MUNICIPAL PARALYSIS

Nelson Mandela Bay needs 101 remedies, but will anyone implement them?

6 min

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By Kyran Blaauw

POLITICAL TANTRUM

Councillor dismisses NMB deputy mayor’s perjury claims as political distraction amid legal troubles

6 min

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By Kyran Blaauw

BLOOD AND SORROW

Calls for calm in Nelson Mandela Bay as communities reel from three mass shootings

6 min

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By Riaan Marais

By Claire Botha

Nelson Mandela Bay: A rubbish budget for one of the ‘dirtiest cities in the world’

4 min

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9 June 2026

TARIFF BACKLASH

NMB leadership accused of ‘extorting’ ratepayers as controversial budget passes amid service delivery failures

7 min

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By Kyran Blaauw

FINANCIAL BLUES

Fiery exchanges, weekend negotiations and depressing stats as metro scrambles to approve Bay budget

4 min

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By Estelle Ellis

UNDER FIRE

Why is Nelson Mandela Bay’s legal chief still at work? MPs demand answers

5 min

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By Riaan Marais and Estelle Ellis

KING’S BEACH ACTION

Parliamentary criticism finally moves Nelson Mandela Bay on beachfront safety

6 min

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By Kyran Blaauw

SPREADING WINGS

Incredible maiden flight for Eastern Cape captive-bred lappet-faced vulture

4 min

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By Kyran Blaauw

RANK AND FOUL

Rats, rot and rubbish: The decaying state of Gqeberha police flats

7 min

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By Riaan Marais

NARROW ESCAPE

MP and friend survive violent knife attack on Gqeberha’s unlit beachfront

6 min

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By Kyran Blaauw

DELAYED ACCOUNTABILITY

Red tape stalls Nelson Mandela Bay’s R30bn irregular spending inquiry

6 min

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By Andisa Bonani

IDENTITY CRISIS

The Eastern Cape foundation helping the forgotten get their identity papers and their humanity

6 min

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By Tamsin Metelerkamp

MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION

Nelson Mandela Bay residents face steep rate increases amid service delivery failures

9 min

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By Estelle Ellis, Kyran Blaauw and Andisa Bonani

NELSON MANDELA BAY

Gary van Niekerk pushing for court date to ‘clear his name’ before November elections

5 min

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By Riaan Marais

FROM SPECTATOR TO SWIMMER

Where dolphins swim with everyone: Inside Gqeberha’s growing open-water community

6 min

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By Gillian McAinsh

AGE OF THE ASSASSIN

Alleged ‘mastermind’ behind Nelson Mandela Bay prosecutor’s murder joins co-accused in the dock

4 min

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By Riaan Marais

POLITICAL DRAMA

I told Nelson Mandela Bay mayor I have no confidence in her — Khusta Jack

6 min

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By Andisa Bonani and Estelle Ellis

MINISTERIAL NO-SHOW

Missed opportunity — run-down Greenville Primary’s bid to upgrade school ignored yet again

7 min

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By Kyran Blaauw

READERS’ QUERIES

The Tjommie smart geyser system — Your Questions Answered

4 min

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By Kyran Blaauw

Maverick News

VW-backed incubator helped Eastern Cape businesses generate R733m over 15 years

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By Riaan Marais