Malcolm Figg

Dear MyPE The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has now permanently lost R503 million in grant funding that was earmarked for, amongst others, infrastructure development and drought mitigation measures. The ANC Coalition of Corruption must take full responsibility for this devastating financial blow that was dealt to residents, as it is their desperate clinging to power and blatant disregard of the law that has brought us to this point. This distressing turn of events stems from the … [Read more...] about NMB permanently loses half a billion rand as National Treasury impasse drags on

Dear MyPE Nelson Mandela Bay is on the brink of losing even more funding from National Treasury if they do not pass the special adjustments budget, which can bring total financial ruin on the Metro and lead to a catastrophic collapse of services. National Treasury has already withheld just under R1,6 billion in grant funding (R754 million from the 2019/20 financial year and R839 million from the current 2020/21 financial year). Despite this, the Metro has simply ignored the repeated … [Read more...] about NMB Metro is playing Russian roulette with residents’ money

Dear MyPE Due to urgent intervention by the Democratic Alliance (DA), a critical meeting of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s Budget Performance Monitoring Forum will no longer be postponed for almost a month. The Forum, which consists of public representatives and members of the administration, was supposed to meet on Monday, but this was initially postponed until 9 March. The role of the Forum is to call each department to appear in front of it and be accountable for not spending … [Read more...] about Intervention speeds up meeting of NMB Budget Performance Monitoring Forum

Dear MyPE The impoverished people of Hankey in the Eastern Cape were promised jobs by the failing ANC government in the construction of the Sarah Baartman Remembrance Centre. Four years down the line the R165 million centre is incomplete and nothing came of the ANC's empty promises. Four years down the line, this is what the R165 million Sarah Baartman centre looks like today. Poor planning and even worse workmanship have contributed to the people of Hankey not benefiting from this … [Read more...] about Would you pay R165 Million for this?

Dear MyPE A follow up oversight inspection by Councillor Henni Britz, DA councillor in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, to the Humansdorp Magistrate’s Court building on request of court personnel on 21 June 2018, again revealed concerning and unsafe conditions for the staff and members of the public alike. See photos here, here and here. The total lack of security measures at this court building resulted in dangerous weapons being discovered and confiscated on Wednesday, 20 … [Read more...] about Dangerous weapons at Humansdorp Magistrate’s office reveals shocking lack of security