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The Hollywood of PE

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Carte Blanche’s Bonita Nuttall recently bade farewell to Port Elizabeth with more questions than answers.

An extract from their report: “The senior managers were also in acting positions. They call it the Hollywood of PE because everybody’s ‘acting’, said PE journalist Rochelle de Kock.

PE Metro has had so many municipal managers in acting positions over the past three years that no one has stayed long enough to be held accountable for decisions made under their watch.

How many months into a new position would you need to know the ins and outs of your job: three, maybe four at a stretch?

When we interviewed the Municipal Manager, Mpilo Mbambisa, he chose to have two of his colleagues present, as he had only been in the position for eight months and said he wouldn’t have all the details at his disposal.

And he was right. Almost every question I asked required answers from his colleagues, making it an epic interview that lasted almost three hours” ………….

Read more here: The Hollywood of PE – Carte Blanche.

Editor: Just exactly where is the PE Metro Carte Blanche? Port Elizabeth forms PART of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro – our cousins from Uitenhage and Despatch are also part of this happy family!

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Alan Straton

Chief Cook, Bottle Washer and Broom Mechanic at MyPE
Passionate about Port Elizabeth and definitely NOT packing for Perth. Alan's ethos is epitomised in the words of Nelson Mandela; "I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the idea of a democratic and free society. If need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die." See more articles by Alan.