Instability within the city manager’s office and senior management ranks, a significant backlog in finalising investigations and despite strategic plans to curb electricity and water losses, Nelson Mandela Bay continues to grapple with unacceptably high rates thereof.
Well-known players within Nelson Mandela Bay ANC circles have aligned themselves with the uMkhonto weSizwe Party championed by former president Jacob Zuma.
Frightened and fed-up ward councillors who are under siege from criminals have lambasted the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality for its sluggish approach in providing adequate security for their offices.