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Nelson Mandela Bay mayor offers R20,000 reward after cable ‘sabotage’ causes extensive electricity outages

POWER CRISIS

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor offers R20,000 reward after cable ‘sabotage’ causes extensive electricity outages

By Estelle Ellis

Extreme weather warnings renewed for Eastern Cape as efforts to help flood victims continue

CAPE OF STORMS

Extreme weather warnings renewed for Eastern Cape as efforts to help flood victims continue

By Estelle Ellis

Nelson Mandela Bay hit by blackouts and lockouts as massive corruption probe starts

SABOTAGE IN THE CITY

Nelson Mandela Bay hit by blackouts and lockouts as massive corruption probe starts

By Estelle Ellis

Court challenge to SIU findings against Nelson Mandela Bay’s R26.4-million Covid spending fails

GROUNDUP

Court challenge to SIU findings against Nelson Mandela Bay’s R26.4-million Covid spending fails

By Tania Broughton

Load shedding leads to job cuts at one in five Nelson Mandela Bay businesses

POWER CRISIS

Load shedding leads to job cuts at one in five Nelson Mandela Bay businesses

By Estelle Ellis

Massive explosion and electricity outages leave Nelson Mandela Bay facing a week without water

POWER & WATER COLLAPSE

Massive explosion and electricity outages leave Nelson Mandela Bay facing a week without water

By Estelle Ellis

Violent chaos ensues at Nelson Mandela Bay hospital after workers barricade entrance during Nehawu wage strike

PHOTO ESSAY

Violent chaos ensues at Nelson Mandela Bay hospital after workers barricade entrance during Nehawu wage strike

By Estelle Ellis and Deon Ferreira

Nelson Mandela Bay households were told to boil tap water, but poor families ‘can’t afford to’

GROUNDUP

Nelson Mandela Bay households were told to boil tap water, but poor families ‘can’t afford to’

By Mkhuseli Sizani

Boil-before-drinking warning issued for Nelson Mandela Bay as metro’s water crisis deepens

WATER CRISIS

Boil-before-drinking warning issued for Nelson Mandela Bay as metro’s water crisis deepens

By Estelle Ellis

Daily outages likely as Nelson Mandela Bay starts water throttling during crisis

EASTERN CAPE DROUGHT

Daily outages likely as Nelson Mandela Bay starts water throttling during crisis

By Estelle Ellis

Water throttling discussed for Nelson Mandela Bay as drought crisis worsens

DAMS DRYING UP

Water throttling discussed for Nelson Mandela Bay as drought crisis worsens

By Estelle Ellis

Bheki Cele promises to ‘combine resources’ after eight shot dead at Kwazakhele birthday party

EASTERN CAPE CRIME

Bheki Cele promises to ‘combine resources’ after eight shot dead at Kwazakhele birthday party

By Estelle Ellis

Labour of love – what drives Mfundo Mabenge, the doctor who rescued a Nelson Mandela Bay maternity unit

HEALING MISSION

Labour of love – what drives Mfundo Mabenge, the doctor who rescued a Nelson Mandela Bay maternity unit

By Estelle Ellis

Eskom agrees to exempt crucial Nelson Mandela Bay dam from rolling blackouts

POWER CRISIS

Eskom agrees to exempt crucial Nelson Mandela Bay dam from rolling blackouts

By Estelle Ellis

Residents in drought-hit Nelson Mandela Bay warned — save water now or mayor will come knocking

EASTERN CAPE

Residents in drought-hit Nelson Mandela Bay warned — save water now or mayor will come knocking

By Estelle Ellis

Dumped — metros start the move away from Eskom and towards independent power producers

ENERGY EMERGENCY

Dumped — metros start the move away from Eskom and towards independent power producers

By Victoria O’Regan

Dam in Nelson Mandela Bay is at its lowest level yet

GROUNDUP

Dam in Nelson Mandela Bay is at its lowest level yet

By Mkhuseli Sizani and Thamsanqa Mbovane

Rubbish piles up on Gqeberha streets as municipality struggles to fuel collection trucks

GROUNDUP

Rubbish piles up on Gqeberha streets as municipality struggles to fuel collection trucks

By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp

ANC hints that a future coalition government could become a reality

55th NATIONAL CONFERENCE, PART TWO, ANALYSIS

ANC hints that a future coalition government could become a reality

By Velani Ludidi

Nelson Mandela Bay left without a mayor after MEC pushes ahead with municipal structure changes

COALITION BATTLES

Nelson Mandela Bay left without a mayor after MEC pushes ahead with municipal structure changes

By Estelle Ellis

Spread of African Swine Fever blamed on poor pig farming practices

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Spread of African Swine Fever blamed on poor pig farming practices

By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp