Helenvale residents are digging trenches and fleeing sewage-flooded homes, disputing Nelson Mandela Bay municipality's claims that security threats are preventing critical repairs to collapsing infrastructure.
Entries have opened for the 10th anniversary of the 1 City Marathon at Baywest Mall on December 6, with organizers targeting a record 4,500 runners across four race distances.
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe has inspected the newly refurbished Motherwell sewer pump station following a R5.3m overhaul aimed at resolving persistent sewage spillages and infrastructure failures.
The Gqeberha High Court has ordered the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality to fulfil its infrastructure obligations for the Bethelsdorp North housing project, resolving a long-standing legal battle with the Mzingisi Development Trust.
The DA has filed a court application seeking to hold Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe and former acting city manager Ted Pillay personally liable for the irregular lease of a R25m municipal electricity transformer.
Ten years after construction started, Premier Oscar Mabuyane has officially opened the new R100m+ Bethelsdorp Comprehensive School, bringing state-of-the-art facilities to over 1,200 pupils in Nelson Mandela Bay.
Nelson Mandela Bay has secured R33.3 million to construct 153 new homes in Joe Slovo and KwaNobuhle Area 11, prioritising vulnerable families despite a massive 100,000-unit housing backlog.
