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Nelson Mandela Bay to spend R10m restoring power after transmission towers collapse
AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE

Nelson Mandela Bay to spend R10m restoring power after transmission towers collapse

Serious questions have been raised over maintenance failure after two transmission towers collapsed in Gqeberha on Thursday. While the municipality tries to restore power, small businesses are struggling to stay afloat, and the water supply has been disrupted.

By Andisa Bonani and Kyran Blaauw
COMPLIANCE UNDER SCRUTINY

Could Nersa remove Nelson Mandela Bay’s electricity distribution licence?

By Estelle Ellis
Could Nersa remove Nelson Mandela Bay’s electricity distribution licence?
COMMUNAL SPIRIT

Community saves boy on ventilator during Nelson Mandela Bay blackout

By Kyran Blaauw
Community saves boy on ventilator during Nelson Mandela Bay blackout
ANIMAL WELFARE

Lawyers from across SA rally to defend Kariega SPCA as eviction looms

By Estelle Ellis and Kyran Blaauw
Lawyers from across SA rally to defend Kariega SPCA as eviction looms
SCATHING ALLEGATIONS

Hawks and Public Protector asked to probe NMB mayor’s bank account

By Andisa Bonani
Hawks and Public Protector asked to probe NMB mayor’s bank account
Streets of East London run red as EFF floods CBD in anticipation of Malema sentencing
SHOW OF SUPPORT

Streets of East London run red as EFF floods CBD in anticipation of Malema sentencing

By Riaan Marais
Police not ready to combat ‘growing gangs’ — Cachalia
COPS UP AGAINST IT

Police not ready to combat ‘growing gangs’ — Cachalia

By Riaan Marais
Metro slides backwards — audit finds seven serious failings in Nelson Mandela Bay
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE

Metro slides backwards — audit finds seven serious failings in Nelson Mandela Bay

By Andisa Bonani
Acting police minister to visit Nelson Mandela Bay while key units struggle with resources
SECURITY DYSFUNCTION

Acting police minister to visit Nelson Mandela Bay while key units struggle with resources

By Riaan Marais
Nelson Mandela Bay metro police arrest taxi driver transporting 40 passengers — most of them schoolchildren
ROAD SAFETY

Nelson Mandela Bay metro police arrest taxi driver transporting 40 passengers — most of them schoolchildren

By Estelle Ellis and Kyran Blaauw
Social media plea sparks nationwide support for fire-hit farmers
RECOVERY EFFORT

Social media plea sparks nationwide support for fire-hit farmers

By Riaan Marais
Nelson Mandela Bay council to hear motion for immediate suspension of officials implicated in unlawful streetlight contracts
Uncooperative Governance

Nelson Mandela Bay council to hear motion for immediate suspension of officials implicated in unlawful streetlight contracts

By Estelle Ellis
Big Stink

Cable theft leaves Nelson Mandela Bay awash in raw sewage

By Riaan Marais and Andisa Bonani
Cable theft leaves Nelson Mandela Bay awash in raw sewage
WASTED RESOURCE

Save water, metro says — while Nelson Mandela Bay’s leaks run for months

By Andisa Bonani
Save water, metro says — while Nelson Mandela Bay’s leaks run for months
Illuminate Us

NMB mayor promised working streetlights from October, but officials silent on progress

By Estelle Ellis
NMB mayor promised working streetlights from October, but officials silent on progress
OPINIONISTA

Rethinking Nelson Mandela Bay — Building a resilient economy for tomorrow

By Denise van Huyssteen
COMING OF AGE

Grey High, growing up and coming out: Wesley Roodt on his debut novel All the Saints

By Riaan Marais
AFTER THE INFERNOS

Kouga municipality’s firefighter mayor: ‘I just tried to help where I could'

By Estelle Ellis
MOOVING TARGET

Remember when the Bay municipality said it had a fully functional pound? We decided to check

By Estelle Ellis
Nelson Mandela Bay flushes drain contract, leaving questions about sewage response times
THE BIG STINK

Nelson Mandela Bay flushes drain contract, leaving questions about sewage response times

Sewage spill response times in Nelson Mandela Bay are expected to worsen after a key drain-cleaning contract expired, nearly two years after the metro began the process to replace it.

By Andisa Bonani
ICY ADVENTURE

Antarctic experience transforms SA teens’ view of climate and innovation

By Kyran Blaauw
PASS RATE

Why a small dip in Eastern Cape matric results may signal a bigger problem

By Kyran Blaauw
BRIGHT FUTURE

Collegiate girl wins big nationally

By Andisa Bonani and Kyran Blaauw
OPINIONISTA

Student deaths in 2025 were the result of systemic failure, not a series of tragedies

By Judge Nambitha Dambuza
‘I stared the fire in its eyes’ — residents recall ordeals as fight against Kouga blazes continues
NARROW ESCAPES

‘I stared the fire in its eyes’ — residents recall ordeals as fight against Kouga blazes continues

By Kyran Blaauw
Concourt dismisses NMB municipality claim that parents should be blamed for toddler drowning in broken drain
Uncooperative Governance

Concourt dismisses NMB municipality claim that parents should be blamed for toddler drowning in broken drain

By Estelle Ellis
Watch — Why so many South African children are dying of hunger
VIDEO

Watch — Why so many South African children are dying of hunger

By Estelle Ellis
No gym? No problem — Alternative ways to get fit and stay healthy in 2026
NEW YEAR, NEW YOU

No gym? No problem — Alternative ways to get fit and stay healthy in 2026

By Riaan Marais
Leaky pipe probe clears officials as Auditor-General finalises metro audit
NO ACCOUNTABILITY

Leaky pipe probe clears officials as Auditor-General finalises metro audit

By Andisa Bonani

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