Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality
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NMB Deputy Mayor Gary van Niekerk suspended
Gary van Niekerk, Deputy Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape, has been suspended following a…
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Eskom hopeful that power will be restored in Nelson Mandela Bay by Sunday
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says work is under way to restore power to several areas affected by a power outage…
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Eastern Cape floods: Kariega cemeteries severly damaged
Heavy floods have caused severe damage at cemeteries in Kwanobuhle in the Eastern Cape. Tombstones have collapsed and some graves…
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Eastern Cape Education Dept says it’s working to resolve scholar transport challenges
The Eastern Cape Education Department said it was working to resolve challenges with scholar transport that have left hundreds of…
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Eastern Cape flood victims in temporary shelters as more rains expected
Flood victims in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro say they wish politicians can live in their communities to understand their…
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NMB Municipality begins clean-up ops after flooding
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in the Eastern Cape said that it was busy with mopping-up operations following heavy rain…
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NMB metro hopes to evacuate more people trapped due to flooding
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality said it was hoping to evacuate more people who are still trapped in some parts…
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Court dismisses NMB’s bid to set aside SIU report
The Eastern Cape High Court in Gqeberha has dismissed an application by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality to review and…
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Gqeberha’s plan to keep the lights on
The days of relying on Eskom are over. That’s the view of Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Retief Odendaal who was…
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Gqeberha veld fires flare up again
Raging fires are spreading throughout the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality area. Community members are afraid as flames are getting close…
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Nelson Mandela Bay offers to pay for funeral of Zenizole Vena who died at police station
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has committed to pay for the funeral of 15-year-old Zenizole Vena who died in the…
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Alleged cable thief wounded during a shoot-out with police near Rustenburg
A suspected cable thief was shot and wounded during a shoot-out with the police at Mosenthal, near Rustenburg, in North…
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NMB residents hope new leadership can bring positive change
The balance of power in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is shifting all the time. The multi-party coalition government has for…
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Nelson Mandela Bay to prioritize service delivery under new mayor Retief Odendaal
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has a new mayor. The Democratic Alliance’s Retief Odendaal takes over the reins from mayor Eugene…
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Eastern Cape DA confident ANC will be ousted from power in NMB soon
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said that the battle lines had been drawn in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. The party…
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Eastern Cape farmers live in fear of protests over service delivery
Farmers are living in fear in Kariega in the Eastern Cape. It follows a series of service delivery protests near…
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NMB Municipality: All systems in place to deal with water crisis
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality said that it was prepared for any eventuality regarding its water crisis. There have been…
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NMB Municipality’s dam levels sitting at 40%
The dam levels in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality are sitting at a combined 14%. Officials in the metro provided…
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NMB opposition parties agree to work together to remove ANC from power
Opposition parties in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape have signed a coalition agreement in a move…
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Gelvandale residents complain of water leaks despite dire shortages in Gqeberha
Residents of Gelvandale in Gqeberha say that clean running water has been flowing in their streets despite dire water shortages.…
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Eastern Cape municipalities can’t afford to lose one drop of water, says Mchunu
Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu says water has to be restricted in the Kouga Municipality and the Nelson Mandela…
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NMB officials deny claims that day zero is here
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has denied claims that its dam levels have reached day zero. Addressing the media on…
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Man dies after being hit by an electrical pole during protest for electricity
Nkosinathi Lukas, 38, died when an electrical pole uprooted during a protest for electricity in Area 11 informal settlement in…
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Hundreds of rabies cases detected in Eastern Cape
There’s an extensive rabies outbreak in the Eastern Cape. From the beginning of January 2021 to date, around 400 cases…
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100s of rabies cases detected in Eastern Cape
There’s an extensive rabies outbreak in the Eastern Cape. From the beginning of January 2021 to date, around 400 cases…
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Mayor: NMB water not safe to drink
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has revealed that the metro’s water quality has deteriorated and that it’s not safe to…
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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality urges organisers to postpone events with potentially large crowds
The Nelson Mandela Bay metro says it has advised organisers to postpone or cancel events with potentially large numbers. The…
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Hawks arrest 4 former Nelson Mandela Bay officials
The Hawks have swooped on four former Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality officials and three businessmen on Thursday. The officials worked…
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Gqeberha taxi strike suspended after meeting
Taxi associations in Gqeberha will return to work after week-long protest action. Taxi owners gave the Labour Department seven days…
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Eastern Cape residents urged to use water sparingly as dam levels at all-time low
Eastern Cape dams supplying the Nelson Mandela Bay area are at an all-time low. Authorities have on Friday begged residents…
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Nelson Mandela Bay metro expected to elect new mayor
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will finally get a mayor on Tuesday. The metro has been without a mayor since…
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9 suspects in NMB R73 million tender fraud case get bail
Nine suspects, including two former Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality officials, arrested for alleged tender fraud of around R73 million have…
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DA files papers to force Nelson Mandela Bay to elect new mayor
Bhanga has requested Mafaya to call a meeting to elect a new mayor by Tuesday or face legal action. The…
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DA demands to have mayor for Nelson Mandela Bay appointed
The metro has also been in hot water with National Treasury, which threatened to withhold more than R800 million of…
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Nelson Mandela Bay to be placed under administration
Bobani’s removal led to a vacuum in the metro, forcing the ANC to vote in his deputy, Thsonono Buyeye, as…
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Four kids die on dump, NMB municipality blames residents
The children died after apparently eating toxic food from a dumpsite less than 100m from their shacks. The Nelson Mandela…
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Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality & residents blame each other after child electrocuted
Nine-year-old Siyabonga Scheepers was apparently shooting birds with a sling with his friends when he stood barefoot on an illegal…
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8 shops closed due to selling expired food
Some of these shops were found selling food dated as long ago as 2016. Lance Grootboom, a member of the…
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