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Dear MyPE The Speaker of the Nelson Mandela Bay council, ANC councillor Buyelwa Mafaya, has pulled the plug on oversight and accountability in the municipality, ignoring several requests to reconvene the various standing committees. Some of these committees, which are crucial in the decision-making processes that impact directly on service delivery across the City, have not sat since February. These committees are also responsible for oversight and holding the various departments to … [Read more...] about Nelson Mandela Bay Speaker has pulled the plug on oversight, accountability

Dear MyPE Service delivery in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has come to a grinding halt while standing committees are not meeting to take important decisions. Some of these committees, which should be making decisions on resolutions to be debated in and voted on by Council, have not met in almost 6 months. I have written to the Speaker of Council, Cllr Buyelwa Mafaya, to ascertain why these very important standing committees have not been able to meet. I also requested the … [Read more...] about Service delivery grinds to a halt while NMB committees are not meeting

Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Nelson Mandela Bay extends its deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the metro traffic official who was killed in Port Elizabeth. The official was gunned downed earlier this morning, 4 February 2020, on the corner of Lungelo Mlandu Street and 10th Avenue in Walmer. I visited the site where the incident took place and details surrounding what happened are still unclear. We wish all affected by this senseless killing … [Read more...] about Condolences from DA after metro traffic official’s tragic killing

Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Nelson Mandela Bay has recently learned that six additional security officials have been frivolously added to Executive Mayor, Cllr Mongameli Bobani’s security detail. Mayor Bobani previously only had two Close Protection Officers assigned to him and has been granted two more officials from the Department of Safety and Security. Furthermore, a Traffic Department vehicle with two officers and a Metro Police vehicle with two officers will also … [Read more...] about Mayor Bobani now protected by 8 member security team

Dear MyPE The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will now prioritise the local tourism economy and job creation after an urgent DA motion for a Tourist Safety Strategy was adopted. Today, 3 October 2019, during a meeting of the municipal safety and security committee, I submitted a motion of exigency to debate a Tourist Safety Strategy for the Metro. All parties agreed with the DA on the urgent need for this strategy and the committee decided the Municipality must now meet with all … [Read more...] about NMB Metro forced to produce Tourist Safety Plan

Dear MyPE The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s “reappointment” of Afrisec Strategic Solutions to do security upgrades to City Hall is unauthorised. Furthermore, no court order stipulating that the Metro must award the company R5,7-million to complete this task exists. These confirmations were given by the Eastern Cape MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Xolile Nqatha, in response to questions that were submitted by DA Shadow MEC for CoGTA, Vicky Knoetze, … [Read more...] about Bobani must give clarity on illegal Afrisec payments

Dear MyPE Today, Wednesday 7 August 2019, I laid criminal charges against Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) Acting City Manager, Ms Noxolo Nqwazi, regarding the illegal “reappointment” of Afrisec Strategic Solutions. In an NMB Executive Management Committee meeting, on or about 22 July 2019, Ms Nqwazi instructed the Acting Executive Director: Safety and Security, Mr Shane Brown, to compile a report regarding alleged outstanding work by Afrisec, and for such works to be completed so that payments … [Read more...] about DA lays criminal charges against NMB Acting City Manager

Dear MyPE The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s “broken” traffic department poses a great challenge to the safety of the residents of the City. Under the leadership of Executive Mayor Mongameli Bobani and his ANC-led coalition of corruption the traffic department has gone downhill and suffering regularly under the growing influence of SAMWU. I have therefore written to Cllr Litho Suka, MMC for Safety and Security, requesting him to intervene and call an urgent special Safety and … [Read more...] about Broken NMB traffic department endangering lives