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Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Babalwa Lobishe faces defamation suit from Khusta Jack over council remarks

Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Babalwa Lobishe faces legal action after struggle veteran and councillor Mkhuseli 'Khusta' Jack filed a defamation lawsuit over comments…

No work, big pay: As local government elections approach, the issue of city manager Noxolo Nqwazi’s suspension will probably be used to score political points rather than solve service delivery failures in Nelson Mandela Bay. Photo: Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

City crumbles but manager bags millions

The saga of the Nelson Mandela Bay city manager, who has been under suspension for three years, highlights systemic mismanagement amid persistent service delivery failures and is…

The Blue, Green and No Drop certification programmes are the department’s regulatory mechanisms to improve municipal drinking water quality, wastewater management, water conservation and demand management.

SA’s water crisis deepens: Nearly half of wastewater systems critical

The latest Green, Blue and No Drop reports show widespread deterioration of water and sanitation infrastructure. Nearly half of wastewater systems are critical, drinking water…

The joint task force comprising the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to tackle crime will not see soldiers performing ordinary policing functions. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SANDF deployment to back police set to start on 31 March

National police commissioner Fannie Masemola said the army would play a supporting role to the South African Police Service

New regulations are in place in a bid to protect the critically endangered African penguin from the harms caused by shipping. Photo: John Yeld

Saving the African penguin is a noisy affair

New regulations put in place strict rules, including seasonal restrictions and spill prevention measures, to balance penguin conservation with shipping

An internal audit document from 2023 on the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality’s street light supply and maintenance tenders revealed a flawed supply chain management process. (Archived photo by Mary-Anne Gontsana)

Nelson Mandela Bay faces SIU probe over dodgy street light tenders

An internal report shows that the municipality bungled two tenders related to street lights, one of which exceeded its budgeted amount by R24 million

Complicated political minefield on how to approach coalition-forming

The instability of hung local governments is driving the ANC’s new-found need to get to grips with coalition politics

Nelson Mandela Bay councillors were forced by residents to visit filthy Siboni Street. Photos: Thamsanqa Mbovane

Residents force Nelson Mandela Bay councillors to walk in streets flowing with sewage

The protesters in Kariega said they had for years been asking for roads and drains to be fixed

About 300 people from wards 46 and 47 blocked the busy Matanzima Road near KwaNobuhle on Monday. Their electricity had been off since Friday after cables were stolen in the area. Photos: Thamsanqa Mbovane

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor suspects cable theft was ‘an act of sabotage’

Power was restored on Monday night to about 50 000 residents after days without electricity

Outgoing Nelson Mandela Bay mayor, Retief Odendaal. Photo: Supplied

‘The DA cannot share power with the ANC’ – Retief Odendaal

The Nelson Mandela Bay mayor has gone against the DA fray, advising against any coalition with the governing party, which ‘must be punished democratically’

Don of Alex: Paul Mashatile has bided his time to have a shot at the president’s job.

ANC regional secretary and Mashatile ally rejects claim that he bought votes for December conference

Nelson Mandela Bay regional secretary Luyolo Nqakula has spoken out in a bid to clear his name amid an internal investigation into vote buying

(John McCann/M&G)

How to build a solid coalition

What lessons can be learnt from the ongoing coalition instability in Nelson Mandela Bay and City of Johannesburg?

Stage two water restrictions were introduced in Joburg this week but these will only be effective if they are enforced as they were in Cape Town during their Day Zero period. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Nelson Mandela Bay eases back Day Zero but still in crisis

Technical steps have been taken reduce water wastage but political infighting in the metro hinders decision-making and implementation

Impofu Dam. (File photo)

Nelson Mandela Bay metro ‘failed to act on water crisis’

The dam levels have been low for years, the canal transferring water from the Orange River Project to the storage dam was not repaired and the metro rejected help from the state

The city said at first it was completely illegal to sell municipal water

All hands to the pump as Nelson Mandela Bay edges to Day Zero

Gift of the Givers has started drilling boreholes, while Business Chamber members will help repair leaks