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Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams – Port Elizabeth in the News

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Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams: The two major dams for the Eastern Cape’s biggest metro, Nelson Mandela Bay, are running dry and with no major rain forecast, the city is facing an unprecedented water crisis. Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. Watch a Video: … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams – Port Elizabeth in the News

Uitenhage News: Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams

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Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams: The two major dams for the Eastern Cape’s biggest metro, Nelson Mandela Bay, are running dry and with no major rain forecast, the city is facing an unprecedented water crisis. Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. Team South take honours in Provincial Challenge: Team South stormed to victory in the SADGA Provincial Challenge, beating Team North 17-6 at the Uitenhage Golf Club on Sunday. After the first day’s play which saw the teams tied on … [Read more...] about Uitenhage News: Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams

Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams – Gqeberha in the News

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Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams: The two major dams for the Eastern Cape’s biggest metro, Nelson Mandela Bay, are running dry and with no major rain forecast, the city is facing an unprecedented water crisis. Source: "Gqeberha" - BingNews. COVID-19 vaccine latest: SA to receive 325 260 Pfizer jabs: COVID-19 jabs from Pfizer are expected to land on Sunday night, South Africa aims to accumulate 4.5 million doses by the end of June. Source: "Gqeberha" - BingNews. South … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams – Gqeberha in the News

Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams – Port Elizabeth in the News

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Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams: The two major dams for the Eastern Cape’s biggest metro, Nelson Mandela Bay, are running dry and with no major rain forecast, the city is facing an unprecedented water crisis. Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. Watch a Video: … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape drought: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dying dams – Port Elizabeth in the News

Day Zero stalks the Eastern Cape’s dams – Port Elizabeth Business News

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Day Zero stalks the Eastern Cape’s dams: Without a drastic cut in water consumption, Gqeberha residents could soon face a couple of hours of water-shedding a day, with ‘disastrous consequences’ for the local economy ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" business - BingNews. Discover a world of excitement and take control of your energy with Building Automation Systems. Promote your business on BuyPE and MyPR. Watch more videos From Port Elizabeth. Click here to submit your … [Read more...] about Day Zero stalks the Eastern Cape’s dams – Port Elizabeth Business News

Day Zero stalks the Eastern Cape’s dams – Port Elizabeth Business News

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Day Zero stalks the Eastern Cape’s dams: Without a drastic cut in water consumption, Gqeberha residents could soon face a couple of hours of water-shedding a day, with ‘disastrous consequences’ for the local economy ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" business - BingNews. Discover a world of excitement and take control of your energy with Building Automation Systems. Promote your business on BuyPE and MyPR. Watch more videos From Port Elizabeth. Click here to submit your … [Read more...] about Day Zero stalks the Eastern Cape’s dams – Port Elizabeth Business News

Seeping effluent dams up against houses in Port Elizabeth – Port Elizabeth in the News

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Seeping effluent dams up against houses in Port Elizabeth: Residents of Booysen Park in Port Elizabeth have had to place rocks and planks outside their front doors to hop, skip and leap over the sewage which has seeped into their gardens and right up to the ... Source: "Port Elizabeth" - BingNews. PE cops recover stolen alcohol worth R1,4-million: Stolen liquor valued at more than R1,4-million has been recovered by police officers from the dog unit in Port Elizabeth. The alcohol was found … [Read more...] about Seeping effluent dams up against houses in Port Elizabeth – Port Elizabeth in the News

Uitenhage News: Pressure’s on as Nelson Mandela Bay metro’s dams fall to 17%

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Pressure’s on as Nelson Mandela Bay metro's dams fall to 17%: We will throttle you. That’s the word from the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality to consumers who use too much water at a time when the metro’s dam levels stand at just 17.46%. Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. “The tip is flooded with rubbish” says Uitenhage resident: Residents say the only waste disposal site in ward 50 is bursting at the seams ... Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. VW expands sub-Saharan Africa footprint with … [Read more...] about Uitenhage News: Pressure’s on as Nelson Mandela Bay metro’s dams fall to 17%

Uitenhage in the news: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dams are just 18% full

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Nelson Mandela Bay’s dams are just 18% full: According to Africa Weather, catchment areas like Patensie and Joubertina received in excess of 30mm. Uitenhage, south of the Groendal Dam, received 37mm. Port Elizabeth itself received 41mm. ??RAINF... Source: "Uitenhage" - BingNews. Good rainfall over parts of EC and more on the way - PE Weather Office: Nelson Mandela Bay: Riverstone Bridge- 44.4 Port Elizabeth Airport- 40.8 Fettes Road- 39.8 Chatty - 39.2 Uitenhage - 37.8 Flower Reserve- 35.4 … [Read more...] about Uitenhage in the news: Nelson Mandela Bay’s dams are just 18% full

Disaster looming as City’s dams reach new lows

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's dam levels are fast approaching the 20 percent mark as their combined levels this week reached below 24%. See: PE Dam Levels Although the Nooitgedagt Low Level Water Scheme will provide additional water security to Nelson Mandela Bay, however, not all supply sources can be supplemented from the same water system. As a result, further water restrictions will inevitably follow if the situation deteriorates even further With only 10.37% of recorded water … [Read more...] about Disaster looming as City’s dams reach new lows

Despite Punitive Tariffs Cape Town Water Cheaper than Port Elizabeth

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The City of Cape Town Council voted today to introduce further punitive tariffs to help curb water usage. See: Shit Just Got Real Cape Town - residents limited to 50 litres of water. Taking the lowest tariff and usage figure from the newly published rates the City of Cape Town will now be charging R145.98 over a month for usage of 6000 litres. The original tariff was R28.44 - a shocking increase BUT does it compare with Nelson Mandela Bay's water tariffs? See the NMB Water Tariffs here and … [Read more...] about Despite Punitive Tariffs Cape Town Water Cheaper than Port Elizabeth

Bhisho news: Relief for dams after good rains

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Relief for dams after good rains: Addo got 37.6mm, Bhisho and King William’s Town 17mm, Cradock 7mm, East London 38.6mm, George 29.5mm, GraaffReinet 10.6mm, Grahamstown 31.4mm, Mossel Bay 40.8mm, Plettenberg Bay 47.8mm and Port Alfred 60.6mm. Source: "Bhisho" - BingNews. Eastern Cape police arrest man with explosives and ammo: A 21-year-old man has been arrested after police found “explosives” and automatic rifle ammunition in his house in Tyutyu village near Bhisho in the Eastern Cape. … [Read more...] about Bhisho news: Relief for dams after good rains

Heavy rain expected overnight

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The total predicted rain over the catchment areas between 20h00 and 22h00 this evening is 67.1 mm From now until 20h00 on Thursday the predicted rain over our catchment area dams is: Churchill - 41.2 mm Groendal - 25.5 mm Impofu - 39.1 mm Kouga - 20.4 mm Loerie - 28.1 mm TOTAL: 154.3 mm See: http://mype.co.za/new/2017-dam-levels/81558/2017/01#Forecast for more info. The dip area of Third Avenue, Newton Park in Port Elizabeth will be closed from 8pm tonight and … [Read more...] about Heavy rain expected overnight

This Weekend’s Expected Rainfall over each of our Dams

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This is the expected rainfall over each of the dams serving Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay from now until Sunday 17 September 2017: Loerie Dam: 31.6 mm Kouga Dam: 22.6 mm Impofu Dam: 25.1 mm Groendal Dam: 42.4 mm Churchill Dam: 13.7 mm Total: 135.4 mm See more here: http://mype.co.za/new/2017-dam-levels/81558/2017/01#Forecast … [Read more...] about This Weekend’s Expected Rainfall over each of our Dams