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Lithuba Lakho Exhibition

Opportune chance for top EC artists to be selected for 5th edition of Lithuba Lakho exhibition Crafters and designers, working in the Eastern Cape, have the opportunity to be selected as exhibitors for the fifth edition of the coveted Lithuba Lakho exhibition that opens at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum next month (20 March). Lithuba Lakho means this is your opportunity and empower selected category winners with exposure, a choice of top quality material or machinery to the value of R20 000 and an opportunity to sell their wares at the exhibition. The four categories are …

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Nelson Mandela Bay Water Supply STILL Under Pressure

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to inform residents and business owners that the water supply situation has not changed much. Intermittent supply or no water is still experienced in some areas of the Metro. This is primarily due to a continued deficit of 40 ML of water in the system. Water levels in the reservoirs are fluctuating, depending on demand. Currently the most affected reservoirs are the Greenbushes Reservoir, the Fairbridge Height Reservoir and the Scheepershoogte Reservoir. The areas affected are: Kabah Rosedale Thomas Gamble Mountain view …

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Mantashe is spanner in the works of President’s energy promises

Letters to the Editor

Dear MyPE While the Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcements in his State of the Nation (SONA) address last night regarding the energy sector, it is worrying that Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe does not seem to be on board. Shortly after Ramaphosa announced during SONA that Independent Power Producers will be able to sell electricity to financially viable municipalities, Mantashe contradicted him in media interviews afterward by saying he is unwilling to commit to opening Bid Window 5. This essentially makes the president’s …

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Grim discovery of electrocuted man the second incident in weeks

The discovery of a seriously electrocuted man with serious burn wounds during an alleged attempted cable theft at the Ditchling electricity substation made for a very unpleasant experience for Nelson Mandela Bay electricity and energy employees. Elton Ambraal and his colleague Peter Cawood were called out to investigate a complaint that areas fed by the Ditchling substation did not have electricity at approximately midnight. “When we entered the substation, my colleague first saw an unknown man and called me to the scene. “His clothes was completely charred from the effect of the 66 …

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LEU’s back online

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The Live Enrolment Unit machines at both the Korsten and Uitenhage Traffic and Licensing Departments are back online which means prospective consumers can renew their driver’s licenses and book learner’s licenses again. Mr Warren Prins, Director for Traffic and Licensing, said alternative arrangements were made for consumers who had appointments on the days of the outage. “I would like to apologise for any inconvenience suffered during this time,” Prins said. …

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Bay’s Water Supply Continues to be Under Immense Pressure

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Nelson Mandela Bay's water supply remains under pressure due to a decrease in dam levels and high consumption. Since the start of the water crisis last week that saw a number of areas running out of water, a number of interventions have been implemented, including stricter monitoring of the work done by the Water Leaks team, the implementation of a robust awareness campaign, and the identification and prioritisation of major water leaks. This has led to a slight improvement in the situation. More interventions, such as fast-tracking procurement processes relating to improvements in the ageing …

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Four-day Food Safety Blitz

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

Various recent outbreaks following health and food safety transgressions both city and country wide led the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's Public Health Directorate to conduct a four-day food safety blitz that started today at Daku Hall in Port Elizabeth. NMBM Member of Mayoral Committee (MMC) Yolisa Pali stated that this programme would focus on equipping small business owners with the necessary information and tools in order to trade legally. “This programme is the first of its kind in the Metro; we are here to assist the informal traders with information that will assist them in …

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Driver’s License Renewals Not Possible

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Prospective clients of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Traffic and Licensing Centres in Uitenhage and Korsten are advised that renewals of driver’s licenses or any services requiring electronic bookings cannot be transacted at this time. Warren Prins, Director of Traffic and Licensing, said challenges experienced by the Driving License Card Account (DLCA), based in Pretoria, are resulting in the Live Enrolment Unit (LEU) machines not operating at this stage. “Unfortunately we do not have a timeframe when these machines, used to renew and issue newly acquired driver’s license and book …

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Water Disruptions expected in parts of Nelson Mandela Bay

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is currently experiencing difficulties supplying water to certain storage reservoirs due to a failure on a pipeline. This pipeline augments the supply currently being reduced due to Impofu dam being empty. This leaves the supply system with a deficit meaning storage levels are depleting at an increased rate. Contractors are currently executing repairs however it will take some time for the situation to stabilize again as reservoirs need to build up storage before certain pump stations can be started. Areas that could experience low pressure or disruptions …

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Possible Water Disruptions in parts of Nelson Mandela Bay

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is currently experiencing difficulties supplying water to certain storage reservoirs due to a fault on the electrical supply at the Elandsjagt WTW. This places the system at risk as storage conditions remain low due to ongoing drought. Contractors are currently assessing requirements to execute repairs. Areas that could experience low pressure or disruptions include: Parts of Walmer Walmer Downs Mangold Park Glen Hurd Newton Park Greenacres Parts of Cotsworld Parts of Schauderville Linkside Mill Park Parts of Central …

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No significant increase in dam levels despite recent intermittent rain

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

The recent sporadic rain in Nelson Mandela Bay might have been a relief for plants and residents with water tanks but it did not have any significant impact on the levels of our main water supply dams. Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Member of the Mayoral Committee for Infrastructure, Engineering, Electricity and Energy Andile Lungisa said residents must remain vigilant and report water wastage while the municipality in turn will continue its efforts to conserve water to the best of its ability. “The updates and predictions that we receive from the South African Weather Services paint a …

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Nine alleged drunk drivers nabbed by Traffic and Metro Police

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Traffic Law Enforcement arrested six motorists for driving under the influence of alcohol on Friday, and the Metro Police another three on Saturday at roadblocks conducted as part of the Safety and Security Festive Season road safety campaign. The Traffic Law Enforcement team, responsible for the six arrests, was especially established to concentrate on catching drunk drivers and is located in the Office of the Director: Traffic and Licensing. Warren Prins, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Director of Traffic and Licensing, said the lowest recorded …

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Festive Season Safety operations focus bearing fruit

The establishment of an Integrated Operational Coordinating Committee (IOCC), intended to monitor and evaluate crime-combatting operations this festive season, already proved effective with numerous successes. From surprising a burglary victim with his stolen property and the burglar in custody at the Humewood Police Station, confiscating firearms to saving unsuspecting consumers from buying expired baby food and other perishable items, all made the successes column at the first sitting of the IOCC. Advocate Keith Meyer, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Director for Safety …

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Bay still firmly in grip of drought

Despite good rain last week and the Churchill Dam overflowing, Nelson Mandela Bay is still firmly in the grips of a drought putting the onus on the municipality to continue its water conservation efforts and residents to use water sparingly. Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani said since the rain the fell last week, apart from Churchill Dam there has been no significant increase in the average dam levels. “The biggest impact has been at Churchill Dam that increased from 86% to 100%. The latter level was reached over the weekend and currently the dam is only …

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Planned maintenance at the Lorraine electricity substation to continue

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality plans to continue with maintenance and repair work at the Lorraine electricity substation tomorrow (Friday, 25 October) from 06:00 to 18:00. All areas fed from Lorraine substation will be affected: Brymore, Glenroy Park, Goldwater, Greenshields Park, Hancorn, Heatherbank, Kragga Kamma Park, Kamma Park, Lorraine, Lorraine Manor, Lovemore Heights, Lovemore Park, Miramar, Overbaakens, Pinelands, Pine Grove, Southmead, Salisbury Park, Springfield, Theescombe, Vikingvale, Willow Glen, Weybridge Park, Woodlands, Walmer Heights, Walmer Downs and surrounding …

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Three Bay beaches retain coveted Blue Flag status and two more in pilot phase

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Hobie Beach, Humewood and Kings Beach retained its coveted Blue Flag status with Wells Estate and Bluewater Bay beaches in a pilot phase. This announcement was made by WESSA at a ceremony at the V & A Waterfront in Cape Town yesterday. South Africa was the first country outside Europe to be granted Blue Flag accreditation for its beaches and the programme has been locally managed by WESSA since 2001 in partnership with participating coastal municipalities. The strict criteria of the programme are set by the international coordinators of the Blue …

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Broken windows theory the motivation behind cohesive clean-up campaign

Buoyed by the enthusiastic support of civil society from all walks of life and armed with a crime fighting strategy known as the broken windows theory, the Metro Police led a clean-up campaign to remove offending posters, illegally erected in North End. The broken windows theory is a criminological theory that states that visible signs of crime, civilian chaos and anti-social behaviour encourages further crime including serious crimes. Metro Police Chief Yolande Faro enthused about the spirit of togetherness as communities originating from various African regions and China (now …

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Mayor Appeals to Residents

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipalities Executive Mayor, Mongameli Bobani urges residents to allow Municipal employees to deliver services to the communities safely as yet another attack took place on Friday, 27 September. A Sewerage Blockage team was attacked and robbed at gunpoint on Friday around 13H00 in Katyu street, Zwide. One of the four gentleman was badly injured and had to be hospitalized. They were robbed of their personal belongings. The assailants also stole working tools belonging to the Municipality. This is one of many attacks that have taken place. These criminal …

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