The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has appointed VWSA chair and managing director Dr Robert Cisek as its new vice-president to replace MC Botha who recently stepped down after the completion of his term on the board.
The picture painted of the Nelson Mandela Bay metro by business chamber president Loyiso Dotwana at the organisation’s general meeting this week was decidedly bleak. But accurate.
Large parts of Nelson Mandela Bay ran dry on Wednesday and water pressure was much reduced in other parts after the metro was hit by a series of system failures and pipe bursts. On Wednesday night, the local business chamber called for a halt to political instability that was destroying the met.
Severe storms, water shortages, extensive damage to infrastructure and threats to marine life will become part of life for Nelson Mandela Bay residents in the next 18 years. This, as the metro starts to suffer the effects of climate change, according to an assessment done by one of Africa’s f.