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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor, Councillor Retief Odendaal has recently announced a campaign that seeks to rally the residents of Nelson Mandela Bay behind the City’s vision of “Getting the City working again” following a decline in service delivery in recent years.One of the objectives of this campaign is to inspire civic pride amongst the residents of Nelson Mandela Bay so that they can work hand in hand with the Municipality to rejuvenate and accelerate service … [Read more...] about Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Mayor To Launch A Call To Action Campaign

Dear EditorThe DA in the Eastern Cape welcomes the swearing in of Masixole Zinto and Tommy Faltain as PR councillors in Nelson Mandela Bay. Both are no strangers to the Nelson Mandela Bay Caucus and served as DA councillors between 2016 and 2021. They will now fill the vacancies left after the untimely passing of Cllr Tsepo Ndwalaza and Cllr Leander Kruger, who resigned to take up the position of Chief of Staff in die Office of the Executive Mayor. Cllr Zinto is a former Member of the Mayoral … [Read more...] about Two new councillors join the Nelson Mandela Bay Caucus

Dear EditorThe desperation by the ANC in the Eastern Cape to score cheap political points by hijacking the handover of a new community hall constructed by the provincial government is appalling. The ANC has confirmed that its provincial secretary, Lulama Ngcukayitobi, will tomorrow be presiding over the official handover of the Gqadushe Community Hall in the Raymond Mhlaba municipality. This event forms part of the ANC’s Letsema campaign. The ANC has become so used to abusing state resources for … [Read more...] about ANC out to score cheap points by hijacking government project

After close to 40 years of serving Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality residents with distinction, Shane Brown, the City’s Head of Disaster Management has retired.Brown, who turned 62 years last month, joined the then Port Elizabeth Municipality in 1984 as a clerk in the housing department in Korsten. He worked his way up to the higher echelons of the Metro and in 2003 was appointed into the position of Head of Disaster Management, a responsibility he enjoyed as he helped residents in most times of … [Read more...] about Shane Brown – NMBM’s first ever Head of Disaster Management retires after excellent service to the City

Something else from MyGqeberha I like to think that I am a clever guy but it took me a while to solve this problem of how to post to Instagram via my PC. The answer was to be found in the addons offered via Firefox and Chrome. Watch the video to see how easy it really is when you know which tools to use. AND, don’t forget to subscribe for more from the mind of this eccentric Gqeberhan. Go On - Share the Gqeberha Love! Views Since 15 July 2022: 0 Gqeberha's Latest News and Events can be … [Read more...] about Gqeberha News: Scam alert: Government is not offering R1 500 reward for reporting…

Dear EditorThe DA stands in full support of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s #getNMBworkingagain campaign and can’t wait to play our part in this worthwhile cause. Tomorrow, 5 November 2022, Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor, Cllr Retief Odendaal, who is spearheading the campaign, will launch this civic movement by sweeping and cleaning in front of City Hall. Through this campaign residents are encouraged to join with the municipality in taking responsibility for the state of the … [Read more...] about Full support for the #getNMBworkingagain campaign

NMBM’s Assistance to the Poor (ATTP) policy to be amended to help thousands more Thousands more indigent households in Nelson Mandela Bay will in future benefit from the city’s Assistance to the Poor (ATTP) programme.On Tuesday, 1 November 2022, at a full council sitting, an item proposing amendments to the city’s ATTP programme was approved by the majority of councillors. The item to amend the policy was submitted by Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor, Cllr Retief Odendaal. In his submission … [Read more...] about Thousands Set To Benefit As Council Amends ATTP

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is hard at work dealing with the high volume of General Valuation objections that were submitted in relation to the 2022 General Valuation Roll.“We have processed 70% of the total objections received and are working on finalising the rest by the end of November,” said Executive Mayor, Retief Odendaal. Mayor Odendaal said the public notices were formally sent to property owners and published in the Provincial Gazette regarding both the inspection and objections … [Read more...] about NMB expediting objections against property valuations

Delighted residents from Qaqawuli in New Brighton have expressed their satisfaction at the progress made by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality in building 390 homes, during a site visit led by Executive Mayor, Cllr Retief Odendaal on Thursday, 3 November 2022.This comes after the City commenced with the project in June this year, having fully completed 30 homes to date, built 232 slabs, 209 wall plates, 122 roof tops, 75 ceiling and electrification units. The Mayor joined by Human Settlements … [Read more...] about Jovial mood in New Brighton over Qaqawuli Housing Development progress

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has welcomed the approved R55 million roll-over grant by the National Treasury to the City to further boost the City’s drought mitigation plans amid the persistent drought that has resulted in total dam levels currently standing at a low 18.97%.National Treasury Deputy Director-General: Inter-governmental Relations, Malijeng Ngqaleni said in a letter sent to the City on 19 October 2022, the amount was to fund the Motherwell and Stanford Road Booster Pump … [Read more...] about National Treasury approved R55 Million rollover grant to boost NMBM water projects to mitigate drought disaster

Veganism is a growing movement worldwide and it seems to be gaining traction in Gqeberha as well with many restaurants offering Vegan options – okay some people still don’t get that Vegans do not eat ANY animal Products – so that well intentioned cheese smothered sandwich or pizza is a No No!1 November is World vegan Day so we pulled out the following Gqeberha based restaurants that have an exclusively (or as near as dammit!) vegan menu on offer for patrons. Visit one or more of them on 1 … [Read more...] about Going Vegan in Gqeberha? List of Vegan Restaurants in Gqeberha

Something else from MyGqeberhaThe Senova X25 is a subcompact SUV produced by Beijing Auto (BAIC). It was launched at the 2015 Chengdu motor show. As the entry model in the Senova SUV lineup, the X25 has a wheelbase of 2519mm, and is 4110mm long, 1750mm wide, and 1545mm high. Two engine options will be provided, a petrol 1.3L and 1.5L. Prices are to range between 55,000 and 75,000 Yuan. Between R120 000.00 and R163 000.00 as at today’s Forex rate. Seen at the sod turning for Chinese vehicle … [Read more...] about Gqeberha News: Citrus export volumes 3.7% higher than in 2021