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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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Rapid capture of rapist following law enforcement collaboration

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A 57-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday within hours after allegedly raping a 16-year-old in Gelvandale. It is alleged that while the young victim suffered this horrendous ordeal in a bedroom, drinking continued unabated in other parts of the Antelope Street house. Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani said although the swift action could be considered scant retribution for the victim, the quick capture of the culprit might have saved other potential victims from this man. “Rape is a heinous crime that should ideally not befall anyone. However, it makes a …

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John Tallant Road Expansion Opens

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The problem of traffic congestion for motorists coming from Uitenhage, Despatch, KwaMagxaki, Motherwell Nu5 and the surrounding areas to Port Elizabeth CBD should now be a thing of the past. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality today, August 29, 2019 officially opened the expanded John Tallant Road. The portion of this road was constructed in 2016 but could not be constructed into the dual carriage way as planned because of environmental constraints. This was left as a bottle-neck intersection. Roads and Stormwater due to complaints of traffic backing up at this intersection identified …

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Bay traffic law enforcement bolstered with revival of motorcycle unit

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipal Traffic Department revived its motorcycle unit at a launch today with grand plans to bolster this unit even further with locally recruited traffic officers by the end of 2020. Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Member of the Mayoral Committee for Safety and Security, Cllr Noluthando Pink, gave the new unit the thumbs up. “This initiative is long overdue since these bikes were unnecessarily gathering dust since 2010, essentially making the money used to buy it, wasteful expenditure. “Now that we launched it, the motorcycles will make a big difference. In …

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These Areas Could Experience Water Cuts Tomorrow

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to inform residents and businesses that Eskom will have a planned shutdown on Wednesday 14 August 2019 from 05h00 until 18h00. As a result of this shutdown, the Elandsjagt Water Treatment Works (WTW) will not be able to treat and produce clean water. The Churchill WTW will not be able to completely satisfy the demand from that zone by itself, therefore residents are requested to use water sparingly during the duration of the shutdown so that storage reservoirs are not depleted. In the case of storage being consumed completely, the following …

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Burial Society to the Rescue

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Public, Private partnership was at work in Walmer Township Area Q when Avbob Mutual Assurance Society donated R50 000 worth of building material and blankets to shack fire victims on Wednesday, August 7, 2019. This follows the fires that ravaged the informal settlement, leaving more than 100 people without shelter. Ever since the fire incident, the victims have been accommodated in a local church hall. A number of Non-Government Organisations (NGOs), municipality disaster management sub-directorate and companies have been donating items like clothing and food. Speaking at the handover …

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Women to Join in Mayoral Charity Golf Day

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Women’s Month kicks off, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and Mark Headbush Foundation has expanded its horizons in its 14 year and extended a hand of invitation to women to become part of the annual Nelson Mandela Bay Mayoral Charity Golf Day. Golf is historically an exclusive sport, more commonly appealing to and enjoyed in the main by men. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and the Foundation is keen to grow the number of women participation in the golf day and be part of the greens community. To encourage more women over the years, the Foundation sponsored golf clubs to three …

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No Payments Made to Afrisec

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to put it on record that Afrisec is not operating on any municipal site and also that no payments have been made to Afrisec. The Municipality continues to pursue both legal and boardroom engagements on the Afrisec matter. Crime in Nelson Mandela Bay is of serious concern, as the latest Crime Statistics and the recent intervention visits by Minister of Police Bheki Cele and the Eastern Cape Premier Lubabalo Mabuyane have confirmed. During the aforementioned visits, it was highlighted in the briefing sessions with SAPS top brass that the …

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Warming the Needy

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As part of celebrating the giving spirit of former President and founding father of our democracy, Nelson Mandela, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's Library Section and Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani handed over more than 600 knitted items to various charities on Friday. Among the recipients of the knitted items - scarves, jerseys, hats, etc. - were local old age homes and children's safety homes. The drivers of the campaign were employees from all 24 municipal libraries, who collected or bought wool and knit different items as part of Mandela Month celebrations. Speaking at …

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R135 Million Plant Expansion to Create Sustainable Jobs

Aberdare Cables gave a R135 million vote of confidence in Nelson Mandela Bay's economic future by establishing a high voltage manufacturing plant in Korsten - the third largest on the African continent. The plant was officially opened by Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel on July 25, 2019. The opening forms part of Aberdare Cables’ investment drive in South Africa. Minister Patel was accompanied by the MEC for Finance, Economic Development, Environment Affairs and Toursim, Mlungisi Mvoko, Chinese Ambassador to South Africa, Lin Songtian and Nelson Mandela Bay's Executive Mayor, …

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Opening of Glen Hurd Drive

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Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani and Member of the Mayoral Committee for Roads and Transport Rosie Daaminds will officiate at the much-anticipated opening of Glen Hurd Drive, a new link road that improves traffic flow, on Wednesday, 24 July from 14:00. …

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Water Shut Off Due To Maintenance Work

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to inform residents and businesses that water will be shut off for a PRV installation tomorrow, Thursday 5 July from 9 AM. The following areas will be affected: Miramar Walmer Heights The municipality would like to apologise for the inconvenience this may cause. …

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