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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

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

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

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

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

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

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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On the Non Collection of Refuse

The Public Health: Waste Management Sub directorate is experiencing staff shortage on the refuse service (Refuse Carriers). To deal with this challenge the Sub directorate approached the EPWP office in order to recruit 200 participants for Waste Management Services. The EPWP workers will resume duties on Monday, 8 July 2019. Backlog on refuse collection will only be attended next week on the normal scheduled collection days due to budgetary constraints. There will be no contingencies or backlog done, as there is no available funding for overtime. Residents are encouraged to make use …

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Let me know what challenges you face

Mongameli Bobani

In a bid to inspire the faster resolution of service delivery concerns of residents and improve interaction with constituencies, Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani wrote to all Ward Councillors this week. The focus of the letters, sent out on Wednesday, is to get all sixty Ward Councillors to submit a list of all the challenges they face in their respective wards. Entitled RE: Service Delivery Challenges it states: “This serves to request your good office to submit all service delivery related challenges that your ward is faced with, by no later than …

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Staying ahead of the curve to address community issues a must – Mayor Bobani

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“Staying ahead of the curve to proactively deal with ward-based service delivery concerns is a must to ensure that communities have no need to resort to protests to have their needs met,” Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani said on the first day of the new financial year. Hailed as progressively pro-poor, 91% of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Capital Budget is allocated for infrastructure development and improvements in poorer wards. Addressing officials and community stakeholders at the Uitenhage Town Hall, Mayor Bobani encouraged direct interaction …

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Parts of Summerstrand and Humewood Could be Without Water

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality would like to inform residents and businesses that a major 600mm diameter water supply pipeline situated along Admirality Way has been damaged by contractors and will have to be shut down. The areas supplied by this main are Summerstrand between 2nd Ave and the Beachfront, and the lower lying areas of Humewood and the Beachfront itself. Officials are in the process assessing the extent of the damage to ascertain whether the main can be repaired, whether temporary or permanent. An attempt will be made to supply water into this area from an …

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R40 Million to Clean the City

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is walking the talk when it comes to its commitment to keep the City clean. More than 40 co-operatives have been appointed to assist in cleaning the City. This will augment that work that is done by the Municipal Waste Management sub-directorate. To strengthen the fight against waste, more than 40 million rand has been budgeted for this programme. The work of the cooperatives will also assist the Municipality to access some of the areas that are not easy to access through waste collection vehicles. They will also assist the Municipality with awareness …

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NMB residents will suffer due to uncosted and disingenuous budget process

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Dear MyPE The majority of residents in Nelson Mandela Bay will find themselves in the financial doldrums after the R12 billion 2019/20 budget for the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro was passed. This uncosted and disingenuous budget will have a massively negative financial impact on the residents of the Metro. The budget has not been properly costed or honestly presented for public and business consideration. Recent and now successful appeals to councillors to simply pass the budget for the sake of passing it will result in many unintended consequences. The current woeful performance on …

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NMB Mayor’s Statement on Reshuffling of Mayoral Committee

Mongameli Bobani

Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor, Mongameli Bobani's statement on Reshuffling of NMBM Mayoral Committee: As you know, this Municipality is lead by a Coalition government. Every decision we take has to go through vigorous, honest and transparent engagements and consultation. The decisions that I have taken, are the result of such engagement and consultation. I have taken the decision to appoint Councillor Marlon Daniels as the leader of the Economic Development, Tourism and Urban Agriculture Portfolio. Councillor Noluthando Pink has been moved to lead the Safety and Security …

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Mayoral Committee Reshuffled

Mongameli Bobani

Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani has taken a decision to reshuffle his Mayoral Committee. Councillor Marlon Daniels from the Patriotic Alliance has been appointed as the Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Development Directorate. Councillor Noluthando Pink from the African National Congress, who was Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Development has been shifted to Safety and Security Directorate. Councillor Litho Suka from the African National Congress who was Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security will now be an ordinary Councillor. …

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Top 50 Bay businesses heard

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani thanked the Top 50 Bay businesses, awarded at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Friday, for their resilience despite tough market conditions and for their commitment to invest in the prosperity of the metropolitan area. The Top 50 Business Awards are awarded to complying companies in terms of a set criteria, a determination that Mayor Bobani would like to see expanded on to allow for companies to be measured as Innovators, Social Entrepreneurs and Digital Transformation enterprises as well. “We see a future where many …

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