Create 20 'parking spaces' and turn over at least R12 Million a month The greatest iconic Marina, in Africa's Southernmost City Whilst our South African Government and Municipalities struggle to find time and money to comprehensively fix just a pothole... in more 'developed' parts of the world people struggle with the major challenge to develop the Perfect Charter Yacht and find a marina to berth in. If you are a resident of Gqeberha in South Africa then dream along just a bit with me … [Read more...] about Perfect Charter Yacht, Potholes, North End Lake Marina
Editorial
Dear Siya – Renaming Cape Road in your Honour is Not on
Let's get one thing straight Siya (whom I am not alone in thinking the world of) grew up in Gqeberha, went to school at Grey High School, captained the first rugby team and then.... Didn't play for Eastern Province Didn't play for the Southern Kings Moved to Cape Town Became the Springbok Captain of arguably the best performing SA team ever. The above is what he is known most for. He has never returned to stay or play in Gqeberha Granted, through the Kolisi Foundation, … [Read more...] about Dear Siya – Renaming Cape Road in your Honour is Not on
Why Happy Valley is a No Go Area
From Ghost on the Coast to 'Shithole' of South Africa. It was with a sense of shame and foreboding that I watched Johannesburg resident Dr Ivor Blumenthal speak about a recent trip to 'Port Elizabeth' when he and a friend were mugged. Not very observant of you Ivor - we are now known as Gqeberha and have been for a number of years now. His TikTok video below highlights the inadequacies of our SAPS and the economics of crime. He advises all to 'steer clear of GQ'. Ivor says that it starts … [Read more...] about Why Happy Valley is a No Go Area
So We Failed and Failed and Failed – Time to Fight Back
Failure has many unintended consequences, the worst of which would be to see our NMB Stadium in a pile of useless rubble due to our failure. We failed at keeping the Southern Kings alive We failed at Eastern Province Rugby We failed at keeping Rugby Sevens in Gqeberha We failed at Chippa United We failed at getting a Springbok Test We failed at attracting top flight football We failed at cleaning the North End Lake We failed at attracting mega artists to Gqeberha We … [Read more...] about So We Failed and Failed and Failed – Time to Fight Back
Dear Contact Form ‘SEO’ Spammer
Below you will see a copy of an email sent to me via a Contact Form on the web site mentioned: Hi basystems.co.za Team, I noticed something interesting while going through your website basystems.co.za It's apparent that you have used AdWords marketing to promote your business in the past, however, your website does see some organic search traffic here and there. Now,I believe I can help increase that portion of organic traffic significantly at basystems.co.za I believe you would like … [Read more...] about Dear Contact Form ‘SEO’ Spammer
The Wags Will Say This About Gary’s Letter of Intent Signing…
"All that money and three trips to China, just to sign one letter!" With a view to enhance mutual understanding and friendly ties between Nelson Mandela Bay of the Republic of South Africa and Zhuhai of the People’s Republic of China, and to carry forward the friendly exchanges and cooperation in various fields such as economy, industries, port, tourism and education, the Executive Mayor, Cllr Gary Van Niekerk shall be signing a letter of intent with the city of Zhuhai of the Republic of … [Read more...] about The Wags Will Say This About Gary’s Letter of Intent Signing…
WTF is This?
This past weekend we went on a little bundu bash and sighted what I term 'GQ Stonehenge'. From the gravel road one can see huge rocks going around in a sortof, kinda circle - it must have taken a mammoth effort to place them on the perimeter. I have always looked at this 'installation' and thought to myself that some mysteries are just great to leave unsolved.... Until now. So I popped onto 'poor mans drone' - Google Maps - to get a birds eye view of these giant rocks and can now see … [Read more...] about WTF is This?
Media Briefing Video: Gqeberha Power Outage
Mayor van Niekerk and officials unpack what happened when the 4 pylons collapsed, field questions from the media and give time frames as to when normal power supply will resume. See: The Best and Worse Case Projections to Full Resumption of Power to Summerstrand, Walmer etc. for more on when the power will be back on. Related: Post Your Offers of Assistance During This Power Cut HERE After the briefing the Municipality released this statement: The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is … [Read more...] about Media Briefing Video: Gqeberha Power Outage
The Best and Worse Case Projections to Full Resumption of Power to Summerstrand, Walmer etc.
The mitigation measures put in place by the Municipality to restore power to the areas affected by the massive Power Outage when 4 Pylons transporting 132KV of electricity to Gqeberha fell over in high winds on Friday 23 August 2023 will see the following scenarios play out - all weather and snag dependent: Power has been restored to the Dawid Stuurman Airport - vital in order to allow Gary to catch his connecting flight to China. There are teams on the ground already and Eskom's help has … [Read more...] about The Best and Worse Case Projections to Full Resumption of Power to Summerstrand, Walmer etc.
Post Your Offers of Assistance During This Power Cut HERE
Large areas of the City of Gqeberha are expected to be without electricity for a minimum of two weeks, and interruptions could possibly last three months (see below). CLICK HERE to see current offers of assistance to affected residents. If you can offer any assistance to affected residents please post those offers below. The idea for this was sparked by the first offer received from Michael Straton of Straton Solar who will make a lead available (on reasonably sunny days) outside … [Read more...] about Post Your Offers of Assistance During This Power Cut HERE
Dear SANRAL, Act NOW on the N2 Before we Have Another Disaster of Epic Proportions
The current state of the section of the N2 between the New Brighton beach turnoff and Smelly Creek is a bigger disaster about to happen. In fact I now choose an alternative route whenever possible. Before you read on let me first explain that I am not a civil engineer and that these concerns are those of someone noticing the steady decline of infrastructure all around over many years - tempered with comments from engineers who know what they are doing but are fearful of 'going public' lest … [Read more...] about Dear SANRAL, Act NOW on the N2 Before we Have Another Disaster of Epic Proportions
Power Outage: A Disaster of Epic Proportions for Some
Brace yourselves for recriminations, unhappiness and tough times. Although this could be good news for the local Solar Power industry that lost it's greatest salesman in the world: Loadshedding. "Do not make hasty decisions and take the first available quote for a solar power battery back-up solution," said Michael Straton from Straton Solar. A well researched, specified and installed system that will get you over the next two week outage will take at least two weeks to … [Read more...] about Power Outage: A Disaster of Epic Proportions for Some
Vote in Our #EndPunitiveWaterTariffsNow Poll
UPDATE: On 12 December 2024 the NMB ended the punitive tariffs - thank you one and all for voting and applying pressure. It would seem that requests for the Municipality to provide a definite answer as to exactly who is responsible for ending the punitive water tariffs and, MORE IMPORTANTLY, on what basis, has fallen into the cracks of obfuscation. Apparently the municipality says it needs permission from the National Department of Water and Sanitation to reduce tariffs, but the department … [Read more...] about Vote in Our #EndPunitiveWaterTariffsNow Poll
Just for You J9
Many will know that we run our various sites on auto-pilot and on a shoestring - it is the Scottish blood coming out! Anyway J9 alerted us to the fact that our articles on MyPE that are auto posted to Facebook are being 'blessed' with the incorrect URL's rendering them pretty useless. So this post is a test to see: If J9 is actually reading this and has successfully followed the Facebook link OR If more head scratching and swearing will lie ahead for me this day! Of course what … [Read more...] about Just for You J9
Dear Gary, Please Define Exactly When our ‘Former Glory’ Moment was
Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Gary van Niekerk was quoted recently as saying; "It is now time for all of us, the officials, unions, councillors, stakeholders like the business sector and most importantly the residents to work together and bring this Metro to its former glory." I have a number of questions around this: At which particular moment or period in time can Nelson Mandela Bay point to as a 'glorious time'? What exactly is meant by the term 'former glory' in this … [Read more...] about Dear Gary, Please Define Exactly When our ‘Former Glory’ Moment was
