The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is chopping down more than 50 palm trees along Allister Miller Drive in Gqeberha after an audit by the Chief Dawid Stuurman Airport revealed the plants were visually obstructing pilots during runway landings.
As the mayhem unfolded in the city of Cape Town on Monday with more than 400,000 pupils unable to go to school and hospitals shutting down, transport minister Sindiswa Chikunga met with taxi bosses and city officials to broker a deal to bring an end to the violent taxi strike.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidential jet, Inkwazi, was damaged after being struck by a bird shortly before landing at the Cape Town International Airport this week.
OR Tambo International Airport has had a successful holiday season which saw thousands of passengers using the airport in a stress-free and well managed environment, said transport minister Fikile Mbalula.