Nomazima Nkosi Senior council reporter 15 March 2021
Bowing to pressure from the public, the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has halted the installation of 30,000 water-flow restrictors in the homes of high water users.
The city will, instead, embark on a communication drive to ensure all residents have been properly educated about the project before it is rolled out.
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Bay CFO summoned to meeting with Hawks, committee hears PREMIUM By Nomazima Nkosi - 12 March 2021
Nelson Mandela Bay municipality chief financial officer Selwyn Thys was summoned to a meeting with the Hawks on Thursday.
While city bosses and the Hawks refused to say what the meeting was about, The Herald understands it was in relation to the R24m toilet tender.
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‘We will restrict your water and you must pay’ Flow limiters costing R3,500 to be installed at households consistently using more than 15kl a month PREMIUM
Nomazima Nkosi Senior council reporter 04 March 2021
If you are a high water consumer in Nelson Mandela Bay, be warned: not only is the municipality gearing up to restrict your usage, but you will have to pay for it.
More than 30,000 households across the Bay have already been identified as using more than 15 kilolitres of water for three consecutive months.
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Acting municipal manager George still in hot seat despite fierce debate PREMIUM By Nomazima Nkosi - 27 February 2021
After four hours of debating the legality of Nelson Mandela Bay acting city manager Mandla George’s tenure, councillors finally passed a R13.4bn consolidated adjustment budget on Friday.
The budget was given the thumbs-up by the majority of councillors, with opposition parties saying they were unhappy with it as it did not address challenges faced by ward councillors.
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