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Roland Williams and Municipality part ways

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The office of the Acting City Manager, Mr Mzwakhe Clay released a short statment in relation to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Communications Director, Mr Roland Williams. Mr Williams will be leaving the employ of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality at the end of this month, November 30, 2015. The Acting City Mangaer said; "The NMBM and Mr Roland Williams have been in discussions relating to his employmet, and have now agreed to amicably part ways. Mr Williams will be leaving employment … [Read more...] about Roland Williams and Municipality part ways

Roland Williams’ suspension must be followed by a full investigation and prosecution

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Dear MyPE The DA welcomes Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's long overdue decision to suspend Roland Williams, Municipal Director of Communications, and various other officials. The DA has been consistent in pushing NMB Municipality to deal decisively with Williams. Williams has been dogged by controversy over the years, but has been protected by the ANC throughout, and is clearly not a fit and proper person to represent our Municipality. Williams oversaw the irregular and illegal … [Read more...] about Roland Williams’ suspension must be followed by a full investigation and prosecution

Municipal Officials Suspended

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan municipality today confirmed the suspension of municipal officials in various departments. Newly Suspended officials include: Roland Williams (Communications), S. Nkanjeni (Supply Chain Management) and Ms C Ritter-Erasmus (Communications). M. Mapu from Human Settlements - currently on sick leave - will receive his letter of suspension as soon as the office of the City Manager can contact him (or he reads of his suspension on MyPE). C. Jamda in the … [Read more...] about Municipal Officials Suspended

Roland Williams must be fully investigated and prosecuted

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Dear MyPE The DA welcomes Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality's consideration to suspend Roland Williams, Municipal Director of Communications. The DA has been consistent with its pressure on the Municipality to deal with Williams decisively. Williams has been dogged by controversy over the years, but has been protected by the ANC throughout, and is clearly not a fit and proper person to represent our Municipality. Williams oversaw the irregular and illegal awarding of a 2010 World Cup … [Read more...] about Roland Williams must be fully investigated and prosecuted

Williams must repay illegally spent gantries money

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Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance will be submitting a motion to the Municipal Public Accounts Committee of NMB to summon Roland Williams before it, and that he be ordered to pay back every cent of the money he illegally spent on advertising gantries in 2010, and all associated costs. The DA notes with serious concern the light sanction that has been imposed upon Roland Williams by NMBM Chief Operations Officer Mzawke Clay in this illegal gantries saga, and will not accept this light … [Read more...] about Williams must repay illegally spent gantries money

Welcome to the idiot club Renaldo Gouws

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Dear Renaldo Gouws I read with interest your 26 March tirade against Mr Roland Williams where you accuse him of "living off the fat of the land" and not really contributing much to the collective soul of our beautiful city. I must, sadly for you, take umbrage at your timing as my friend Roland Williams was scheduled to attend an important Press Conference that day - one that is bringing an international focus to our beautiful city. PLUS dear Roland was also invited to a civic reception … [Read more...] about Welcome to the idiot club Renaldo Gouws

Update on Water Situation

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Further to our notifications in this regard over the last few days, following repairs to the system being carried out by the National Department of Water and Sanitation, you are kindly informed of the following: The repairs reported in the media statement on 20 March 2015 have been successfully carried out. Water has now been released into the canal that is feeding the Scheepervalkte Dam from where the NMBM draws its water. It is expected that our system will be up to maximum treatment … [Read more...] about Update on Water Situation

Water Supply Running Low

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Loadshedding over the last month and the extended electricity outage last night and the night before has resulted in our supply reservoirs running low. We humbly request all our citizens to please use water sparingly. The water pressure in many parts of Nelson Mandela Bay is already low. We will provide more detailed information later in the week. We thank all residents for your cooperation in this regard. … [Read more...] about Water Supply Running Low

Traffic Officers Protest

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Traffic Officers of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality embarked on a protest action on Monday morning at around 8:15 am. The reason for the protest action is an assertion made that traffic officers have not been paid the Sunday Time allowance for a number of years going back to 1997. This matter was highlighted at the beginning of 2014 and thereafter a Task Team inclusive of traffic officers was established to investigate and submit a report to the office of the Executive director: Safety … [Read more...] about Traffic Officers Protest

SMME and NMBM Meeting

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality on 11 February 2015 met with the NMB SMME Forum, in order to listen to and constructively engage with them on grievances and areas of concern. According to Acting City Manager, Mzwake Clay, more than fifty SME Contractors, mainly from the construction industry, raised a number of grievances, including alleged lack of information on progress on the policy formulation on SMME Procurement, the fact that SMEs were not paid on time, allegations that … [Read more...] about SMME and NMBM Meeting

A hop skip and a jump to a TWO

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I watched the minute hand strike 12 midday today and braced myself for the slow whoosh of power leaving Group 6 only to see that nothing was shed. (See: Eskom has announced STAGE 1 LOADSHEDDING) "Oh joy," I thought to myself, "it looks like Eskom have found a little bit of power somewhere." How wrong could I be as Group 6 began load shedding at 14h00 jolting everyone into the knowledge that we had swerved Stage 1 and blundered straight into Stage 2. Anyway the heads up about Stage 2 came … [Read more...] about A hop skip and a jump to a TWO

Stage 1 Load Shedding

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The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality regrets to inform you that, due to demand having exceeded supply, Eskom has announced LOAD-SHEDDING STAGE 1. The NMBM will apply the Load-shedding in accordance with the schedule that has been widely publicised and is available at www.nelsonmandelabay.gov.za , in terms of which: STAGE 1 WEEK 5 JANUARY - 11 JANUARY 2015 Friday, 9 January 2015 12:00 - 14:30 Group 4 14:00 - 16:30 Group 5 16:00 - 18:30 Group 6 18:00 - 20:30 Geysers (No overall … [Read more...] about Stage 1 Load Shedding

Dear Roland – Golf is for People UNable to Sail

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Some advice for our beleaguered Metro Head of Communications Roland Williams whose 'accepting of largess from a rival to Times Media' is being spotlighted in The Herald newspaper. Williams responded today to The Herald's front page article about his "unethical conduct" in accepting "An all-expenses-paid golfing trip to Paarl......which was paid for by printing giant Paarl Media." According to The Herald; "Paarl Media received the last R7.8-million tender to print the municipality's Ubuntu … [Read more...] about Dear Roland – Golf is for People UNable to Sail

Race no issue in rates boycott

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The article in the Weekend Post of November 30 on the rates boycott refers. Roland Williams, master of spin for the municipality, writes: "One cannot deny the fact that a major factor fuelling the very few who are propagating such illegality is their difficulty in accepting black majority rule". Mr Williams, you may think what you like, but to put such absolute diatribe to print for all to read is a disgrace. You need to understand the following: there is no link whatsoever to black … [Read more...] about Race no issue in rates boycott