As we enter this Youth Month, a partnership between the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality; independent arts organizations; and emerging local artists, supported by the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) are putting together a three (3) day Youth Festival. The Festival is set to take place during this difficult time underscored by a developing global pandemic, COVID-19. Which has set precedent for a shift in practices and world order from the norm to virtual access and exchanges.

To fight the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Nelson Mandela Bay Science and Technology Centre (NMBSTC) operated by the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) produced hand sanitisers, face masks and hand lotions with antibacterial as well as antiviral properties.

“The entire span of human history has been an arms race of survival adaptations against diseases which seem to be out to completely destroy us, both as individual organisms and as a collective species."

Pursuant to the statement by the President of the Republic, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday 15th March, the MBDA will as of today, 17th March, implement contingency measures to limit the risks relating to the spread of COVID-19.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Science & Technology Centre (NMBSTC) operated by the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) hosted the first annual Learner Summit in partnership with the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and Volkswagen Learning Academy.