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An unidentified attacker broke a window and poured petrol into a bedroom at DA candidate Kayzel Forbes's Kariega home on Monday before setting it on fire

Teenager injured in petrol bomb attack on DA candidate's Kariega home

A community member casts her vote at the Centre of Excellence school voting station in Belgravia on Monday.

Eastern Cape councillor candidate arrested over alleged ballot paper theft

An Eastern Cape councillor candidate has been disqualified and arrested for allegedly attempting to steal ballot papers, while an IEC official in…

A district parade of Nelson Mandela Bay police officers took place on Monday. More than 10,000 officers have been deployed across the Eastern Cape
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First day of voting hits a few snags

Power outages at voting stations and a ward councillor candidate unable to vote for herself after a ward demarcation change were some of the…

A pothole on Govan Mbeki Avenue highlights the road-maintenance challenges facing Nelson Mandela Bay, as the municipality defends its service-delivery record ahead of next week's elections
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Metro urged to act on ignored service delivery scorecard

Civil society groups in Nelson Mandela Bay have urged the incoming council to address mounting service delivery failures and act on key turnaround…

EFF  members, from left,  Eastern Cape treasurer Khanya Ngqisha, Nelson Mandela Bay regional co-ordinator  Yolanda Luzipho and mayoral candidate Sinawo Thambo  at the screening of the Tshela Thupa Rally at the Tamboville multi-purpose centre in Kariega on Saturday

EFF eyes outright victory in Bay election

Nelson Mandela Bay  MK Party members march against crime and corruption

MKP accuses ANC, DA of misuse of city resources

The MK Party in Nelson Mandela Bay has accused the ANC and DA of using municipal resources to campaign for votes. The party has also threatened to…

DA mayoral candidate Retief Odendaal and DA federal leader Geordin Hill-Lewis in a warm greeting at the party's final Bay election rally
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DA targets outright majority in final Bay election push

With only six days to go before the local government elections, the DA has declared Nelson Mandela Bay ripe for the taking, claiming it is within…

Nomademfu Nondla receives her newly built RDP house from Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe and  Eastern Cape human settlements MEC Siphokazi Lusithi, right.  Ward 42 councillor Lulama Ngwane was also in attendance at Wednesday's handover
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Kariega grandmother, 97, finally gets her own home

At 97, after more than three decades of being overlooked for an RDP house, Nomadenfu Nondla had all but given up hope of escaping the shack she…

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe doing her part in Fountain Avenue, Walmer Township, as part of the municipality's Love Your Street Campaign

Mayor rallies residents to support Love Your Street Campaign

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe has called on residents and businesses to help clean up their neighbourhoods and restore the metro to its…

Hundreds of UPPA supporters join together on Sunday for a pre-election prayer service

Party turns to prayer ahead of local government elections

More than 1,000 members and supporters of the United Progressive People Alliance (UPPA) gathered at the Chatty Community Hall on Sunday for a…

Suspended Mandela Bay Development Agency finance manager Unati Peter

MBDA finance manager suspended over R2.8m boxing bill

The Mandela Bay Development Agency has placed finance manager Unati Peter on precautionary suspension following a forensic probe into irregular…

Nelson Mandela Bay Civil Society Coalition chair Monga Peter speaks at a media briefing
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Bay civil society coalition calls for peace and unity ahead of municipal elections

Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson
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Three Eastern Cape firms barred from securing state construction work

At least three Eastern Cape construction companies have been removed from the national register of contractors, barring them from securing state…

A Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting scheduled to take place on Tuesday has been  cancelled

Bay council meeting scrapped due to parties' campaign commitments

A scheduled Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting was postponed indefinitely on Tuesday after councillors from most parties indicated they would not be…

Only one lift has been working for about two months in the municipality's Lilian Diedericks Building
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Municipal staff reach new heights of frustration over broken lifts

Hundreds of Nelson Mandela Bay municipal employees have been left climbing up to 17 flights of stairs or enduring queues of up to 20 minutes to…

National Alliance mayoral candidate and Ward 35 councillor candidate Gary van Niekerk
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Vote the DA out of northern areas, Van Niekerk urges residents

National Alliance (NA) leader Gary van Niekerk has urged northern areas residents to vote out the DA, accusing the party of failing to improve…

The ANC is warning the public not to respond to or click on links accompanying a fake message that the party is offering a R300 giveaway as part of its election campaign
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ANC warns of fake R300 election campaign giveaway

The African National Congress has alerted the public to a fraudulent scheme falsely offering an instant R300 giveaway linked to its 2026 election…

A Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting held at the NMB stadium collapsed after the majority of councillors did not show up

Bay council meeting collapses as members fail to show up

A crucial Nelson Mandela Bay special council meeting collapsed in just four minutes after failing to establish a quorum, with more than half the…

US ambassador Brent Bozell speaks at the Boardwalk, in Gqeberha, on Tuesday
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Policy hurdles, non-alignment question cloud US-SA investment, Bozell warns

EFF leader Julius Malema does door-to-door visits with residents of Bhongweni.
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Malema backs scrapping of 35-year age limit on government jobs

EFF leader Julius Malema has pledged to scrap the 35-year age limit on government jobs and secure land tenure for residents facing eviction in…