LEADERSHIP VACUUM Who is running Nelson Mandela Bay? Metro’s city manager crisis deepens 6 min 0 By Kyran Blaauw
FLOOD MAYHEM More storms expected in waterlogged Nelson Mandela Bay 7 min 0 By Riaan Marais and Andisa Bonani
PARTY INTERVENTION ‘She is stabilising the metro’ — Ramaphosa praises NMB mayor amid service delivery crises 4 min 0 By Kyran Blaauw
RUNNING ON EMPTY Nelson Mandela Bay metro fails to renew fuel contract — emergency services left vulnerable 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
GUESS WHO'S BACK Cogta rules NMB city manager suspension unlawful as metro faces leadership vacuum 6 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY NMB leaders face another grilling in Parliament — this time with a slimmed-down squad 3 min 0 By Kyran Blaauw
WATER SAFETY Broken fences, human waste and E. coli — inside NMB’s vulnerable reservoirs 5 min 1 By Kyran Blaauw
PHOTO ESSAY The storied Victorian Gothic beauty that Gqeberha residents refuse to let go of 4 min 0 By Riaan Marais and Vaughan Deacon
By Jean Greyling The empty holder: When debt stands between graduates and their futures 4 min 0 3 May 2026
URBAN GRIT Gqeberha social media page explores the ‘shitty’ side of the Friendly City 5 min 0 By Riaan Marais
FUNDS AT RISK Nelson Mandela Bay races to meet Treasury deadline to protect equitable share grant 5 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE Nelson Mandela Bay’s beachfront decay chips away at tourism, jobs and investor confidence 6 min 0 By Andisa Bonani
GROUNDUP The mystery of the Chinese trawlers arrested at sea amid ‘fishing activity’ in Algoa Bay 5 min 1 By Steve Kretzmann
SECURITY MATTERS Crimefighting: While underspending criticised, there is hope that the Loerbroer will soon be back 4 min 0 By Kyran Blaauw
WATER UN-SAFETY Municipality downplays threat after E. coli detected in Despatch’s reservoir 5 min 0 By Andisa Bonani and Riaan Marais
HELPING HANDS Global community opens hearts to Gqeberha boy after freak rugby injury 5 min 0 By Riaan Marais
ACCOUNTABILITY FAILURE Déjà vu in the Bay — NMB again faces funding cutoff amid governance chaos 6 min 1 By Andisa Bonani
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Justice department moves to shield court officials from cameras after Malema’s post-sentencing outburst 5 min 19 By Riaan Marais
CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT Will the controversial lease of a municipal transformer come back to bite Bay mayor? 4 min 0 By Kyran Blaauw
DARK DAYS R35m streetlight scandal: Calls grow for forensic probe into NMB electricity department 5 min 2 By Kyran Blaauw
BRUTAL CRIME Son of Nelson Mandela Bay’s acting city manager one of two gunned down in suspected hijacking 3 min 0 By Riaan Marais
