Eastern Cape coastal municipalities are gearing up for the festive season ahead of an expected huge influx of holidaymakers. Buffalo City Metro spokesperson Samkelo Ngwenya said the metro expected more than two million visitors and the city’s safety and security plans were already kicking in. “BCM puts plans in place before the festive season to prepare and manage the influx of public to the various beaches, amenities and events,” he said.
Worried about the vehicles of visitors who will flock to the area this festive season, Mbhashe municipality villagers have resorted to fixing a bad road themselves.
The Amathole District Municipality needs more than R3.3bn to address its water and sanitation backlogs.ADM’s annual allocation for water supply and sanitation at present is just more than R600m.