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Thomas Gamble residents in Kariega protested on Wednesday because their electricity has been off for two weeks. Two communities in Kariega, Nelson Mandela Bay, took to the streets on Wednesday and Thursday over ongoing electricity outages. On Wednesday afternoon, about 100 residents from Thomas Gamble township blocked busy Kamesh Street near the office of ward …
The available water in Nelson Mandela Bay’s dams has slipped below 30% of storage capacity. While a drought continues in the area, current consumption is 93-million litres per day above the allocated limit, says Mayor Babalwa Lobishe. The situation is compounded by water losses of 63%, making Nelson Mandela Bay the highest water-losing metro in …
The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) clearly does not possess the expertise and managerial capacity to resolve the ongoing water crisis on its own. The Metro itself contributes significantly to the problem through failing to do routine maintenance and repair thousands of leaks, resulting in more than half the treated potable water being lost. According …
The ANC/EFF coalition in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) has plunged the Metro into crisis with its constant failure to maintain critical infrastructure. What is currently unfolding in the Metro is not an unexpected disaster, but the inevitable outcome of years of incompetence, maladministration and political indifference. The most notable evidence of this decay …
GOOD Statement by Lawrence Troon, GOOD Nelson Mandela Bay Councillor: Residents of the Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Municipality are facing a deepening electricity and water crisis, driven by decades of infrastructure neglect and persistent governance failures. Across the metro, communities are being stripped of reliable access to basic services essential for daily life and economic …
Nelson Mandela Bay municipal workers protested in Kariega on Wednesday, demanding better security at the Cuyler depot. Dozens of Nelson Mandela Bay municipal workers blocked the busy Cuyler Street in Kariega on Wednesday with burning tyres and other rubble. They are demanding the municipality take urgent steps to increase security to stop the spate of …
The water crisis in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) has come to a head, warranting immediate and decisive action. The Metro currently has approximately 246 days of water reserves, which clearly shows that it is under enormous pressure. Although, technically speaking, it is not yet Day Zero, the Metro already finds itself in a …
Protesters from Nomakanjani informal settlement blocked the R335 early on Wednesday. demanding to be moved to better land. About 300 protesters from Nomakanjani informal settlement in Motherwell in Gqeberha blocked the busy R335 Addo Road early on Wednesday. They say their shacks are waterlogged when it rains and they want to be allocated land elsewhere. …
There is a hole in the floor of Thobile Saza’s bungalow. Like others in Motherwell NU30 in Nelson Mandela Bay, Saza and his family are still waiting for the house they were promised years ago. Thobile Saza and his family were moved from their shack to temporary housing in Motherwell, Nelson Mandela Bay, during the …
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