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The EFF is pushing for Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Khusta Jack to resign. At a media conference  on Wednesday are, from left,  EFF treasurer Tembisa Mnana, EFF chair Khanya Ngqisha, EFF regional secretary Zanele Mali and EFF regional deputy secretary Mampho Moeketsi

EFF calls for Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Jack to resign

The EFF wants Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Khusta Jack to step down over his business dealings with the municipality.

Mould Empower Serve  residents, from left, Samkelo Mdingi, 34, Gary Goliath, 28, and Eben van der Walt, 26, clean the graveyard in St George’s Park

NPO offers shelter to homeless at St George’s

Hundreds of homeless people have turned the park into their shelter, occupying the clubhouses and storage units, while some, out of desperation, sleep in the cemetery and turn the graves into their beds.

Former St Albans inmate turned businessman, Luvuyo Ngxiki, shared his life story with guests at the Men’s Parliament at  City Hall on Thursday

Men’s Parliament vows to unite in fighting gender violence

Men need to unite and declare war on the scourge of gender-based violence.

Councillor Thanduxolo Doda with electricity and energy political head Lance Grootboom at Khayelitsha informal settlement. The metro completed the first phase of the project which benefited 214 families

Khayelitsha residents relieved to get legally connected electricity

It was a new start for partsof the Khayelitsha informal settlement in Motherwell on Wednesday as the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality disconnected illegal connections and installed metered electricity boxes.

The Bay’s deputy mayor, Khusta Jack

ANC councillors have Jack in the crosshairs over business dealings

Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Khusta Jack was caught in the crossfire on Tuesday when ANC councillors called for his resignation.

Ntombizonke Yose, 29, is among numerous residents who are frustrated that their mobile toilets are not being cleaned properly

METRO MATTERS | Booysen Park residents ‘live in hell’ due to blocked portable toilets

Booysen Park families are fuming as the mobile toilets they share have not been cleaned for two months, forcing them to use the nearby bushes instead.

Nelson Mandela Bay speaker and Northern Allance leader Gary van Niekerk

Car wars — new bid to put brakes on Nelson Mandela Bay speaker

The Patriotic Alliance wants speaker Gary van Niekerk to appear before the rules and ethics committee for the alleged misuse of Nelson Mandela Bay municipal vehicles.

Acting ANC Bay secretary Eugene Johnson, left, and  chair Babalwa Lobishe at a media briefing on Wednesday to address the issue of crime

Bay ANC wants Cele to revisit city to outline action plan

With parts of Nelson Mandela Bay turned into a bloodbath thanks to recent mass shootings, the ANC in the region has called on police minister Bheki Cele to revisit the city and outline his action plan for communities.

Municipal project manager Carel van Dyk, left, shows electricity and energy political head Lance Groootboom the renovated Kragga Kamma substation on Tuesday

R20m upgrade to Kragga Kamma substation unveiled

A R20m upgrade to the Kragga Kamma substation in Nelson Mandela Bay will see several areas no longer suffering from planned or unplanned outages, while the load-shedding schedule will be followed more closely.

Danile Sebe, 62, lost his daughter and her husband in the Motherwell shooting on Sunday morning. His disabled granddaughter was also shot, but survived the attack

First Kwazakhele, now Motherwell rocked by deadly attacks

While Kwazakhele residents remain in shock after a string of brazen shootings, the violence has spilt over to another Nelson Mandela Bay township, this time in Motherwell.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Community Forum marched to the City Hall on Friday to hand over a memorandum regarding Coega employment issues

Residents march to City Hall over jobs for ‘outsiders’ at Coega

The Nelson Mandela Bay Community Forum has given mayor Retief Odendaal seven days to shut down all projects in Coega to investigate if “outside” workers are benefiting at the expense of local residents.

The Victoria Park bowling club’s parking lot has been flooded by an underground water leak. Members say their pleas to the municipality to to fix the leak have been ignored for almost a month

Underground leak flows unchecked as Nelson Mandela Bay day zero looms

Though Nelson Mandela Bay’s dams are expected to run dry by July, members of the Victoria Park Bowling Club in South End have been battling for almost a month to get a big underground leak fixed.

The Transcenders choir members sing and dance with the new pupil ambassadors at Kwazakhele’s Daku Community Centre during the launch of the Eastern Cape Liquor Board’s Learner Ambassadorship Underage Drinking Programmme

Bay pupils champion anti-underage drinking campaign

Pupils in Kwazakhele, New Brighton and Zwide are taking up the fight against under-age drinking. The Eastern Cape Liquor Board, along with various government departments, began rolling out the second leg of its Learner Ambassadorship…

Nelson Mandela Bay  mayor Retief Odendaal, right, and speaker Gary van Niekerk provide an update on the work of the council at a media briefing on Monday

Nelson Mandela Bay needs Pretoria and Bhisho’s muscle to beat crime

More manpower and resources are required from the provincial and national governments to end shootings and gang-related crime in Nelson Mandela Bay.

Some of the piping from the cables found in a vehicle next to Ditchling substation on Friday, with six suspects arrested and later released

Six using repair firm bakkie held for cable theft, released

Six men using the vehicle of a company hired to fix a broken substation in Gelvandale were arrested on Friday for cable theft near the Ditchling substation and later released.