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Dear MyPE Service delivery will grind to a halt in Nelson Mandela Bay due to the Municipality’s inability to timeously finalise its contract with a service provider to provide fuel to the municipal fleet. The contract with the previous service provider, Masana Petroleum Solutions, expired on 30 October 2018 and was, thereafter, extended on a monthly and six-monthly basis. The tender was advertised last year and after it was awarded, court action followed before the new service provider … [Read more...] about NMB sabotages itself with fuel bungle

Dear MyPE It is clear that Nelson Mandela Bay’s ANC-led Coalition of Corruption government has no idea how to address the water challenges facing Nelson Mandela Bay! Constant water interruptions to the Northern and Western areas of Nelson Mandela Bay is now a daily occurrence. The Metro blames these interruptions mostly on the fact that the daily water consumption is 290 megalitres as opposed to the available 250 megalitres. The administration tries to lay the blame on the residents of … [Read more...] about NMB Metro has no answers while City runs dry

Dear MyPE The most recent water restrictions and punitive water tariff increases published by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, clearly highlights that the Metro has no comprehensive plan to mitigate the current water crisis in the City. The Municipality and the ANC-led coalition of corruption are hypocrites. The Metro must first remove the beam from its own eye and fix the water leaks and water-infrastructure before punishing residents for its failure to manage the City's … [Read more...] about NMB residents hit with harsh water restrictions and tariffs, Municipality still quiet about water crisis plan

Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) today submitted a matter of public importance for debate in Council regarding the Nelson Mandela Municipality's plan to mitigate the drought experienced in the Metro. I have written to the Speaker of the Nelson Mandela Bay Council, Cllr Buyelwa Mafaya, and requested this debate in terms of Rule 28 of Council Rules: Matter of Public Importance. The combined levels of the Metro's main supply dams recently dropped below 17% and Day Zero is now … [Read more...] about Matter of Public Importance motion to NMB Speaker to debate drought crisis

Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) has written to the self-styled "interim" Mayor, Cllr Tshonono Buyeye, requesting him to deliver a report on the Metro’s plan of action for when supply dams run dry. On 20 July 2020 the dams supplying the Metro with water were at a combined 17.99% of capacity. It is now almost a certainty that the dams will run dry and won't be able to supply the City with water. Due to low dam levels water interruptions to the Western … [Read more...] about NMB “interim” Mayor must provide Day Zero Disaster Plan

Dear MyPE The ANC-led administration of Nelson Mandela Bay have allowed the local State of Disaster declaration in relation to the drought to lapse as Day Zero approaches, and the combined dam levels servicing the Metro drop to 23% of capacity. The local State of Disaster was only declared in November 2019, and the Disaster Management Act stipulates that such a declaration lapses after three months, after which the municipality must extend the declaration on a month to month basis. This … [Read more...] about NMB State of Disaster allowed to lapse as Day Zero approaches

Sewage spilling into Swartkops River a serious health and environmental risk https://youtu.be/lIjLr2rJPEY Dear MyPE Today, I conducted an oversight inspection at the Kelvin Jones Waste Water Treatment Site. I was joined by my colleagues including Winterhoek Constituency Leader, MPL Marshall von Buchenroder, NMB Caucus Leader Councillor Jonathan Lawack, Shadow MEC for Environmental Affairs, MPL Yusuf Cassim, and various DA Public Representatives. Raw, untreated sewage has been … [Read more...] about Swimming in Cr@p

DA requests electricity amnesty be brought to NMB Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Nelson Mandela Bay has written to the acting City Manager, Noxolo Nqwazi, to request her intervention to expedite the plan to give residents (domestic customers) an amnesty period to allow them to come clean if they are stealing electricity to avoid fines or prosecution. In June 2018, during the DA-led coalitions time in government an amnesty plan was presented to the infrastructure portfolio … [Read more...] about Please allow residents to come clean on stealing

Dear MyPE Executive Mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Cllr Mongameli Bobani, is out of touch with reality and does not care about the well-being of residents. This is highlighted by the fact that he has still not signed off on the drought declaration for Nelson Mandela Bay. Taps have been running dry across the metro and last week’s rainfall has had little effect on the dams supplying water to the city. During last week’s municipal oversight inspection at the Impofu dam, the … [Read more...] about @BobaniMayor Continues to ignore NMB drought crisis

Dear MyPE The severity of the drought in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has been ignored by Executive Mayor, Cllr Mongameli Bobani, and as a result taps all across the Metro have now started running dry. For more than two months the necessary documentation to have a local state of disaster declared in the Metro has been on the Mayor’s desk, but he has refused to sign-off on this. In order to take quick action, or action that is outside of the ordinary, or to apply for relief … [Read more...] about @BobaniMayor refuses to sign disaster declaration as Day Zero looms

Dear MyPE Recent water outages in Nelson Mandela Bay prove that Mayor Cllr Mongameli Bobani and his failing coalition of corruption have no contingency plans when unexpected crises occur. Areas in Uitenhage and Despatch have been without water for 6 days whilst reparations to a burst main water pipeline have been delayed due to the tragic death of a contract worker. Lindile Makapela died on Monday afternoon when the trench he was working in was suddenly submerged in water. The DA … [Read more...] about NMB water outages rob residents of their dignity and human rights