Community News and Views from Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
To see how hard working Ward Councillors go about their jobs, see Ward 1 councillor, Tracey Weise below. You may contact Ward 1 using the contact form at the bottom of this report. Kindly please be advised that the Municipality has organized private refuse removal trucks to collect your refuse. They will be starting in the Summerstrand area as of now. If possible, kindly place your refuse outside for collection. …
On 2 December, the Grootendorst's Christmas pageant will take place in Melsetter Road, Lovemore Heights. The pageant starts at 19:00 from the Grave Yard in Upper St Clairs and children will march in the streets down St Clairs into Edmonds Road to the Christmas house at 24 Melsetter Road with the assistance of marshals and traffic officials. The pageant will be followed by Carols by Candle light at 24 Melsetter Road from approx 19:45. Please take note that special arrangements were made with our traffic officials and that Melsetter Road between Edmonds Road and Bernard Road will be …
Planned Maintenance is scheduled at the Lovemore Heights Reservoir on Tuesday 21 November. We have to shut down the outlet at Lovemore Heights Reservoir for maintenance from 8:00 AM on Tuesday morning. This work will be undertaken by private contractors, with Re Solve being on stand-by in the event that any problems should arise after hours. The planned time frame will be 24 hours until water is restored, but may be restored earlier. Suburbs affected: Heatherbank, Lovemore Heights, Broadwood, Salisbury Park, Providentia, Pari Park, Miramar, Charlo - Area West of Carrington Rd and …
The Kragga Kamma/ Walmer line will be switched off at 13H00 today for emergency repairs affecting Walmer, Charlo, Greenshield Park and surrounding areas. Supply to be restored soonest. The municipality apologizes for the inconvenience. …
Pam van Neel from the Ward 1 Councillor's Office reports; "We have become aware of an electricity failure that has occurred in the Mount Pleasant, Providentia and Lovemore Heights because of a power outage in the Lorraine area. We apologise for the inconvenience. The Electricity Department are aware and are attending to the matter." …
Electricity outage – Lovemore Heights, Mount Pleasant, Providentia, LorraineRead More
The Democratic Alliance romped home to victory in two by-elections, held on Wednesday, 2 April, in Ward 1 in Nelson Mandela Bay Metro and in Ward 4 in the Buffalo City Metro. In NMBM the DA obtained 85,7% of the vote and in BCM 93,12% of the vote. The DA's Bobby Stevenson said; "This is a resounding endorsement of the Democratic Alliance's values and the DA is showing strong growth throughout the province and is on track to show massive gains on 7 May." The results for Ward 1 in NBM: DA: 3 196 ANC: 172 UDM: 4 Independent candidate: 357 The results for Ward 4 in …
Greetings I believe I still have lots to offer the residents of Ward 1, including the experience gained over the past eight years as a hard-working Ward councillor. I am now standing as an independent candidate in the by-election on Wednesday and I appeal to all Ward 1 voters to help re-elect me back to Council, where I will continue to fight for proper service delivery throughout the Ward. Some of my successes over the past years included the removal of the dangerous kerbs along Marine Drive, which created a hazard for cyclists, and construction of the wooden boardwalks from Pollok …
Greetings to all Ward 1 voters In spite of the DA's decision to remove me, after a flawed process, I believe I still have lots to offer the Ward. I have been your Ward Councillor for the past 8 years, know it well, and have many friends in the Ward. With this knowledge, and 12 years of Tourism and event experience, I want to continue to fight for the Ward to make it crime free, clean, disabled friendly, sport friendly and a preferred place to live. You can ensure this and show the DA that they made an error of judgement in removing me. They took you, the voter, for granted. They …
Greetings to all I, Stanford Slabbert, would like to highlight the following points: I am standing as an independent candidate to be your councillor. I am committed to the principles of an open, free and fair society for all. I continue to work on Ward 1 issues and remain at your service. I spent seven years working for you and I want to continue serving you! Independent candidates throughout South Africa have been winning seats in by-elections You will have 110% of my effort in fighting Ward issues. Previously the DA expected me to spend 80% of my time on party matters, and …
The Democratic Alliance is proud to introduce its candidate for the Ward 1 by-election, Rob Wylde. Rob Wylde has an outstanding record of community involvement. He has been the Chairman of the Summerstrand Residents Association since 2006, which serves as the civic body for parts of Wards 1 & 2. He is also the former chairperson of the governing body of Pearson High School, which is located within the ward. Rob is also a member of the Summerstrand Ministers Fraternal. His background as a former bank manager and currently as a business consultant will assist DA efforts to ensure …
To see how hard working Ward Councillors go about their jobs, see Ward 1 councillor, Werner Senekal’s newsletter below. You may contact Ward 1 using the contact form at the bottom of this report. For your convenience - Emergency Contact numbers: The NMBM Joint Operations Centre 24/7 - 0800 20 50 50 Remember to get a reference number for follow up purposes. Electricity problems - 041 374 4434 Quad Bikes control room - 041 585 2311 Illegal Dumping/Refuse - 041 506 2018 Stray Animals - 079 490 0540 SUMMERSTRAND BOARDWALKS I conducted a site visit to the boardwalks near …
On 25 November 2013, Werner Senekal was appointed by the DA NMBM Chief Whip, Gustav Rautenbach, as a caretaker councillor to Ward 1. In due course a by-election will be held in the ward whereby a new ward councillor will be elected. Until such a time that a new ward councillor is elected, Senekal will be acting in a caretaking capacity to serve the residents of Ward 1 to ensure that service delivery takes place. Werner was elected to Council as proportional representation councillor in 2011 and haS served as the aide to Caucus leader, Leon De Villiers since then. Werner has acted as a …
To see how hard working Ward Councillors go about their jobs, see Ward 1 councillor, Stanford Slabbert’s newsletter below. You may contact Ward 1 using the contact form at the bottom of this report. It has become clear that a regular newsletter to all residents is needed, as several areas no longer have regular meetings and there is information that needs to be disseminated. In fact, the only area that still has a regular bi-monthly meeting is the Walmer Heights, Miramar, Mount Pleasant Providentia and Lovemore Heights area. Some of the info contained in this newsletter was included in …
To see how hard working Ward Councillors go about their jobs, see Ward 1 councillor, Stanford Slabbert’s newsflash below. You may contact Ward 1 using the contact form at the bottom of this report. Many residents have contacted the Ward 1 offices regarding the non-delivery of Municipal accounts for May. Ward 39 has just issued the following response: After our office was inundated with call from residents who did not receive their municipal statement for May 2013 our office queried the problem with Mr Sandt at the customer care division. Herewith the feedback received from Mr …
The levels of the major storage dams supplying the Metro as at 11 March 2013: Kouga: 88,7% - 111 715 Ml Churchill: 87,3 % - 30 754 Impofu: 93,4% - 98 730 Loerie: 72,1% - 2 183 Groendal: 96,1% - 11 180 Average all: 90,4% of total combined capacity - 254 562 Ml Average daily consumption for March: 288 Ml per day National Water Week takes place between 18 and 24 March 2013. …
To see how hard working Ward Councillors go about their jobs, see Ward 1 councillor, Stanford Slabbert’s newsletter below. You may contact Ward 9 using the contact form at the bottom of this report. Many thanks to the wonderful Atlas Security team who sponsored the flyers that were distributed over the past weekend. If you did not receive a flyer in your post box, please let us know. Yolande Gerard has resigned as Ward 1 secretary and she leaves the Ward office on 28th March after three years of exemplary service to both the residents of Ward 1 and the Metro. We wish her well in her …
Ward 1 Report to the Summerstrand Residents AssociationRead More
Five priority projects identified for immediate implementation: In line with the fact that Ward 1 projects were excluded from the IDP over the past six years, and the complete lack of service delivery to residents of the peri-urban areas, the Ward 1 committee has identified the following five important projects: 1. Major transport routes need to be upgraded: The major housing developments that are occurring in the Mount Pleasant, Lovemore Heights and Theescombe areas will result in over 1 000 motor vehicles per day using the already overloaded road system. The existing road network is …
Please ensure that every care is taken to save and preserve water. Major Storage Dams supplying the Metro levels as at 18 February 2013: Kouga: 92,2%, 116 029 Ml Churchill: 90,8%, 31 981 Impofu: 95,4%, 100 993 Loerie: 78,6%%, 2 378 Groendal: 97,6%, 11 360 Average overall: 93,3% of total combined capacity - 262 681 Ml. Average daily consumption for February to date - 291 Ml The average dam level is dropping at 1% per week - see this weeks figures for comparison on 18 February. Major Storage Dams supplying the Metro levels as at 25 February 2013: Kouga: 91,2% - …