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Editor: Maybe it would be fair to say “Remaining vehicles in municipal fleet!”The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s management of its fleet is on the precipice of getting a digital makeover with the recent appointment of Macrocomm, a fleet solutions company established in 2005. Some of the benefits of this digitisation process is to enable the seamless tracking of fuel consumption, evaluate driver behaviour, curtail fraud and theft as well as to establish a data-driven management system of the … [Read more...] about Bay municipal fleet management enters the digital age

#WiM2022: Advertising rules – by all accounts | The Media Online The Media Online And you learn a basic rule of advertising: people buy from people. I am one of the twin girls born into a business family in Gqeberha. Newspapers were … The long goodbye to a loved pet – The Citizen The Citizen Gqeberha boy mauled to death by pitbulls. She totters about, rattling with old age and medication, smelling of wee, and yet she remains the most … Suspected Joburg vehicle finance fraudsters in … [Read more...] about Gqeberha News: The long goodbye to a loved pet

#WiM2022: Advertising rules – by all accounts | The Media Online The Media Online And you learn a basic rule of advertising: people buy from people. I am one of the twin girls born into a business family in Gqeberha. Newspapers were … The long goodbye to a loved pet – The Citizen The Citizen Gqeberha boy mauled to death by pitbulls. She totters about, rattling with old age and medication, smelling of wee, and yet she remains the most … Suspected Joburg vehicle finance fraudsters in … [Read more...] about Gqeberha News: Two nabbed after break-in at Windvogel substation

Dear EditorYesterday, Transnet SOC Limited (“Transnet”) presented a revised and improved wage offer to its recognised labour unions – the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) and the United National Transport Union (UNTU). Transnet believes that the offer provides a win-win solution and strikes a balance between affordability for the company and full appreciation of the rising cost pressures faced by employees. The unions have just confirmed that they reject the revised … [Read more...] about Brace Yourself for a Transnet Strike

Have we had the wool pulled over our eyes again?We see how you are all hard at work fining motorists and ‘making the roads safer’, we see your ‘commitment’ to fixing potholes and streetlights, we see your ‘commitment’ to housing and equality along with all the other promises made by portfolio heads on the Mayco. BUT We have not seen: Your USP Your rallying cry Your non political commitment to working together towards one GREAT THING for the betterment of all citizens Here are some … [Read more...] about Dear New Coalition in NMB

Dear EditorThe Buffalo City Municipality is in financial distress and is effectively working with an unfunded budget. The budget was passed by council a mere four months ago. The metro has decided to curtail practically all own funded capital and operating projects effectively leaving the budget unfunded. This became clear during briefing sessions with local councillors in the run-up to Mayoral Imbizo meetings across the metro. The Mayoral Imbizo is aimed at giving feedback on upcoming service … [Read more...] about Non-sitting of BCM finance committee curtails budget input

Dear EditorThis week, reports on the death of 15 year old, Zenizole Vena, from Motherwell, Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape, rocked South Africans. The DA calls on the Human Rights Commission to investigate. We will also write to the Police and Health Ministers to look into the matter. She succumbed to her injuries after escaping from captivity where she was allegedly gang-raped. Her sad and gruesome ordeal was unfortunately prolonged by failures by our country’s health system when she was turned … [Read more...] about Zenizole Vena failed by government

The African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape says that they have noted with shock the arrest of ANC Nelson Mandela Regional Secretary, Comrade Luyolo Nqakula and others on serious allegations of fraud, corruption and money laundering by the Serious Corruption Investigation Team yesterday, Thursday 29th September 2022 in Gqeberha.“Whilst we don’t have facts on our disposal about the case itself, it is our view that the law must take its course and all those at fault with the law must … [Read more...] about ANC Respond to Arrest of Luyolo Nqakula and Others

The Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) launched the Green Schools Challenge with 9 participating New Brighton Schools at the Mendi Art Centre at 09:00am on Friday, the 30th of September 2022. This initiative is a follow-up on an intensive five-day clean-up in May earlier this year, when private and public sector joined hands to combat illegal dumping in the area.The Mandela Bay Development Agency has partnered with 9 schools in the historic township to introduce food … [Read more...] about New Brighton schools launch a recycling and food security programme