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Piles of waste that had blocked Mbobela Street in Zwide, causing a health hazard for hundreds of Mnqophiso Primary School pupils was cleared by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality on Tuesday, 8 November 2022.This formed part of the City’s Cleaning and Greening programme which includes an extensive education and awareness drive in areas that are illegal dumping hotspots. During the clean-up, NMBM Public Health Portfolion Head, Cllr Thsonono Buyeye urged residents to partner with the Municipality … [Read more...] about NMBM’s cleaning and greening programme makes a change in Zwide

Eskom has announced an online platform in response to what it calls an “overwhelming response” to its call for skilled and experienced persons to support the power utility’s turnaround strategy.The platform enables prospective workers to submit their details directly to Eskom at https://www.eskom.co.za/crowdsource/. “A digital platform and governance mechanism have been designed and implemented to reap the full benefits of the diversity of skills across the country through the crowdsourcing of … [Read more...] about Are You an Engineer? Eskom Needs You

The downpour of rain brings a welcome relief to many parts of our country, with showers predicted to continue into the weekend. This will prompt many people to stay home and out of the unpleasant weather, but it shouldn’t keep you away from donating blood.The South African National Blood Service (SANBS) is calling on Group O and B donors to give blood at their nearest donor centre and help boost declining blood stocks. “The rain brings a welcomed relief from the heat of weeks passed but its … [Read more...] about Group O and B’s You Are UP

Bye Bye Waterfront.The Manganese Ore facility in Gqeberha is a bit like State Capture as those benefiting from it are many and from many backgrounds – mine owners, farmers, politicians, church leaders, small business, petrol stations, electricians, hydraulic specialists, automotive businesses, tyres, oil, landlords… the list goes on. Standing on the other side of all the above vested interests are little old me, my crazy environmental friends, some yachtsmen, a couple of divers, some tourism … [Read more...] about Manganese Ore – THIS is why It will not move

Something else from MyGqeberha2019 World Cup winning Springbok Hooker, Malcolm Marx, chats to the media from the Springbok Camp in Bloemfontein ahead of the Springboks first test against Georgia in preparation for the British and Irish Lions Tests. Malcolm Justin Marx (born13 July 1994) is a South African professional rugby union player for the South Africa national team and the Kubota Spears in the Japanese Top League. His regular position is hooker, but he did play as a flanker at youth level … [Read more...] about Gqeberha News: Extortion, insurance claims believed to be behind a spate of mass killings

Dear EditorThe Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality needs to establish a task team to investigate a new port operating model, which could culminate in establishing a local port authority. Yesterday, 7 November 2022, the provincial council of the DA adopted a resolution suggesting a new operating model for the Port Elizabeth Harbour and Port of Nqgura in Nelson Mandela Bay. Shockingly, in terms of the World Bank’s Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), out of 370 ports evaluated, these two critical … [Read more...] about Provincial council adopts resolution for a new operating model for Nelson Mandela Bay ports

Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC, Zolile Williams, has seconded an administrator to act as the municipal manager of the Amathole District Municipality.Monwabisi Somana, a senior manager at the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has been assigned to the position by Williams for the period of 1 November 2022 to 31 January 2023 (90 days). In a statement, spokesperson Mamkeli Ngam said the MEC acceded to a request from the Executive … [Read more...] about CoGTA senior official assigned to Amathole District Municipality

Dear EditorThe Democratic Alliance (DA) has taken the decision to reach out to the Nonkebhotani Agricultural Primary Cooperative which was unlawfully evicted during the height of Covid-19 from Hopefield Farm, a state farm in the Eastern Cape, by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) with the blessing of the Department of Agriculture, Rural Development and Land Reform (DALRRD). The agricultural cooperative had been on the farm for 20 years and evicting them during the height of … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape agricultural cooperative unlawfully evicted from farm

Eskom has announced that load shedding will be implemented from 4pm to 5am every evening “until further notice”.This as the power utility continues to battle breakdowns at power stations and for the recovery of emergency generation capacity. “The nightly implementation of load shedding is mainly due to the need to preserve emergency generation reserves owing to a high level of breakdowns. Eskom will publish a further update as soon as there are any significant changes. “Load shedding is … [Read more...] about Evening load shedding until further notice

The Provincial Initiation Coordinating Committee (PICC) on Ulwaluko has endorsed 04 November 2022 as the official start date for the summer season to get underway. The Chairperson of the PICC who also happens to Chair the EC House of Traditional and Khoi San Leaders (ECHTKHL), Nkosi Mpumalanga Gwadiso said the date is “meant to benefit out of school youth only.”“We plead with parents and guardians alike to discourage their school going boys from undergoing the practice until they have finished … [Read more...] about 2022 Summer Traditional Initiation Season Officially Opened