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NMB Business Chamber CEO Denise van Huyssteen

Rebuilding Nelson Mandela Bay starts today

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

Two ballots. Two questions. One city

This election should involve voters asking harder questions of everyone seeking public office and the political parties. Who are they sending into…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

One Land Love It (Olli) co-founder Wayne Bolton (holding flag) leads a small group of riders including, from left, The Herald reporter Guy Rogers, Olli ambassador Grant Bresler and Olli member Andy Stewart, into the Addo Elephant National Park’s main camp during his epic ride
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SHAUN VAN ECK | Nelson Mandela Bay needs a tourism revolution

Inspired by the passion of rhino conservation initiatives like OLLI, tourism leaders call for a unified front and a transformative revolution to…

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Why Pillay’s Nobel Prize matters in this political environment

On October 9, veteran SA jurist and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem “Navi” Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize…

Japanese delegates express their delight after being welcomed by the master of ceremonies at the opening of the 85th Skal International World Congress at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

Skal international conference an eye-opener

Following the success of Skal Nelson Mandela Bay, local stakeholders call for dedicated conference infrastructure and collaborative strategies to…

Students attend a University of Fort Hare graduation ceremony at Abbotsford Christian Centre, in KuGompo City. Picture: SIMTHANDILE FORD

DELON LE ROUX | Before matrics pick a course, ask who will pay for it

With youth unemployment soaring, matriculants and funding bodies like NSFAS must evaluate post-school qualifications by their return on investment.…

Seaview Road after a deluge

WEATHER GURU | Back to the '70s-type weather

Continuous rain across the Eastern Cape has filled major dams and saturated ground across the metro, bringing flashbacks to 1970s weather patterns…

Craig Fidler, lead business consultant at Braintree

Changing compliance from onerous to excellence with AI

Compliance is challenging on multiple levels, but perhaps the most significant is scale. Once a business is processing millions of transactions,…

Quintin Levey

QUINTIN LEVEY | Bay has a heritage of export excellence

The SACP's support in the Eastern Cape is demonstrated at this protest march outside the KuGompo City Hall

PHILLIP DEXTER | Six and a half thousand candidates, and still the media pretends that the SACP is invisible

Despite fielding over 6,500 candidates as an independent contender, the SACP is facing a media blackout. SACP's Phillip Dexter calls on broadcasters…