Thsonono Buyeye steps down as Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor By Nomazima Nkosi - 03 June 2021
CHANGING ROLES: AIC councillor Thsonono Buyeye is the new infrastructure and engineering political head Image: WERNER HILLS
Nelson Mandela Bay AIC councillor Thsonono Buyeye has stepped down as deputy mayor to take up the appointment of infrastructure and engineering political head.
The announcement was made by Bay mayor Nqaba Bhanga at a press briefing at the Gqeberha City Hall on Thursday.
The ACDP and AIC did not attend the conference though Buyeye was seen at City Hall before the announcement was made.
Bhanga also said the multiparty coalition would nominate UDM councillor Luxolo Namette as deputy mayor during Monday’s scheduled council meeting.
Premier doles out ‘youth inspiration’ cheques to SMMEs By Guy Rogers - 21 May 2021
More than 20 small businesses received a much-need cash injection from the Eastern Cape government on Friday.
The group of small, medium and micro enterprises operators received cheques worth a combined R11.7m from premier Oscar Mabuyane at the Gqeberha City Hall.
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Nelson Mandela Bay SMMEs demand appointment letters
Yolanda Palezweni Digital Reporter 14 May 2021
There seems to be no end in sight to the stalemate between construction companies who want to build RDP houses and the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality.
Angry contractors picketed outside the Gqeberha City Hall on Thursday, demanding appointment letters they said they had been promised by the first week of May.
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SMMEs call for Mabuyane to intervene in housing contract row
Naziziphiwo Buso Digital reporter 16 March 2021
Small businesses in Nelson Mandela Bay have vowed to get Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane to intervene in the impasse between them and mayor Nqaba Bhanga on a R46m housing project.
About 40 SMME owners sang and demanded Bhanga’s attention behind the Gqeberha City Hall on Tuesday morning.
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Simtembile Mgidi > By Simtembile Mgidi - 28 February 2021 - 12:22
GET PRIORITIES STRAIGHT: Members of the SA Federation of Trade Unions staged a march from New Brighton to the Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) City Hall on Wednesday, demanding that the government create more jobs Image: EUGENE COETZEE
Instead of prioritising the changing names of cities and airports, the government should focus on saving and creating more jobs.
This was the view of South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) Eastern Cape co-ordinator Andile Bloko, who led about 80 workers in a march from New Brighton to the Gqeberha City Hall on Wednesday.
They picketed outside as part of a strike in urban centres across SA, demanding the creation of more jobs.