It was not too long ago that Nelson Mandela Bay teetered on the brink of Day Zero.

Modern history teaches us that the success of any country is heavily dependent on the robust economic growth and development of its cities.

A protest outside Papenkuil Cemetery in Gqeberha's northern areas highlighted the community's struggle with gang violence, where residents, not politicians, demanded change.

Gqeberha will play host to a sumptuous feast of rugby, soccer cricket and action when a glittering array of world-class sport stars strut their stuff in the Bay during December.

News that five people have been arrested in connection with the recruitment and sending of South Africans to go fight in the war between Russia and Ukraine should be alarming to all of us.

The judiciary is a cornerstone of our constitutional democracy and, even during the dark days of state capture, it remained the one institution that the South African public continued to put its trust in.

The Central Special Rating Area (SRA) has been revitalising a crime-ridden and decaying neighbourhood through community-driven efforts over the past five years.

If everything goes according to plan, Vusimuzi “Cat” Matlala will this morning appear before the parliamentary ad-hoc committee investigating claims of senior police management and politicians being captured by criminal syndicates.

An elusive pot of gold is finally waiting at the end of the rainbow for cash-strapped EP Rugby after several false dawns when imminent deals have failed to materialise in recent years.

The continuing desecration of graves in Nelson Mandela Bay is an indictment on the municipality, and a knife in the heart of already grieving families.