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Extra R62m needed for ‘fast-tracked’ projects
RATEPAYERS in Nelson Mandela Bay will have to fork out more than R62-million following a decision by the metro to fast-track funding for 17 World Cup projects.
This expenditure was authorised without going to tender – a deviation from the municipal supply chain management policy, which is allowed under special circumstances and when the municipality faces time constraints. More
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Poet pays back debt to Baartman inspiration
WHEN poet Diana Ferrus wrote I’ve Come To Take You Home after re-hearing the tragic story of fellow Khoi Sarah Baartman 12 years ago, she never dreamt how prophetic her title words would become.
Since then, the lyrical 250 words in the poem have travelled the world, been embedded in French law and contributed to the return of Baartman’s remains. More
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Developments on hold as metro hit by cash crisis
THE Nelson Mandela Bay metro has been plunged into what officials describe as its worst cash crisis since it was formed 10 years ago, with essential payments such as salaries and electricity prioritised and many “non-essential” projects like infrastructure development suspended. |
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Strike closes plant at VW
VOLKSWAGEN SA shut down its plant and sent staff home yesterday because of a strike by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) in the component industry. |
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Housing festivities
A Motherwell women’s cultural group performed at the Raymond Mhlaba Sport Centre in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, during the hand-over yesterday of 600 title deeds to home-owners. |
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Jubilant owners receive precious home title deeds
TITLE deeds which allowed about 600 recipients of government houses to move into their long completed homes were handed to the excited owners at a ceremony in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, yesterday. |
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Thousands paid for prayers for rainfall
THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is so serious about the drought problem it forked out more than R36000 to transport “men and women of faith” to a prayer service for rain.
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Robbers get away with R30000
A PORT Elizabeth business owner was robbed of about R30000 by three men waiting for him inside his shop yesterday.
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Body found in bushes behind St Albans
THE body of an unidentified man shot in the head in an apparent execution-style murder, was found dumped in the bushes behind St Albans Prison in Port Elizabeth yesterday afternoon. |
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Motor industry strike continues
THE strike in the motor industry will continue until workers’ demands have been met, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said today (September 2). |
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President Zuma under fire over ‘Oilgate’ scandal
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma was again accused by the opposition yesterday of covering up the involvement of senior ANC officials in a scandal that saw companies pay bribes to the regime of Saddam Hussein to secure contracts under the United Nations Food-for-Oil Programme.
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R1.5m spent on prison TV sets
THE Correctional Services Department has spent more than R1.5-million to install 50 television sets in the new Kimberley Prison, at R31021 each. |
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Motor industry strike starts
MEMBERS of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) working at petrol stations, workshops and motor dealerships downed tools today (September 1), a union official said. |
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NUM suspends planned secondary strike
THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said today (September 1) it had suspended the secondary strike, which was intended to support striking public servants. |
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Guard in double trouble
SHOOTING yourself in the foot is an old saying for ending up in self-inflicted trouble – and a Port Elizabeth security guard did the second after a near-miss on doing the first yesterday. |
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Pakistani shop owner killed
A PAKISTANI man died on the way to hospital after being shot by men who robbed his shop in Port Elizabeth yesterday. |
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Zwide house rectification leaves many out in cold
DISGRUNTLED Zwide residents, who have received houses under the Silvertown Limba housing project, have been forced to move back into shacks or to live in incomplete houses after the rectification of their homes came to a grinding halt. |
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Bay cracks nod for healthy Cup
THE environmental health sub-directorate of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality worked hard during the World Cup to make sure that all health standards were adhered to, a report said.
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‘Lights out’ for education offices
POWER was out at the education offices in Nelson Mandela Bay on Monday because of electricity account arrears, but it was business as usual yesterday after the municipality reconnected the power. |
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