasons for changing Bay’s governance system ‘misguided’
The DA has rubbished the reasons provided by co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Zolile Williams for his decision to change Nelson Mandela Bay’s governance system, labelling them “spirited, yet baseless”. → Read More
Evicted building hijackers threaten to retaliate
Illegal occupants who hijacked a Richmond Hill property have threatened to burn the building down and rob students and pedestrians in the area after they were evicted on Wednesday. → Read More
I feel vindicated, says Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane is off the hook for the public protector fraud allegations that government money went towards the renovation of his private house after the Bhisho High Court set aside a 2021 report on Tuesday. → Read More
Nelson Mandela Bay’s plan to keep the lights on
Intensive geyser control, fixing an old gas turbine power plant, load curtailment and eventually procuring renewable energy from independent power producers (IPPs). → Read More
Fear stalks Kwazakhele after another mass shooting
A blanket of fear has fallen over Kwazakhele in Gqeberha, as yet another mass shooting at a house party claimed the lives of four people and left three others wounded. → Read More
State of disaster declared, electricity minister on way
A state of disaster has been gazetted to address the energy crisis and an electricity minister is to be appointed, president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced. → Read More
The real state of the nation
As President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation on Thursday night, in the Eastern Cape many people somewill tune in from their dilapidated shacks as water outages, mass shootings and load-shedding become the norm — and that is the real state of our nation. → Read More
Nelson Mandela Bay’s bleak audit outcome
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has been slapped with its 11th qualified audit opinion as R362m from conditional grants was not spent, R1.4bn of irregular expenditure was recorded, and there were no proper records of municipal assets. → Read More
Nelson Mandela Bay businesses trial 24-hour power cuts
To reduce the devastating effect of power outages, the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has rallied manufacturers in the city to take part in a 24-hour voluntary load-shedding pilot project which allows companies to operate with fewer disruptions caused by daily outages. → Read More
How long does it take to fill a pothole?
How long does Nelson Mandela Bay municipality take to fix a water leak, pothole or blocked drain? → Read More
Our 42,000km hotline to the world
The construction is part of a multibillion-rand project to connect Africa to the world through 2Africa Cables. → Read More
Odendaal pitches new panel to help investors in Nelson Mandela Bay
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality wants to establish a mayoral investment facilitation panel to assist role players in the public and private sectors to highlight issues facing them with high-impact investment developments. → Read More