Nelson Mandela Bay DA councillor Renaldo Gouws says he is ready to make a bigger impact on a national level after appearing in the 70th spot for the party’s candidate list for the National Assembly.
The R75, which links Kariega and Despatch to the broader Nelson Mandela Bay area, is beset with smashed guardrails, broken traffic lights and overgrown grass along the centre island.
With no Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) buses running for almost six months, the DA in Nelson Mandela Bay has raised the alarm that mismanagement by the municipality could lead to the city losing more than R200m in grant funding and also permanently derail the subsidised transport system.
Three months since the Nelson Mandela Bay council appointed an ad hoc committee to probe whether mayor Gary van Niekerk breached the code of conduct, little progress has been made as parties bicker over who should chair the meetings, with the EFF and ANC not pitching for the last sitting.
The mystery of the missing tyres from a Nelson Mandela Bay storage depot has unravelled what a senior official has termed a syndicate targeting vehicle components that is hampering the city’s ability to provide some services.