Guess Who This Is?
Interpret this image which represents the name of a famous GQ’an:
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City Hall, We Have a Problem
Those who know will attest to the fact that one of my idiot savant activities is to watch the Nelson Mandela Bay dam levels like a hawk. Of late the reported numbers coming out of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro web site have been slower than the time it takes to fix a pothole in …
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If it Wasn’t an Election Year Would You Go?
I read with interest the letters on Facebook from politicians apologising for not attending Babalwa’s State of the Metro address in Despatch. The reasons given are all around cost to the ratepayer. Not one gives the real reason – they are afraid (jealous?) of the fact that this address is just a bit of political …
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Red Location Museum Rebuild: Lesser Men Have Tried and Failed
The DA in Nelson Mandela Bay will be announcing their plan to rebuild the Red Location Museum SUBJECT TO winning the Local Government Elections on 4 November 2026. Now – you may be thinking that someone now has a gun to their head – Vote DA or lose the Red Location Museum completely. According to …
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My Obituary
One of the first jobs that a cub reporter was given in the old days was to write the obituary of a living person – mostly of famous people – and to keep that obituary updated until the day it was needed. Sometimes those obituaries leaked or were inadvertently published. So, I took my in-house …
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Do You Know Who I Am?
So said the disabled person from the passenger seat of the vehicle I was blocking and forced to jump out of harms way. And why did it sink to this loaded question? Because I blocked the vehicle he was in from entering a disabled parking WITHOUT a sticker displaying his status. Now the law is …
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Voter Turnout: Let’s Use a Carrot and Not a Stick
Some countries fine citizens if they do not vote Why don’t we ‘incentivise’ citizens to vote Before we get to the nitty gritty of this premise let’s just clear the air of any misconceptions first: “I do NOT lean towards the CARROT over the STICK because I am vegan!” Positive Incentives: Governments around the world …
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Voter: Are you Part of the Non-Payment Problem or the Solution?
This article is based on the following observation: “The ANC retaining votes depends heavily on their Assistance to the Poor and Social Grants to their voter base. This, coupled with a widespread pattern of non-payment for municipal services and lax adherence to municipal by-laws has created an environment ‘encouraging’ the ANC’s traditional voter base to …
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LGE 2026 – Who is Gonna Win?
Analysing the historical trajectory of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (NMBM) over the past two decades reveals a recurring political battleground where neither of the two major parties has been able to secure permanent, stable dominance. As the metro heads toward the 4 November 2026 Local Government Elections, the expected outcome points heavily toward …
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The Local Advantage: Why Attending the Skål International World Congress 2026 is Nelson Mandela Bay’s Ultimate Tourism Investment
From 29 September to 2 October 2026, the global travel and hospitality industry is descending upon our home soil. The Skål International World Congress 2026 will gather hundreds of top-tier travel executives, tour operators, agency directors, and industry decision-makers from over 80 countries right here at the Boardwalk International Convention Centre in Nelson Mandela …
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R6 Billion Unlawfully Withheld From EC Schools
First – A bit of background and a lesson to the DA to acknowledge the HARD WORK done by ordinary citizens leading up to the Makhanda Court’s decision. In other words – please don’t put out a release that seeks to claim victory on the back of well meaning citizens… Yesterday, Rod Amner from Grocotts …
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Every Political Party Skirts Around This Fundamental
For me there are 4 sets of numbers driving the ANC’s continued success at the polls: Electricity Theft Assistance to the Poor Voter Statistics Social Grants What The Numbers Show Every single one of the people involved in the above numbers can be seen as a touchpoint (subscriber?) for the ruling government. Every single time …
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10 Years of Incorrect Email Messages – Negative Marketing Deluxe
There is a certain State Owned Company (SOE) that has been sending me information and enquiries related to their outstanding and ongoing accounts with a private business in Gqeberha. Luckily for this business I am acquainted with the owner and have kindly forward these e-mails on to him for the last 10 years. As an …
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SPAR: From R149.87 to R41.42 – Is the Ship Sinking?
If one takes the trendline of Spar Shares from May 2024 (R149.87) to today 18 August 2026 (R41.42) one can clearly see that the trend is in a steady sharp decline. The SPAR Group Limited (trading under the ticker SPP on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange) reached its all-time high share price on 25 February 2018, …
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Surrounded by Incompetence
Nelson Mandela Bay has had it’s fair share of woes and Municipal Managers since 2000. The Democratic Alliance intends laying criminal charges against 10 municipal managers from nine municipalities over repeated failures in financial management and accountability and the TOP TWO are from municipalities adjacent to ours: 1. Makana Local Municipality (Eastern Cape): Mr. Pumelelo …
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Electricity Tariffs Comparisons – NMB Appears in the List We Don’t Like
Using public data supplied by NERSA I put the spreadsheet through the AI mill for a summary of the tariffs – ONLY for Domestic Credit (Conventional) meters on the highest scale. From that we developed: A table comparing the domestic electricity prices for all the major metropolitan municipalities in South Africa A summary of the …
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Dear Retief: I Am Struggling to Understand
The DA in Nelson Mandela Bay just successfully challenged and temporarily reversed the recent Electricity Hike. In the process we returned to the immoral and nonsensical (in normal business practice) IBT Tariffs. Today the DA are leading a protest in Motherwell against a reduction in the ATTP services that indigent households receive. Now, Listen Carefully: …
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Sorry for you Israel/South Africa
Seen in a bid document: “I, the bidder, certify that my company will not be using services or material coming from Israel.” The reason given for this 2024 decision was that a board ruling required the bid seeker to refrain from entering into business negotiations and/or contractual agreements with businesses and/or companies of Israeli origin …
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IBT Restoration After Court Order – Another View
Today the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality was ordered by the High Court to revert to the Inclining Block Tariff (IBT) applicable to qualifying domestic electricity consumers, subject to the regulatory approvals and implementation processes prescribed by the Court. Let us be BRUTALLY HONEST in examining this ‘victory’ against the ‘Cabal of Corruption’: It is in …
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The Subtle Racist Slur That Slaps US in the Face
We all know the sensitivity surrounding trigger words as simple as ‘they’ or ‘them’. There is another set of words that triggers the tinkling of racism bells and they are contained in the unanswered question posed whenever the ANC is mentioned as being less than able to punch their way out of a wet paper …
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Will the DA Win Today’s Court Challenge?
With reference to the COURT CHALLENGE today against the increased electricity tariffs – I have one thing to say: If the complainants had read my 16 April 2026 article on this very same subject they could have brought the action BEFORE the implementation date. See: https://mynmb.co.za/the-most-significant-structural-shift-in-local-electricity-pricing-in-over-a-decade/ See the points at the top of the article …
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Drugs on the Street – I was Shocked
The areas of lower Richmond Hill and Central are punch drunk and reeling from neglect and crime. Oftentimes we get a wake up call from people foreign to the area and you will be shocked and sad to see how one tourist observed this historical area of Gqeberha. This video – In Central They is …
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News24 and Gary: Where There is Smoke There is Fire (and why I won’t P on them)
With reference to the woes that News24 and friend Gary are going through at the moment… I want to relate two separate incidents that made me lose all trust in both of them. The first incident was when I lent my power bank and lightning cable to one of them. I was faithfully promised that …
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Why the Government is Promoting Bad Parenting
Imagine that you made a deal with your teenagers; “Tidy your room, make your bed, hang your clothes up and do your homework in order to receive your pocket money!” In my castle if they don’t do they don’t get. I am sure that you will agree with me. I dread the day that my …
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Water: A Tale of Two Cities
I monitor the dam levels for Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay on a daily basis. If you are familiar with this proverb – “For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; and for why the horse was lost, the rider was lost,” which warns …
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Dear NMB, Here is a Water Thought
Remember that old saying; “Buy land, they don’t make it anymore”? Well, something similar applies to water too. Except that that one goes like this; “The utilities that lose the least amount of water during delivery are the ones that will thrive and remain profitable.” You Are Welcome! Related: Looming Bankruptcy for Global Water Utilities
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Just Because Gayton is Being Slammed in the News
Our friend Gayton does get around – in comparison Gary is a cattle class peasant – here Gayton Mckenzie speaks on Buying Flu Tablets in Japan (and trusting John Steenhuisen): https://youtu.be/0l7n6xKhwIU (or watch below). Gayton Mckenzie speech at the opening of the St Peters Precinct, South End, Gqeberha – September 2025. Don’t mess with Gary …
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Water Tankers – NOT a NEW Thing in Gqeberha
I came across an image in my archives titled ‘Supplying Water during recent shortage, April, 1912’ and ‘With Compliments from the Castle Brewery, Port Elizabeth’. So, here is a message to the MOANERS who yearn for the ‘Old Days’ – things were not THAT different then. The only thing that has changed these days is …
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How About A North End Lake Superyacht Marina?
I read with growing disquiet today that Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront will soon offer a Superyacht Marina – as in this year! It is a well documented fact that Superyacht Owners are constantly seeking unique and affordable berths for their vessels. Many seek to winterise and maintain their vessels in secure facilities. Over the years …
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Stop and Think of Our NMB Communications Team
Who, every day of their lives, have to report on the failings of the very institution that they represent. It must be so disheartening to report on failures day after day, month after month, year after year AND still draw a salary whilst waiting fearfully for some jumped up politician to look at you unfavourably …
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