A security contractor allegedly handed a senior Knysna municipality official R130,000 in cash in a shopping bag, according to an affidavit presented during the bail hearing of three suspects on Monday.
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.
The ANC has been ordered to reinstate Andile Lungisa on its Nelson Mandela Bay proportional representation candidate list after the Johannesburg High Court ruled that his removal was unlawful.
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.
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.
As local elections approach, Nelson Mandela Bay's business and civil society leaders present an 18-month Rebuild Plan to reverse municipal decline, restore services, and rebuild economic confidence.
Political parties and independent candidates in the Eastern Cape have pledged peaceful and lawful campaigning after signing the Electoral Code of Conduct in East London ahead of the municipal elections.
The Democratic Alliance has announced four new mayoral candidates across Eastern Cape municipalities, seeking to capitalize on recent candidate registration setbacks faced by the ANC ahead of local government elections.
Former Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Zanoxolo Wayile has stepped down from the Civil Society Coalition to run as the SACP’s mayoral candidate in the upcoming local elections.
GOOD party councillor Lawrence Troon has unveiled an ambitious mayoral manifesto for Nelson Mandela Bay, pledging to open municipal tender meetings to the public and dismiss underperforming officials to boost service delivery.
Experts at Nelson Mandela University warn that worsening climate impacts, crumbling infrastructure, and port bottlenecks threaten Nelson Mandela Bay's trade competitiveness, urging swift local government action.
Eastern Cape ANC chair Oscar Mabuyane has warned that the party enters the upcoming local government elections in a severely weakened state, citing factionalism, failing municipalities, and the SACP's independent electoral bid.
Across South Africa, well-resourced owners are leaving prime urban properties to decay, fuelling crime, building hijackings, and transferring heavy costs onto municipalities and communities.
