MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION Nelson Mandela Bay residents face steep rate increases amid service delivery failures 9 min 0 By Estelle Ellis, Kyran Blaauw and Andisa Bonani
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION Leadership vacuum in NMB triggers warning of administrative takeover 5 min 1 By Andisa Bonani
WATER UN-SAFETY Municipality downplays threat after E. coli detected in Despatch’s reservoir 5 min 0 By Andisa Bonani and Riaan Marais
ACCOUNTABILITY FAILURE Déjà vu in the Bay — NMB again faces funding cutoff amid governance chaos 6 min 1 By Andisa Bonani
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION Burnt, looted and abandoned — how NMB storage depot went to rack and ruin 5 min 3 By Andisa Bonani
SERVICES RESTORED Dora Nginza hospital crisis forces Eastern Cape government to repurpose TB hospital 4 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
HEALTH HAZARDS Patients ‘left on floors’ as court interdict sought to halt Dora Nginza Hospital strike 4 min 1 By Andisa Bonani
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION Nelson Mandela Bay’s ‘acting director’ saga — a leadership vacuum costing millions 6 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION NMB streetlight tender — officials and contractors face criminal referrals as probe nears end 5 min 2 By Andisa Bonani
NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION Opposition parties move to oust NMB mayor over electricity and water woes 7 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
DEEP DIVISIONS Nelson Mandela Bay mayor: ‘My own comrades are plotting my demise’ 6 min 4 By Andisa Bonani
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION Nelson Mandela Bay faces tough new service delivery standards — but can it deliver? 6 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
CROSSING THE LINE Nelson Mandela Bay’s ‘Smartie Bridge’ roadworks fall apart as trucks smash plastic height restrictors 5 min 2 By Andisa Bonani
COURT BATTLE Nelson Mandela Bay mayor says hair sales, not illicit funds, triggered Capitec compliance check 4 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
POWER UP Nelson Mandela Bay proposes 9% electricity tariff hike for 2026/27 amid R840m losses 6 min 1 By Andisa Bonani
CALLED TO ACCOUNT ANC Integrity Commission to quiz NMB mayor over ‘unauthorised lease’ of R25m transformer 5 min 2 By Andisa Bonani
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION Nelson Mandela Bay faces 4,700km water-pipe crisis as losses hit over 60% 6 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
EXPLAIN YOURSELF ANC demands answers from their own mayor over Nelson Mandela Bay's R25m transformer scandal 4 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE Nelson Mandela Bay to spend R10m restoring power after transmission towers collapse 6 min 0 By Andisa Bonani and Kyran Blaauw
SCATHING ALLEGATIONS Hawks and Public Protector asked to probe NMB mayor’s bank account 6 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE Metro slides backwards — audit finds seven serious failings in Nelson Mandela Bay 7 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
