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Nelson Mandela Bay mayor survives no-confidence motions
MUNICIPAL VOTE

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor survives no-confidence motions

Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Babalwa Lobishe has survived two no-confidence motions after councillors voted them down. The ANC’s Provincial Integrity Commission also cleared her over last year’s controversial R25m transformer lease to Coega Steels.

By Andisa Bonani and Kyran Blaauw
OOPS, WE MISSED THAT!

When a missed email becomes a R88,000 lesson in accountability

By Kyran Blaauw
When a missed email becomes a R88,000 lesson in accountability
OPINIONISTA

A chancellor’s reflections on eight years shaping purpose and change at Mandela University

By Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
A chancellor’s reflections on eight years shaping purpose and change at Mandela University
COUNCILLORS MOVE TO OUST MAYOR

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor faces high-stakes no-confidence vote

By Andisa Bonani
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor faces high-stakes no-confidence vote
Letter bombshell

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor accused by her own chief of staff of misleading Parliament

By Kyran Blaauw
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor accused by her own chief of staff of misleading Parliament
Sepedi Animal Farm translation aims to break barriers in SA’s classrooms
LANGUAGE EQUALITY

Sepedi Animal Farm translation aims to break barriers in SA’s classrooms

By Beth Cooper-Howell
Government calls for calm after KuGompo erupts over crowning of Nigerian ‘Igbo king’
ROYAL FURORE

Government calls for calm after KuGompo erupts over crowning of Nigerian ‘Igbo king’

By Sandy McCowen, Johnnie Isaac and Kyran Blaauw
Five key takeaways from Parliament’s grilling of Nelson Mandela Bay officials
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE

Five key takeaways from Parliament’s grilling of Nelson Mandela Bay officials

By Kyran Blaauw and Riaan Marais
Fuel supply woes persist as government reassurances fail to ease motorists’ fears
PANIC AT THE PUMPS

Fuel supply woes persist as government reassurances fail to ease motorists’ fears

By Neesa Moodley
Ex-cop arrested for attempted witness tampering in her own Murder-for-Money trial
DEADLY CLAIMS

Ex-cop arrested for attempted witness tampering in her own Murder-for-Money trial

By Riaan Marais
SA wool fills niche in global market, spinning from strength to strength
MERINO BOOM

SA wool fills niche in global market, spinning from strength to strength

By Riaan Marais
Mthatha’s historic government building declared ‘unsafe’ — now it’s gutted by fire
Maverick News

Mthatha’s historic government building declared ‘unsafe’ — now it’s gutted by fire

By Riaan Marais
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION

NMB streetlight tender — officials and contractors face criminal referrals as probe nears end

By Andisa Bonani
NMB streetlight tender — officials and contractors face criminal referrals as probe nears end
POURING OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS

Gwede Mantashe warns against panic buying amid rising fuel supply fears

By Neesa Moodley
Gwede Mantashe warns against panic buying amid rising fuel supply fears
RADIO SILENCE

A failure to communicate: Nelson Mandela Bay mayor in Parliament’s crosshairs

By Kyran Blaauw
A failure to communicate: Nelson Mandela Bay mayor in Parliament’s crosshairs
PARADISE LOST

Nelson Mandela Bay’s flagship beachfront left to rot through neglect, vandalism and poor security

By Kyran Blaauw
OPINIONISTA

SA's infrastructure crisis is self-inflicted — and fixable if politicians choose to act

By Denise van Huyssteen
BALANCING ACT

Back at the Boardwalk: New GM aims to turn challenges into opportunities in Gqeberha

By Riaan Marais
AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE

Weeks in the dark: Nelson Mandela Bay’s power network fails its people — again

By Andisa Bonani and Riaan Marais
Parliament puts Nelson Mandela Bay on notice over stalled oversight cooperation
COMPLY OR ELSE

Parliament puts Nelson Mandela Bay on notice over stalled oversight cooperation

Parliament’s Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) committee warns it may take further steps if Nelson Mandela Bay continues to drag its feet on post-oversight accountability requests.

By Kyran Blaauw
SUM AND SUBSTANCE

Inside a damaged Gqeberha museum, art confronts a city in decay

By Gillian McAinsh
J-BAY GRAPPLING COUP

Defending champs looking to cement Eastern Cape as the home of beach wrestling

By Riaan Marais
DRY TAPS

Two months without water: Tiryville crisis triggers rights probe

By Kyran Blaauw
WATER WOES

Drought or dysfunction: What's really driving Nelson Mandela Bay’s water crisis?

By Kyran Blaauw
Reading lifeline for Eastern Cape schools, but SA’s literacy crisis runs deep
EDUCATION

Reading lifeline for Eastern Cape schools, but SA’s literacy crisis runs deep

By Andisa Bonani
Grogro land price talks continue amid ongoing electricity dispute in Nelson Mandela Bay
PROPERTY STANDOFF

Grogro land price talks continue amid ongoing electricity dispute in Nelson Mandela Bay

By Riaan Marais
Nersa audit of Nelson Mandela Bay’s electricity infrastructure foreshadowed disaster
RUSTED GRID

Nersa audit of Nelson Mandela Bay’s electricity infrastructure foreshadowed disaster

By Kyran Blaauw and Estelle Ellis
Markman’s crumbling roads at centre of legal showdown in Nelson Mandela Bay
Pothole politics

Markman’s crumbling roads at centre of legal showdown in Nelson Mandela Bay

By Riaan Marais
Cliff clean-ups to crime-fighting: drones are changing the game
Lift Off

Cliff clean-ups to crime-fighting: drones are changing the game

By Riaan Marais

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