On Wednesday the 12th of July, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will take its efforts at galvanising public awareness to the streets of the Bay. The launch of the blitz will see Metro teams out in morning peak traffic, handing out much needed water saving information and equipping citizens on the appraoches to push back day zero.

Whenever I am out of town, and someone asks me where I am from, before I answer, my dilemma kicks in; do I want to say I am from Port Elizabeth, my home since 1994, or do I want to say Komani, my birthplace. At the back of my mind, I am reminded of utterances by a former idol of radio, pun intended, and we shall call him Mr Off the Cliff. It was 2008 when this fellow, and his crew decided to put up a poll, asking their listeners to name the city with the weirdest citizens. Park that for a minute, I’ll come back to it.

04 July 2022, The Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, Cllr Eugene Johnson presided over the commissioning of the Kwanobuhle Pumpstation, an intervention started by the Metro in July 2021 to mitigate the persistent seven-year drought-induced water crisis.

Young people of today are faced with a variation of socio-economic challenges on a daily basis, thus the Mandela Bay Development Agency is dedicating the weekend of the 25th & 26th of June 2022 to celebrate the youth through fun activities in New Brighton.

Today, the Board of the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA), and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), hereby announce a mutually agreed to early separation with the CEO. The mutual agreement is an outcome of extensive consultations.