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How do you know that your employees don’t give a rats arse about you?

When someone asks if your boss and her delegation are fine following this incident: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/four-killed-hundreds-arrested-angola-fuel-hike-protests-2025-07-29/ [Violent protests in Angola over a fuel price hike killed at least four people and led to hundreds of arrests, with unrest continuing in a few parts of the Angolan capital, Luanda ,on Tuesday, police said.] And that concerned person …

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FU Donald – We are off to Angola

Executive Mayor Cllr Babalwa Lobishe is leading a high-level delegation from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) on a strategic business tour to Luanda, Angola. The delegation includes the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Development, Tourism and Agriculture, Cllr Bassie Kamana, senior municipal officials, Acting ED for EDTA Mr Wandisile Makwabe, Acting COO Adv. Ngoqo, …

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Leakiest Suburbs v Darkest Suburbs

We at MyNMB have been tracking the reported water leak repairs and electricity disconnection blitz operations for six months now. The last Municipal Electricity Disconnection blitz elicited lots of chatter on social media – predictably it was an ‘us’ and ‘them’ chatter with residents in the poorer areas delighting in how the municipality has made …

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Stop All Political Outreach Events – Massage my Conductors

In the run up to the local elections we see many political outreach programmes to citizens of South Africa. Some Mayors – here’s looking at you Babalwa – will attend the opening of an envelope if it serves their political agenda. Our social media newsfeeds are littered with these events – truth be told a …

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Why Did Lobishe Publicly Support United Manganese of Kalahari?

You have heard of State Capture – read on to find out about Crumb Capture: Yesterday the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality released the following statement: The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality proudly welcomes the landmark 10-year agreement between Transnet and United Manganese of Kalahari (UMK), a powerful vote of confidence in South …

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Let’s Talk About a Solution to the Constant Digging Up to Lay Cables

At the advent of the fibre network rollout our streets and pavements were riddled with work gangs digging up our roads and pavements in order to lay cables. I think that our Municipality, by allowing this to happen and not taking control of the situation, have created a monster AND lost out on a bucket …

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Let’s Talk About Rude Seat Takers

This is a bit personal so bear with me… My partner and children purchased tickets to the Springboks v Italy Test Match this past Saturday 12 July 2025. They took up their seats and watched the Springbok Women play Canada. Then along came someone saying that Sue and the boys were in their seats. Lo …

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What Do YOU Do When Taking Over a Business? NMBM Gets it WRONG

With reference to the recent announcement by NMB Executive Mayor, Babalwa Lobishe that the responsibility for running of the stadium has been taken away from the MBDA. Lobishe used the word REVIEW and not TERMINATION in her initial announcement. MBDA and SARU used the word TERMINATION and not REVIEW – so already we had questions. …

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NMB Stadium: Is a Review the Same as a Termination?

At a press conference held at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium this afternoon, Executive Mayor Lobishe referred to the reported ‘termination’ of the MBDA’s mandate over the stadium as a normal ‘review’ process that was underway. THIS, in contrast to what The Herald reported earlier and what SARU have just said in their press release: …

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Stadium ‘Removed’ From MBDA Control

You know that feeling you get in your gut of impending doom? That one that festers in the pit of your stomach and you cannot shake it? Well, ever since the MBDA Legacy Award dinner (which featured former Executive Mayors Wayile and Faku – who spoke about “On How to Fix Nelson Mandela Bay“) at …

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How to Win an Election in NMB – Here’s Looking at You Ward 57

The formula to win an election these days seems to be one that involves constant exposure of your political party in as many forms of media as possible. That you pay lip service to fixing our many service delivery problems is also a benefit. Now – these campaigns cost money – and, if you employ …

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What Do Transnet and Casablanca Have in Common?

The Transnet National Ports Authority has issued a Request for Proposals for the appointment of a terminal operator to fund, design, develop, construct, operate, maintain and eventually transfer a liquid bulk terminal at the Port of Ngqura, for a concession period of 25 years. Now – we have heard this song too numerous times before …

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Whitfield v Ramaphosa

Let me start by saying that Andrew and I have a relationship calling for first name basis – good or bad I don’t care as I have always found Andrew to be a caring soul. BUT, we need to look at this in the context of employer – employee. The MP’s all have an employer …

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The Elusive Tipping Point

Whilst at the MBDA dinner honouring former Executive Mayor, Nceba Faku I had a number of thought provoking conversations with activists and former politicians at the coal face. As a jumping off point I heartily encourage everyone to venture outside of their comfort zone to engage with people from across the political spectrum – you …

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Nceba Faku On How to Fix Nelson Mandela Bay

On Friday evening 27 June 2025 the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) presented a Lifetime Legacy in Action Award to former Executive Mayor, Nceba Faku. Faku was South Africa’s first black Executive Mayor of a Metro and well known for his Vision 2020 project. Included in that project was the formation of the MBDA as …

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Cocaine, Sugar, Seat Belts and TikTok

Lets Make the Pimps and Dealers responsible for identifying the most addicted and providing a large portion of the money needed to wean people off of their addiction! * Seems like we humans never learn from our past mistakes and addiction to various products and brands that, after time, are proven to be harmful to …

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The Selfish Vegan

On a recent Press Junket to Woodlands Dairy in Humansdorp (See: https://mynmb.co.za/30-years-of-choosing-good/) we had a very early start to catch the milking process on the Grass Ridge Dairy Farm in Oyster Bay. Set the scene – I am vegan and on a press junket to a dairy farm and processor and everyone knows that I …

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Suburbs Most ‘Hit’ With Electricity Disconnections

As the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality struggles to collect money owed by residents on services, we track the suburbs targeted the most in these blitzes. Please remember that these blitzes may appear to be skewed towards the older ‘white’ suburbs for a number of reasons. These reasons include: A higher prevalence of credit or post …

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Asking if the R75 Contributed to Goodyear’s Departure?

The R75 in Nelson Mandela Bay begins at the intersection with the R102 (Govan Mbeki Road) in Sydenham, just north of the Gqeberha city center. On it’s journey through several suburbs and industrial areas the R75 continues towards Kariega (formerly known as Uitenhage), providing access to various communities along the way. The R75 is a …

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Liam Jacobs Oversight Actions – Is This Only Happening Now 30 Years Later?

For a while now I have been catching MP Liam Jacobs as he grills various government and public funded institutions on their spending habits. Now Jacobs is part of the GNU and it hit me today; “Just who, when the ANC alone was in charge, protected taxpayers money by grilling these representatives vigorously?” Please tell …

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The NMB Suburbs With The MOST Water Leak Repairs to Date

In our Water Leak Repair Chart (see below as well) we have 228 suburbs/areas named. Of those we have looked at reports from the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality covering the time period 11 March to 28 May 2025 and charted each date that water leaks have been reported as having been attended to. Of those …

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Disconnections – These Three Suburbs ‘Lead’ The Pack

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality embarks on an Electricity Disconnection Blitz about three times each month. Today’s blitz was aimed at non-paying businesses across Summerstrand, Humewood, South End, Kamma Heights, Central, North End, Newton Park, Walmer, Sydenham, Sidwell, Korsten, Lorraine, Theescombe and Sherwood. Residential properties in Uitenhage were also included, with a combined debt recovery …

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You do NOT Want to Stay in These NMB Police Districts

Of the 218 445 reported murder cases in South Africa since 2013/2014 the Police Stations below represent the Top 30 stations where 40  911 murders were reported. Of these Top 30 SAPS stations four provinces are represented: Western Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and the Eastern Cape. CLICK HERE:  SA Crime Stats – Murder, Top 30 Stations to …

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SAPS Farm Murder Reports

We had a look for Farm Murders reported by the SAPS via their media channel. Reason: If there are so many farm murders as is said on social media then surely the reports on the SAPS media channel would be through the roof! With Trumps insistence that Farm Murders are on the rise in South …

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The ONE Video That Would Have Shut Trump Up

In the widely televised sit-down between President Cyril Ramaphosa and President Donald Trump last night, the South Africa delegation were ‘ambushed’ with a video mashup mainly featuring ‘enemy of my enemy’ politician, Julius Malema. As an aside, I have also seen Julius recorded as Julian in some of the larger American publications… All we could …

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To Understand Trump v Ramaphosa we Turn to Ask if Tomatoes are Fruit or Vegetable

Last night President Donald Trump, in his sit-down meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, went off on his normal ‘lonely road of a non empathetic mind’ and fixated on the ‘genocide issue’. Trump succeeded in making a lot of people squirm and managed to perpetuate the notion that only white people can save South …

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Charting South Africa’s Changing Demographic Profile

The surest way to chart whether a demographic (or sub-set) of a population is thriving is to compare the growth or decline of that demographic against the population as a whole. Below is a chart showing the changing face of racial demographics in South Africa: Prior to the advent of democracy there was no reliable …

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Want to Know Which Suburbs Are MOST Targeted With Electricity Disconnections?

The NMB announces electricity disconnection blitz days on their Media WhatsApp Group and also publishes that to Facebook. MyNMB developed an Electricity Disconnection Blitz Report showing the suburbs and dates so far in 2025 (please read the disclaimer in the report before being negative). So far this year the following suburbs have been ‘hit’ the …

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Robert Evans

I have been ‘third hand following’ the tragic murder of Vanessa Janse van Rensburg in her boyfriends Oyster Bay holiday home on the Easter Weekend. And then I noticed that Vanessa’s boyfriend (and boss) was Rob Evans. I admit – it took me a while before the penny dropped. Up until my late father’s death …

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Possible Reasons Why NMB’s Bed Night Occupancy Rate Sucks?

Monday’s balmy weather called for a late evening stroll on the beachfront. Sue and I loaded the B&W 4 Legged one into the van for a quick trip to Hobie Beach for a stroll – I am allowed out of the house and off the lead but NOT Bonny the Boston Terrier. And, of course, …

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