Yolanda Palezweni
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Gqeberha, EC, South Africa
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Couple, woman shot dead at Motherwell homes, child wounded
A husband and wife were shot dead in Motherwell on Sunday shortly after the man arrived home. → Read More
Bay pupils champion anti-underage drinking campaign
Pupils in Kwazakhele, New Brighton and Zwide are taking up the fight against under-age drinking. The Eastern Cape Liquor Board, along with various government departments, began rolling out the second leg of its Learner Ambassadorship Underage Drinking Programme in Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday. → Read More
Chilling messages haunt councillors
A fight about work at Coega and Markman has taken a deadly turn — just days after seven people were killed and four wounded in a cold-blooded attack at a party in Kwazakhele — with WhatsApp messages and voice recordings doing the rounds implying that councillors in Motherwell should be killed. → Read More
Law and order must return to Bay — mayor
The ANC filed a motion of exigency at a council meeting as a means to curb the rampant fatal shootings across the city. → Read More
‘Illegal’ cab drivers cry foul over Gqeberha shopping centre ban
Two drivers were allegedly assaulted as balaclava-clad men walked around the Cleary Park Shopping Centre when “illegal” cab operators were barred from using the centre’s parking lot as pickup and drop-off points for shoppers. → Read More
Full horror of Nelson Mandela Bay mass murder emerges
When police arrived at the scene of a mass shooting in Kwazakhele, 11 bullet-riddled bodies were scattered around the property, evincing the sheer terror the men and women felt as they tried to escape the gunmen. → Read More
JUST IN | Seven die, four wounded in mass shooting at Kwazakhele birthday party
Seven people were killed and four wounded in a mass shooting in Gqeberha on Sunday evening. → Read More
Thousands of Nelson Mandela Bay pupils still without schools
Nearly a week into the new school year, thousands of Nelson Mandela Bay pupils are still sitting at home. → Read More
ANC bleeding members in the Eastern Cape
The ANC is bleeding members in the Eastern Cape, with a sharp drop of 20.76% compared to 2017. → Read More
‘Protect the ANC,’ SG front-runner Ntuli tells Gqeberha branch
For the ANC to last forever, members must protect it and reignite the hope that the public once had in it. → Read More
Council meeting scheduled to be held virtually due to security concerns
Alleged security threats resulted in Tuesday’s Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting being moved to a virtual sitting. → Read More
Eight killed in Nelson Mandela Bay shooting rampage
Eight bodies, one shooting rampage within minutes of another — violence in KwaNobuhle scaled terrifying new heights on Thursday. → Read More
Lufefe Mkutu appointed National Youth Development Agency regional manager
Eliminating youth unemployment and skills development through the provision of funding. → Read More
Dodgy toilet tender puts Nelson Mandela Bay bigwigs in muck
A city manager, politicians and a businessman and his wife spent the night behind bars after the Hawks arrested them in various parts of Nelson Mandela Bay on Thursday. → Read More
Raped girl escapes but dies after Gqeberha clinic snub
Zenizole Vena died in the arms of a woman inside the police station’s community service centre. → Read More
I did a good job, ex-mayor says
A humiliating public interview on her first day in office, being nicknamed “euJIK Johnson”, and finally ousted this week — former mayor Eugene Johnson shrugged off the criticism she stirred by telling residents to use bleach to purify water, saying she was abused because she is a coloured woman. → Read More
Five social workers robbed at gunpoint
Five social workers were robbed at gunpoint in Gqeberha on Thursday outside an old age home. → Read More
How money is to be spent in Nelson Mandela Bay wards
Fixing six cemeteries, construction of a water treatment works, stormwater improvements and tarring gravel roads in 37 wards.These are some of the projects allocated funding from the R720m ward-based budget for the 2022/2023 financial year. → Read More
Cable thieves throttling Nelson Mandela Bay businesses
A prolonged electricity outage at the weekend cost some Nelson Mandela Bay businesses thousands of rand, prompting them to rethink expansion plans. → Read More
METRO MATTERS | Street in Kwazakhele swamped with sewage for years
Sewage is stinking up Mase Street in Kwazakhele, with the foul-smelling waste flowing down the entire road. → Read More