Dear MyPE In a special council meeting on Friday, the ANC Mayor of Sundays River Valley Municipality, councillor Mbulele Kebe resigned from his position as mayor and councillor Zolile A. Lose was elected as the new mayor. This is in the wake of the devastating service delivery protest that we experienced in Kirkwood towards the end of 2014 where municipal buildings and equipment was torched and service delivery grinded to a halt, under the leadership of mayor Kebe. The DA calls on mayor … [Read more...] about Sundays River Valley mayor resigns over service delivery failure
karen smith
Water crisis can lead to repeat of Kirkwood violence
The DA is outraged that some of our residents in the Sundays River Valley region are without clean, safe drinking water once again. The areas of Aqua Park, Platin and Bhongweni have been deprived of water for four days now while enduring excessive heat, turning this into a crisis. In Aqua Park, the residents are forced to collect dirty, unsafe water from a canal that is not fit for human consumption. The DA stands for good governance and efficient service delivery, none of which the … [Read more...] about Water crisis can lead to repeat of Kirkwood violence
Wheels are coming off policing in Eastern Cape
The wheels are coming off policing in the Eastern Cape as vehicles stand still and crime runs on. The fact that Kirkwood police station only had one vehicle operating yesterday (subs: Wed, 22 Jan) for an area servicing 1 327 square km and police arrived on bicycles to deal with a house robbery in Mount Croix in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday (subs: 21 Jan) highlights the massive shortage of operating vehicles in the SAPS in this province. Both the East London and Port Elizabeth flying squads … [Read more...] about Wheels are coming off policing in Eastern Cape
