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The cancellation of the Mtentu Bridge and the rehabilitation of the R56 tenders in the Eastern Cape Province was necessary to ensure compliance with the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited’s (SANRAL) procurement processes, said SANRAL Board Chairperson, Themba Mhambi.Explaining to the district leadership of the OR Tambo District Municipality in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, Mhambi said that the SANRAL Board adopted a resolution that consultants involved in the design and development of … [Read more...] about SANRAL explains rationale for cancellation of major Eastern Cape tenders

Dear EditorThe Eastern Cape is in the midst of a dire youth unemployment crisis, with four out of every five youth between the ages of 15 and 24 without work. The Democratic Alliance is demanding that Premier Oscar Mabuyane spell out, on Youth Day later this week, what it is that his government is doing to offer hope to the young people of this province. He needs to provide viable interventions that will address this crisis through inter-departmental coordination. The latest statistics show that … [Read more...] about Four out of every five youth are without a job

In 2018 it was estimated that the NMB Council cost residents around R73.2 Million per year. At a 4% annual increase that number equals R85.6 Million p/a in today’s money.Today’s Council meeting was supposed to start at 10:00 am today – it is now 10:30 am. A working month consists of 21.65 days of 9 hours each – the equivalent of 2338.2 hours. Council then costs R36 609 per hour or R610.15 per minute of every working day. If we take JUST the 30 minutes that we have been waiting then Council has … [Read more...] about Council Just Wasted R18 304.50

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has reported at least 536 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24-hour reporting period, at a positivity rate of some 5.6%.This brings the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases up to 3 979 126. “The proportion of positive new cases/total new tested today is 5.6% and is lower than yesterday (6.7%). “The seven-day average is 7.7% today and is lower than yesterday (7.9%). The seven-day moving average daily number of cases has decreased,” the NICD … [Read more...] about 536

Something else from MyGqeberhaAt his 100 Days report back Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Athol Trollip, answers questions (in isiXhosa) about The Red Location Museum and additional overseas funds being made available for the cities IPTS system. Go On - Share the Gqeberha Love! Post Views: 0 Gqeberha's Latest News and Events can be accessed on MyGqeberha.com. … [Read more...] about Gqeberha in the News – 13 June 2022

The Municipality wishes to inform residents that the planned shutdown scheduled for June 28, 2022 has been moved ahead to tomorrow, June 14, 2022.We will be taking advantage of the current water supply disruptions being experienced in the Fort Nottingham Reservoir supply zone and this shutdown will allow for the installation of critical valves and flow meters. Areas that may be affected include: Macleanville Parsons Hill Kensington Millard Grange Prince Alfred’s Park PE Central These areas … [Read more...] about Water Disruptions for Wards 5 and 7

Dear EditorThe looming court case & impeachment of our embattled Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, perpetuates the stereotype that since Nelson Mandela was a lawyer, jurisprudence, law and legalese became highly over-rated. South African courts-of-law seem to have become reality television scenes since the Rivonia Treason Trial or just soon before it, with TV-loving Advocates … Lawyers … Commissioners-Of-Inquiries … Judges … Risk, Compliance & Corporate Governance functionaries etc. … [Read more...] about Busisiwe Mkhwebane Impeachment

South Africa has recorded 962 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 978 590.According to the Department of Health, the cumulative number of recoveries now stand at 3 854 873 with a recovery rate of 96.9%. The department has also reported seven deaths, bringing the total fatalities to 101 484. Meanwhile, South Africa has administered a total of 1 303 COVID-19 vaccines in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of vaccines to 36 … [Read more...] about 962

Dear EditorThe Kouga Municipality has from today, 13 June 2022, been forced to start with water shedding. This unfortunate situation could have been avoided altogether if Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) had not wilfully mismanaged the bulk water sources in both the Churchill and Impofu dams. Although NMB was restricted by the Department of Water and Sanitation to only extract a maximum of 30 Ml of water a day from the Churchill and Impofu Dams, the metro continued to recklessly extract between 90-100 … [Read more...] about Kouga has run dry due to NMB incompetence

South Africa has recorded 1 976 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 975 062. This increase represents an 8.7% positivity rate. On Thursday, the National Department of Health (NDoH) reported 24 deaths and of these, eight occurred in the past 24-48 hours. This brings the total fatalities to 101 448 to date. “The majority of new cases are from Gauteng (36%), followed by the Western Cape (21%). KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 12%; Eastern Cape, Free State and … [Read more...] about 1 976