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Murder trial reveals how you can be insured without knowing it — and killed for the money
MURDER FOR MONEY

Murder trial reveals how you can be insured without knowing it — and killed for the money

The growing trend of funeral policies being taken out by criminal operations for profit has found a home in Nelson Mandela Bay, and the trial of four alleged syndicate members raised serious concerns with the judge presiding over the matter.

By Riaan Marais
GROUNDUP

‘Disgrace’: Eastern Cape Education Department admits it unlawfully withheld billions from schools

By Gcina Ntsaluba and Chuma Ntshingana
‘Disgrace’: Eastern Cape Education Department admits it unlawfully withheld billions from schools
ESCAPE

Solo on the Baviaans Canyon Trail — five days slackpacking

By Jaqui Hiltermann
Solo on the Baviaans Canyon Trail — five days slackpacking
GRASSROOTS POWER

How one doctor’s neighbourhood cleanup sparked a citywide movement in Gqeberha

By Andisa Bonani
How one doctor’s neighbourhood cleanup sparked a citywide movement in Gqeberha
21 PROBLEMS

NMB metro finally acts on R35m streetlight scandal, but suspensions still pending

By Kyran Blaauw
NMB metro finally acts on R35m streetlight scandal, but suspensions still pending
NMB emergency and service vehicles immobilised by yet another fuel crisis
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION

NMB emergency and service vehicles immobilised by yet another fuel crisis

By Kyran Blaauw
Every vote counts: A call to action for Nelson Mandela Bay residents
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Every vote counts: A call to action for Nelson Mandela Bay residents

By Safpro
In Memoriam: Estelle Ellis, Daily Maverick’s ‘lisquito’-in-chief, is laid to rest
TRIBUTE

In Memoriam: Estelle Ellis, Daily Maverick’s ‘lisquito’-in-chief, is laid to rest

By Daily Maverick Reporter
NMB coalition pushes to write off R23bn irregular spending, bypassing legal requisites
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE

NMB coalition pushes to write off R23bn irregular spending, bypassing legal requisites

By Andisa Bonani
Sign of incompetence — Gqeberha’s Sho’t left takes a very wrong turn
RIGHT IDEA, WRONG DIRECTIONS

Sign of incompetence — Gqeberha’s Sho’t left takes a very wrong turn

By Andisa Bonani and Kyran Blaauw
Ball in SAPS’s court over R38m Gqeberha police flats fix
WRACK AND RUIN

Ball in SAPS’s court over R38m Gqeberha police flats fix

By Riaan Marais
Crowning her scars — how a mother’s love led to Shelley Barry’s second act
WHOLE AGAIN

Crowning her scars — how a mother’s love led to Shelley Barry’s second act

By Kyran Blaauw
VEXING VECTOR

Dysfunctional pound adds to growing concerns over foot-and-mouth in Nelson Mandela Bay

By Riaan Marais
Dysfunctional pound adds to growing concerns over foot-and-mouth in Nelson Mandela Bay
ANALYSIS

How leaks, billing write‑offs and Excel accounting pushed Nelson Mandela Bay to the brink

By Lindsey Schutters
How leaks, billing write‑offs and Excel accounting pushed Nelson Mandela Bay to the brink
THE EDUCATION DESK

Eastern Cape’s tablet programme stalls with devices lost or locked in cupboards

By Gcina Ntsaluba, Zipho Ndwayana and Rod Amner
Eastern Cape’s tablet programme stalls with devices lost or locked in cupboards
A MOTHER’S CAMPAIGN

Grieving mom wins Gqeberha road safety battle two years after fatal crash

By Kyran Blaauw
NO HALFWAY

The lessons we learnt from Estelle, the journalist who could

By Angela Daniels
CARTOON

Up there with the best

By Zapiro
OBITUARY

Farewell Estelle Ellis, who chased broken lifts, broken hospitals and broken promises

By Herman Lategan
NMB Art Museum celebrates 70 years by bringing art education to 70 township schools
UNLOCKING CREATIVE MINDS

NMB Art Museum celebrates 70 years by bringing art education to 70 township schools

As part of its 70th anniversary celebrations, the Nelson Mandela Bay Art Museum is bringing art education directly to township schools, unlocking creativity in communities where access to the arts has long been limited.

By Andisa Bonani
TRANSFORMER SAGA

DA seeks to hold mayor Lobishe personally liable for R25m Coega transformer lease

By Kyran Blaauw
OPINIONISTA

Nelson Mandela Bay is bent but not broken and can still be rebuilt

By Chantal Naidoo and Denise van Huyssteen
OPINIONISTA

Unfunded municipal budgets: Councils promise, residents pay dearly

By Themba Dlamini
BIG STINK

Nelson Mandela Bay sewage failure a ‘human rights crisis’

By Andisa Bonani
Tariff retreat sets up Bay households for electricity credits
FINANCIAL RELIEF

Tariff retreat sets up Bay households for electricity credits

By Kyran Blaauw
Estelle Ellis, the Eastern Cape’s fiercest voice for the voiceless, has died
TRIBUTE

Estelle Ellis, the Eastern Cape’s fiercest voice for the voiceless, has died

By Daily Maverick
Addo farmer ready to Moer ’n Boer
FARMED AND DANGEROUS

Addo farmer ready to Moer ’n Boer

By Riaan Marais
Treasury again cracks transfers whip over errant municipalities
LINE IN THE SAND

Treasury again cracks transfers whip over errant municipalities

By Ed Stoddard
Small Bay businesses fight to survive ahead of electricity hike court battle
LEGAL CHALLENGE

Small Bay businesses fight to survive ahead of electricity hike court battle

By Riaan Marais

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