LOCAL GOVERNMENT ‘Politicians cause 80% of problems in municipalities’ — Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo 3 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
POWER CRISIS Nelson Mandela Bay residents ‘thrown to the wolves’ after rolling blackouts knock out 10111 call centre 1 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
POLITRIX ‘Mean and greedy’ – Athol Trollip on the ANC and ‘chaos’ in Nelson Mandela Bay 3 min 3 By Estelle Ellis
LABOUR PAINS Maternity unit evacuated as striking nurses stop doctors from helping pregnant women 3 min 23 By Estelle Ellis
GOVERNANCE OP-ED Small parties, big influence: What can be done about unstable coalition governments? 6 min 6 By Pierre de Vos
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Nelson Mandela Bay ex-DA councillors had a ‘corrupt relationship’ with ANC 5 min 5 By Estelle Ellis
EASTERN CAPE Nelson Mandela Bay’s new coalition government sets out priorities for 'broken metro', prepares for a battle 6 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Nelson Mandela Bay city boss, ANC regional secretary and ex-DA councillors face money laundering and tender fraud charges 3 min 6 By Estelle Ellis
LABOUR PAINS Citywide Nelson Mandela Bay blackout averted as electricians’ go-slow resolved 2 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
SERVICE EMERGENCY Cable theft plunges Nelson Mandela Bay ambulance service into crisis 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP Violence erupts during protest against Nelson Mandela Bay municipality over service delivery failures 3 min 3 By Mkhuseli Sizani for GroundUp
WATER CRISIS Drought-hit Nelson Mandela Bay on tenterhooks as weather models predict heavy rain 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
STATE OF THE METRO Nelson Mandela Bay — DA points to a a city that’s R9bn in debt, with 20,000 potholes and 5,500 sewage blockages 5 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
METRO POLITICS Claims of dark forces, dirty tricks as ‘mystery court appeal’ collapses crucial Nelson Mandela Bay Council meeting 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
WATER AND SANITATION OP-ED We need a 4IR shift in our approach to SA’s multiple water-related crises 5 min 1 By Mduduzi Mbiza and Saurabh Sinha
EASTERN CAPE DROUGHT Tough restrictions push back Nelson Mandela Bay’s Day Zero, but trouble still lies ahead 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
PROVINCIAL AUDIT OUTCOMES Eastern Cape’s ailing municipalities rack up R3.1bn in irregular expenditure 4 min 1 By Michelle Banda
EMERGENCY EXIT Poor controls at Nelson Mandela Bay hospitals drove 42 cases of rare bacterial infections 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
REFLECTION Putting hell into health: The people of Nelson Mandela Bay deserve better than this 6 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
EMERGENCY EXIT Nelson Mandela Bay state hospitals face collapse – doctors resign on ‘unprecedented’ scale 11 min 15 By Estelle Ellis