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In these days of ‘thin’ news, social media news, fake news, AI news, PR news and general waste your time news one can see the online news market actually maturing a bit and honing their skills to cover real news. I do find myself, when wearing my MyPR.co.za hat, becoming slightly jaded as press release …
According to comedian Jimmy Carr the main reason is because the Catholic Church banned cousin marriage in the 1200’s. So Nelson Mandela Bay residents – if you have a weak chin you will be forgiven for blaming your ancestors for being just that teensy bit too close to one of their relations. An intriguing hypotheses …
After my walk out at Relay Jeans, Greenacres on Saturday I walked past Jet Stores and popped in to see if maybe they had some jeans that would catch my eye. And, yes, they did have some that were on a special – buying two pairs would give me 21% off of both. A quick …
So this is a bit of a Passive Aggressive apology to the Relay Jeans store in Greenacres, Newton Park. I am a typical old school male – I hate shopping for things like clothes, get anxiety in queues and procrastinate for a long time before making a buying decision. After popping in to the Relay …
The last time that dam levels were updated on the NMB Web Site was on 31 October 2025 (See MyNMB’s dam levels here). Now, we have decreasing levels in our dams, tourists coming in and all these ‘activations’ educating people about reduced water use. I have been told that good management revolves around a simple …
As a recent second time around parent I have been exposed to the incredible addiction that school children are forced to endure day after day – screens. It has tickled me pink to see how addicted children denied access to screens will watch anything that moves on a surface slightly similar to a screen. You …
Over on Group Sex for Amoebas (FB) our hard working, well turned out, immaculately presented Executive Mayor announced that she will soon be wafting through the townships, flicking back her new hairdo and exiting her non-local ratepayer paid for vehicle in a waft of expensive perfume in order to count all the backyard dwellers. These …
On Saturday 29 November the Libre and Brotherhood Taekwon-Do Dojangs put 29 students through their grading paces from White belts to Blue belt Red stripes. Libre Taekwon-Do meets twice a week at the Corpus Christi Church Hall on La Roche Drive in Humewood. The pupils ranged in age from 7 years-old to ‘Don’t-ask’ and were …
This afternoon I received this message via e-mail from a magazine owner/editor: “Please delete my profile off mypr.co.za with immediate effect. You have listed my details incorrectly – and comes across very suspicious.“ This e-mail followed a phone call from a minion who requested the same result but said that they were laying the blame …
This morning I went on a journey to the Strand Street Train Station – apparently contractors have been appointed to finally fix the roof and I thought it might be a good idea to welcome the contractor to the area. Suffice to say that the Train Station looks like an area that could cause embarrassment …
PAARL: The Dafabet Warriors clinched the T20 Challenge title in a thrilling finish, emerging victorious in a super over against Goldrush Boland that ended in a tie. Batting first, Boland managed to post 142 runs for the loss of six wickets in their allocated 20 overs. Lehan Botha anchored the innings with a well-crafted 51 …
I signed up for an Easy Equities account after a TedX presentation here in Nelson Mandela Bay – it lay dormant for a while as, at the time, I was pretty happy with the online broker I was with. After actively using the account I realised why I had been such a knob head all …
On 1 December 1834, the Cape Colony (of which Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), Nelson Mandela Bay) was part of, abolished slavery. Lets have a quick squizz at other countries/regions and the dates on which slavery was abolished: Shockingly there is one country on this list that only officially abolished slavery in 1981! The Americas (The Major …
Statement by Yusuf Cassim MPL, DA Shadow MEC for Community Safety: The latest crime statistics for the first half of the 2025/26 financial year, released today, confirm that while violent crime has shown modest declines, the Eastern Cape remains the most dangerous province in South Africa. These figures represent the lived reality of families who …
Yesterday afternoon the Municipality presented an Anti Pens Down Celebration – now the incongruity of hosting a party against a party is still something I grapple with but that is a thought for another day! Anyway – on the VERY DAY of the Anti Pens Down Party at Hobie Beach we had the body of …
The Mandela Bay Development Agency inducted its new Board yesterday. The ten new members joined a genial assembly at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, where they were welcomed and introduced to the MBDA as an implementation agency of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, focused on the urban regeneration and the revitalization of Nelson Mandela Bay. …
Now this is a question that one sees all over social media, in WhatsApp and Telegram groups as frustrated residents look for methods to galvanise the Municipality into action over one or the other service delivery concern. Face it – the suburb dwellers have forgotten how to Toyi-Toyi. This is also a question that the …
Indulge MyNMB for a moment please… The video you see below has given me new vigour to postulate on neighbourhoods in Nelson Mandela Bay. On many WhatsApp Groups we have micro farmers selling home grown produce. Nelson Mandela Bay is in desperate need of more micro-farmers sharing (and selling) home grown produce. Until you taste …
Who is the real person behind the @DoBetterNMB X Account?? The above is the question we posed to X’s AI Agent, Grok, after our @MyPE account was followed by @DoBetterNMB. Now it is a well known ‘thing’ that we at @MyPE troll the timelines of all that follow @MyPE looking for an uplifting phrase/post/image to …
Nelson Mandela Bay, Deputy Mayor Gary van Niekerk has faced multiple motions of no confidence or motions calling for an investigation into his fitness to hold office. These are the publicised no confidence efforts during his tenure as Deputy Mayor (since late 2024): December 2024: Motion of No Confidence (Suspension Voted In): The Democratic Alliance …
This report on people in the Makhanda region dying as a result of ‘stealing’ unexplode ordinance in the 6 SAI Training Ground refers. SEE: https://myza.co.za/unfenced-army-base-outside-makhanda-claims-another-life/ Many of us have memories of the 6 SAI Training Ground – a vast area behind the base where we went for shooting practise, kakked off doing JL’s (and other …
Go to the comments section of any news site or social media and you will see countless people ‘wondering how the corrupt and incompetent get the vote’. Just like a Catch 22 situation the answer lies in those two words: Corrupt and Incompetent – one feeds off of the other creating a monster. Except that …
Certain sectors of our population (I like to think that that sector represents people who care!) were aghast to read in The Herald that our Executive Mayor, Babalwa Lobishe, has given herself a 4/5 rating for performance. On 30 April 2025 we at MyNMB put up an anonymous poll asking for residents to rate the …
With our our dam levels going down at a rapid pace one can read all types of things into this notice issued by the NMB Municipality below. One would expect that such actions are done ahead of a tariff change/introduction of punitive tariffs. Notice to All Registered Voluntary Reading Residents | November Audit The Nelson …
A couple of weekends ago I was chatting to a foreign exchange student who had chosen to stay at the Campus Key Scarborough Student Accomodation based off of the images and ‘illusion’ of security offered in the online brochure. CampusKey Scraborough is situated at 5 Scarborough Street, Summerstrand, Gqeberha. 2025 Listed Prices for CampusKey Scarborough …
