Temporary electricity connection trenches, which have been dotted around Gqeberha for months, are resulting in repeated power failures and hiking up operation costs for some Nelson Mandela Bay businesses.
After 17 years in Perseverance, Gqeberha tooling specialist AE Manufacturing has switched premises, making Deal Party the centre of its new operations.
With bleak prospects for hundreds of Nelson Mandela Bay businesses due to load-shedding, a further 42 unplanned power outages since January have brought many to the brink of collapse.
A Gqeberha truck driver has been arrested after dashcam footage captured him stealing food products worth hundreds of thousands of rand from his employer.