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For years, the Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) has warned that the water infrastructure of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) is decaying due to backlogged maintenance, poor governance and inadequate planning. The latest crisis revealed that the problem runs much deeper than the recent floods, as the floods merely exposed the underlying failures of …
The radical decision by the ANC-led coalition government in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) to proceed with Phase two of the Kleinskool Housing Project opens the door to the expropriation of private land without compensation. The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) is unwaveringly opposed to this step, viewing it as nothing but a desperate …
It is clear from the latest findings of the Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Zolile Williams, and the national Deputy Minister, Dr Dickson Masemola, that the administration and financial management of Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) are in free fall. In just two years, irregular expenditure shot up from approximately …
The budget process for the 2026/27 financial year of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) turned into a farce of maladministration and chaos, seriously undermining democratic processes. The Council was scheduled to meet on 28 May to discuss the draft Integrated Development Plan (IDP) as well as the operating and capital budgets. However, the vast …
“We have deep respect for our coach,” Motherwell grade 9 pupil Siphosethu Kiti says of soccer and netball coach Lundi Potelwa. Potelwa, who is visually impaired, has about 50 teenagers under his charge, with the Peace Fighters football club as the flagship of his organisation, Mfengu Nation, which he started in 2024. Potelwa receives a …
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 …
Schools in Nelson Mandela Bay were closed yesterday after torrential rain caused severe flooding. Some businesses also closed their doors. The CEO of the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber, Denise van Huyssteen, said bigger manufacturers were able to continue production but many employees had stayed away. Severe floods had damaged factories, offices and warehouses, she …
GOOD Statement by Lawrence Troon, GOOD Nelson Mandela Municipality Councillor: The GOOD Party expresses its deep concern and outrage at the current state of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, which has effectively ground to a halt following the expiration of the municipal fuel contract on 30 April 2026. This failure in basic administrative foresight has left …
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 Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) is appalled by the reckless, wasteful, and fruitless expenditure of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, which has over a period of two-years and five months paid suspended ANC-appointed City Manager Noxolo Nqwazi, a cumulative amount of R5.8 million. In what can only be described as irresponsible conduct by a …
The 11,2% electricity tariff increase proposed by the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM), which has been submitted to NERSA for approval, will place an unfair and unsustainable burden on residents and businesses who are already under severe financial pressure. Households are already contending with rising living costs and such a tariff hike will exacerbate the …
Algoa Bus Company drivers protested outside the company’s offices in Kosten, Gqeberha, on Tuesday morning. Dozens of Algoa Bus Company drivers in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality protested outside the company’s offices in Kosten, Gqeberha, on Tuesday morning. Their main complaint was that drivers were disciplined for not checking whether all passengers pay for using the …
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) did not support the 2025/26 adjustment budget of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM), despite it being adopted with a majority vote. The party’s decision was motivated by serious concerns about a lack of transparency and accountability in the use of public funds. The biggest problem is the reallocation …
A stylish Chery Vehicle, valued at R269 900, will be up for grabs at the Absa RUN YOUR CITY GQEBERHA on Sunday, 1 March 2026. As the proud vehicle partner of the Absa RUN YOUR CITY Series since 2022, to date Chery South Africa has rewarded seventeen lucky participants with vehicles across the 2022 to …
Of South Africa’s eight metropolitan municipalities, the City of Cape Town has provided the most government-funded homes since 1994, according to a parliamentary response by human settlements minister Thembisile Simelane in October last year. Cape Town has also handed over more homes in the past five financial years – between 2020/21 and 2024/25 – than …
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 …
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) requested the Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM), Babalwa Lobishe, to launch a thorough investigation into the series of fires plaguing the Metro over the past two months. Although hot and dry summer conditions increase the risk of veld and bush fires, the nature and timing …
The visit by the national Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Dr Namane Masemola, and Eastern Cape MEC Zolile Williams to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) undeniably proves that local government has failed under ANC rule. The visit forms part of a national intervention in the Metro as well as a …
Erratic funding by the Department of Sports, Arts and Culture has left established arts festivals scrambling. Arts and culture minister Gayton McKenzie first stated his support for the festivals, but then announced he wanted a probe into their funding. None of the major, long-standing festivals, including the National Arts Festival, Open Book, and Woordfees, received …
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) successfully passed a motion in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Council (NMBM) to hold individuals damaging traffic lights personally liable for the damage. This motion aims to shift the financial burden of repairing and replacing traffic lights from taxpayers to the guilty parties and their insurance companies. The NMBM …
GOOD Statement by Lawrence Troon, GOOD Nelson Mandela Bay Councillor: The GOOD Party is appalled, but not surprised, by Deputy Mayor Gary van Niekerk’s decision to leave South Africa on the eve of his criminal trial. This brazen act of evasion is just the latest chapter in a long and sordid story of impunity, …
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) notes with great concern the violent protest actions in Bayland, a settlement in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM), where residents are protesting the lack of electricity supply. During the protest, the M19 and R75 roads were blocked, and two trucks were torched. The Freedom Front Plus previously warned …
Protesters torched a bus in Westville, Gqeberha. Protests erupted in two informal settlements in KwaDwesi, Gqeberha on Tuesday. A bus was torched in Westville and a truck stoned in Bayland, as protesters demanded electricity and a plan for their settlements. Traffic was disrupted as tyres were burnt on the busy Uitenhage (R75) and Mission Roads. …
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. …
The relevant authorities in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) are commended for their swift and targeted action, which led to the safe release of 73-year-old kidnapping victim Theresa Minnie. Several suspects were also taken into custody during the subsequent operation. The success of this operation clearly proves that collaboration between various role-players is essential …
Senior land and planning official in Nelson Mandela Bay Owethu Phantshwa met protesters, including ANC ward 24 Councillor Xolile Vingqi. About 50 residents of Soweto-on-Sea, led by ANC ward 24 Councillor Xolile Vingqi, for three hours on Wednesday morning blocked entry to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Lillian Diedricks Building in central Gqeberha. Residents demonstrated …
It has been five months since the murder in Gqeberha of Imam Muhsin Hendricks, and there has been no public update from the police or any indication of progress in the case. Hendricks was reportedly the world’s first openly gay imam. He lived in Cape Town and ran the Inner Circle, an organisation helping queer …
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 …
The Freedom Front Plus (VF Plus) strongly objected to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro’s (NMBM) draft budget for the 2025/26 financial year due to its excessive tariff increases that will place residents under further financial strain. The proposed tariff hikes include: 5% for assessment rates 5,5% for water and sanitation 6% for refuse removal 12,8% …
