Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor Athol Trollip officially launched the Library Week by reading stories to learners and interacting with visually impaired residents at the Elukhanyisweni Municipal Library in Kwanobuhle Uitenhage today, March 12, 2018. The Executive Mayor has called on parents to encourage their children to make use of the municipal libraries across the City. Elukhanyisweni Library is one of the three municipal libraries that has facilities for the visually … [Read more...] about Athol Trollip Tells Stories
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Party supports Mayor in court battle
Dear MyPE The DA in the Eastern Cape stand in full support of Athol Trollip, executive mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Metro, in his court battle against Ms Nonthutuzelo Jack. Ms Jack made a public statement to the Daily Dispatch on the 25th of March 2016, that Mayor Trollip had tried to bribe her to “dig up dirt” on the former DA Provincial Chairperson, Veliswa Mvenya. The newspaper’s front page headline read “Trollip trips over bribe claim”. This headline and the affidavit … [Read more...] about Party supports Mayor in court battle
Metro to revitalise holiday resorts through new management models
A new policy change is set to revitalise the ailing holiday resorts across Nelson Mandela Bay as the City is working on new management models to maximise the potential of these neglected facilities. Over the years, all the six holiday resorts in the Metro have been neglected and left in a state of ruin by companies they had been outsourced to. This has been allowed to go on unabated through lack of leadership and foresight. Currently, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is deriving limited … [Read more...] about Metro to revitalise holiday resorts through new management models
A Promise Realised
The promise made by the Bay's Coalition government to turn townships into suburbs was given a major boost when Nelson Mandela Bay's Executive Mayor Athol Trollip officially opened the long-awaited municipal Service Centre in Motherwell Nu4 today, December 14, 2017. For the past ten years the Service Centre. which was initially planned to be a Thusong Centre, has been under construction. Problems of shoddy workmanship, contractors abandoning the site and overspending have led to the … [Read more...] about A Promise Realised
Mayoral Committee Changes
In a statement released today Executive Mayor Athol Trollip said; "After just over a year in government, it is important to review progress made to date. As such, some changes to the Mayoral Committee are necessary in the interest of channeling skills and expertise. This will take the coalition government in a direction that ensures continued improvement of service delivery. Over the last year, this government has provided running water and flush sanitation to 12 000 residents … [Read more...] about Mayoral Committee Changes
Motherwell Groundwater Point Introduced
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is working against the clock to find additional sources of water to supplement our current deteriorating supply due to the persistent drought. Our reservoirs are at an all time low and the situation is becoming worse due to the persistent below average rainfall that has not been able to break the current drought. Today the City officially introduced the Motherwell Groundwater Point which is located in the Motherwell cemetery where businesses and … [Read more...] about Motherwell Groundwater Point Introduced
Executive Mayor on Campus Rape and Violence – #CountryDuty
https://twitter.com/JerryJedaMolepo/status/915014912472215552 The Municipality condemns the rape of a young woman, and the stabbing of another woman, on a local university campus last night. My prayers and thoughts are with both of these young women, as they recover from this horrific incident. It is now surely time for the National Police Ministry to start taking crime in our City seriously. Local SAPS units have been fighting a valiant battle, but often held back by huge staffing … [Read more...] about Executive Mayor on Campus Rape and Violence – #CountryDuty
War on Waste Relaunched under new leadership
Phase 2 of the War on Waste commenced yesterday, 2 October 2017. Training of temporary recruits will take place this week and operations will begin next week. EM Athol Trollip said: Having taken over the political management of Public Health, my office will monitor this operation to ensure absolute efficiency and compliance. All Ward Councillors must play a constructive part in ensuring that this project is effective. I will be engaging with the leadership of all ward councillors' … [Read more...] about War on Waste Relaunched under new leadership
Public Health facilities oversight visit
As part of an oversight visit to facilities under the Public Health Directorate and also as a service delivery monitoring exercise, the Executive Mayor Cllr Athol Trollip and MMC for Public Health Marlon Daniels kicked off their day from 5:45am this morning by joining refuse collection teams in the KwaFord Waste Management Depot, in Struandale, as they went about their work to understand their daily routine. This provided an insight into the challenges faced by the teams and how these can best … [Read more...] about Public Health facilities oversight visit
Get your Southern Kings Guinness Pro14 Rugby Tickets HERE
Southern Kings rugby fans in particular and Eastern Cape rugby fans in general are in for a treat and will be able to watch their favourite team against world class opponents as the Guinness PRO14 comes to South Africa, with tickets to this exciting new addition to the rugby calendar available immediately. The Southern Kings will be in action in the magnificent Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium no less than 10 times, taking on the best teams from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Italy, as well as a … [Read more...] about Get your Southern Kings Guinness Pro14 Rugby Tickets HERE
City-led development is the answer to South Africa’s jobs crisis
The following remarks were made today by DA Leader, Mmusi Maimane, at a press conference in Johannesburg. The Leader was joined by the Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia De Lille, the Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, the Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, and the Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Athol Trollip. Today, I met with the mayors of the four DA-led metros of Johannesburg, Tshwane, Cape Town and Nelson Mandela Bay in order to discuss our nation’s current economic crisis and how best DA-led … [Read more...] about City-led development is the answer to South Africa’s jobs crisis
PE housing programme set to create jobs
Building quality houses while creating jobs must be central to the metro human settlements programme. This was the agreement reached by Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and Nelson Mandela Metro Mayor Athol Trollip during a meeting held on Thursday in Port Elizabeth to fast track housing delivery. The meeting was attended by councillors within the metro, officials from the national Department of Human Settlements and service delivery partners. In a statement, the two … [Read more...] about PE housing programme set to create jobs
SOMA 2017
Full State of the Metro Address by Executive Mayor Cllr Athol Trollip. The SOMA 2017 address was held in the Ernst Swanepoel Hall, Despatch on Thursday, 17 August 2017 from 10h00. Speaker Members of the Mayoral Executive and Coalition Partners Members of Parliament, Provincial Legislature Councillors Religious Leaders Business Leaders City Manager and all Executive Directors present Honoured guests Members of the media Ladies and gentlemen Good morning to all of you on this … [Read more...] about SOMA 2017
Port gets spanked over Manganese Ore trucks ‘throttling the cities growth’
At the launch of the Campanile on 15 August the various speakers speeches were constantly interrupted by the sound of heavy Manganese Ore laden vehicles as they 'crashed' over the traffic calming measures in place on Strand Street. Eventually the Executive Mayor 'digressed' from his prepared speech and spanked the Port of Port Elizabeth for 'throttling development' in the city. We assume that he knew that the Port of Port Elizabeth Port Manager, Rajesh Dana, was one of the dignitaries in … [Read more...] about Port gets spanked over Manganese Ore trucks ‘throttling the cities growth’
Can you believe that a year has passed since our last local elections?
The following statement was delivered today by DA Leader, Mmusi Maimane, at a press conference at the Jabavu library in Jabavu, Johannesburg. Marking exactly one year since the 2016 Local Government Elections, Maimane highlighted the achievements by DA-led governments in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Tshwane and Nelson Mandela Bay over the past year. The Leader was joined by the Mayor of Cape Town, Patricia De Lille, the Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, the Mayor of Tshwane, Solly Msimanga, and … [Read more...] about Can you believe that a year has passed since our last local elections?
