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The MBDA Celebrates the Women Who Shape Our City’s Future

The Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) joins the nation in celebrating Women’s Day on 9 August 2025 to honour the contributions of women who are helping to shape the social, economic, and physical fabric of Nelson Mandela Bay.

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MBDA exiting the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium on a path of success

MBDA CEO, Mr Anele Qaba, reflects on the ways the Mandela Bay Development Agency has set the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on a path to success



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Mandela Day 2025

The MBDA Honours Mandela Day One Blue Bag at a Time

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2024/25 a historic breakthrough year for MBDA

By Anele Qaba – Chief Executive Officer

On Friday the 27th of June the Mandela Bay Development Agency, an entity founded by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality and the Industrial Development Corporation in 2003, held a milestone event, to reflect on the agency’s 22 years of existence. Founded on the back of a rapidly growing city population due to intra-province migration, a central business district that was suffering from the negative impact of capital flight, urban influx and a fast-contracting automotive economy, the MBDA was designed to be a turnkey project management house of the Bay municipality.

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Youth Day 2025: Nurturing Future Leaders through Skills and Opportunity at the MBDA

As South Africa commemorates Youth Day on 16 June 2025, the Mandela Bay Development Agency celebrates the spirit of the youth by shining a light on its dedicated group of interns who are gaining real-world experience at its offices at The Tramways Building in Gqeberha, the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, and the Nelson Mandela Bay Science and Technology Centre in Kariega.

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