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Apostle Neville Goldman,  Ebenezer Centre senior pastor  and  Nelson Mandela Bay Civil Society Forum deputy chair

Two ballots. Two questions. One city

ACDP mayoral candidate Lance Grootboom

Nelson Mandela Bay in ruins but together we can rebuild

Facing mounting debt, deteriorating infrastructure, and critical service delivery failures, Nelson Mandela Bay approaches a pivotal election as ACDP…

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Poor school conditions push pupils towards gangs, crime

A criminologist warns that neglected school infrastructure and unsafe grounds at Gamble Street mirror conditions that drive pupils toward gangs in…

The Baviaans will reach temperatures in the high 30s in the heat of summer

Finding ways to beat the summer heat

2026 has so far yielded an average temperature of just short of one degree higher than normal in Gqeberha. Higher minimum temperatures of over one…

Uitenhage Provincial Hospital
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Urgent action needed to protect our doctors and nurses

Anti-immigration activists and members of various organisations gathered outside the home affairs refugee reception office in Gqeberha. A letter writer says if literature by and about Africans was read in SA schools, it would change the mindset of the next generation

Introduce stories about Africans into SA schools

A call for basic education in South Africa to introduce more continental African authors to help combat ignorance and xenophobia among learners.

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Free AI courses useful but postgrad supervisors need proper training

Free online AI courses offer a helpful starting point, but universities must urgently budget for supervisor training to protect research integrity…

Trade, industry and  competition minister Parks Tau
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Build local jobs into automotive plan

As the government plans to phase out semi-knocked-down vehicle assembly, Nelson Mandela Bay's automotive hub must balance deep manufacturing growth…

The bees are busy with so many flowers in bloom after the recent rainfall. However, experts predict this might change
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WEATHER GURU | Warnings of strengthening Super El Nino persist

Despite full dams and heavy rainfall in parts of South Africa, agriculture warnings predict a severe Super El Niño ahead, highlighting the country's…

The Coega Special Economic Zone.

United leadership vital to unlock Coega — and Bay's — economic potential

To unlock Nelson Mandela Bay's full economic potential and support the Coega SEZ, leaders must overcome political divides to tackle red tape, water,…

DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille at the 2025 Showmax Roast

SIZWE KUPELO | Helen Zille and the high stakes theatre of local government elections

Helen Zille's headline-grabbing campaign for Johannesburg mayor has mastered social media spectacle, but voters in Gauteng's collapsing metros…

Safe Sis initiative shows initiative and action can conquer fear

Millions returned to Treasury while young children go hungry

Despite widespread child food poverty, the Department of Basic Education has repeatedly delayed its ECD nutrition tender, returning millions in…

The Uitenhage Post Office has been without electricity for more than a year because of vandalism and cable theft. Communications and digital technologies minister Solly Malatsi visited the facility on Monday after DA mayoral candidate Retief Odendaal appealed for intervention
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Stop stripping our city bare

Chronic vandalism and theft leave Nelson Mandela Bay public facilities, including Kariega's post office and Westbourne Oval, stripped bare while…

Azapo president Nelvis Qekema
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Black Wednesday: The day apartheid tried to silence a revolution

Forty-nine years ago, on October 19 1977, the apartheid regime banned about 18 Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) organisations and two major…

AI raises the stakes for postgraduate supervision

At the recently held fourth Universities South Africa Higher Education Conference, higher education minister Buti Manamela called on universities to…

Samkela Stamper’s performance of 'Nomathongo', for the Ina Ethe: None of us is alone exhibition at the RAW Spot Gallery, at the Savah conference and festival at Rhodes

'We write and we create what we like'

Few events in the visual and performing arts industry impact the culture, history, studies, creative sensibilities and communality as the recently…

Terry Mathie

LEAGLE EAGLE | Paid Off Your Home Loan? Here’s What You Need to Know

Paying off your home loan is a major financial milestone. After years of monthly repayments, you can finally celebrate owning your home without the…

Lategan case highlights how financially vulnerable are open to abuse

ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.
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NDISAW MPOLWENI | Court battles to candidate list chaos puts Mbalula's leadership under spotlight

Amid candidate list submission failures and mounting court battles, questions arise over Fikile Mbalula's administrative effectiveness as ANC…