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Buffalo City Metro’s Kiwane Beach Resort, which cost taxpayers more than R25m in upgrades, is operating at a loss and has failed to bring much-needed revenue for the city. The resort, which BCM said offered world-class accommodation, was officially launched in September 2019 by former mayor Xola Pakati. ....
After it emerged that the Buffalo City Metro splurged nearly R13m on 13 bodyguards for the mayor, deputy mayor and speaker, the DA is taking the council to task once again over security personnel costs for councillors, saying the issue has been shrouded in secrecy. The security costs were revealed in the metro’s annual report for the 2022/2023 financial year. ....
The DA leader in the Buffalo City Metro council, Sue Bentley, is set to leave the city to become a member of the provincial legislature if her party performs well in the upcoming provincial and national elections. It was revealed this week that Bentley features high on the DA list of candidates earmarked to become members of the Eastern Cape provincial legislature. ....
Buffalo City Metro communities are beginning to feel the pain of the city’s spending cuts after it pulled the plug on its multimillion-rand ward-based projects. According to the ward allocation programmes report, seen by the Dispatch, 14 wards had not touched their millions by the time the freeze was implemented towards the end of 2023, while others managed to spend between R6,000 and R900,000 per ward. ....
Frustrated and desperate residents of Gxarha (formerly Morgan Bay) and Kei Mouth had to take matters into their own hands to bring back water and lights to some parts after being without the essential services for almost a week.Several towns in the Eastern Cape, including the two towns, were left without electricity for days after a storm caused damage to Eskom infrastructure last Monday. ....