Clash over cattle
Problems continue with strays and Alexandria commonage
A FORMER ANC councillor has landed a cushy job as Ndlambe’s commonage manager at R23 000 a month, but...
It’s time for action says mayor
Mayor speaks of Revenue Enhancement
SPEAKING at the latest full council meeting held at the council chambers last Wednesday, Ndlambe mayor, Phindile Faxi, emphasised the...
Airfield deadline
‘No more freebies’ for R100-million business on state-owned land
THE long-awaited discussion between Ndlambe Municipality, the national department of public works and 43 Air School...
Lack of support at the Ward 10 mayoral imbizo
LAST week Talk of the Town published a brief snippet from the story on the mayoral imbizo. stating it was poorly attended by members...
At last, 43 Air School, Public Works and Ndlambe meet
THE long-awaited discussion between Ndlambe Municipality, the national Department of Public Works and 43 Air School took place at the council chambers on Friday...
Ward 10 shows little support at the mayoral imbizo
THERE was little participation at Thursday evening’s mayoral imbizo; an opportunity to have pressing questions answered by the municipality as well as to raise...
Water outages in parts of Port Alfred
NDLAMBE Municipality has issued an alert that there is a slow flow of incoming water at the water treatment plant for Port Alfred, which...
Press alert: EFF Day of Land Occupation
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Ndlambe Sub-region invites all media houses to the Day of Land Occupation. Ndlambe Municipality community members led by the...
Ward 10 Committee notes
THERE were only few items on the Ward 10 committee agenda on Tuesday but some valid points were raised by committee members and need...
Water shortages in Kenton – Municipality responds
"The Kenton community has experienced water shortages since Sunday. These were caused by a faulty pump at the pump station," writes Ndlambe municipal spokesman...
Nelson Mandela Bay council meeting unable to get down to business...
More than seven hours after the Nelson Mandela Bay council convened this morning‚ not a single agenda item has been concluded.
According to HeraldLIVE‚ both...
Ndlambe municipality misses out on important tourism conference
NDLAMBE municipal officials and councillors were conspicuously absent when it came to attending the Tourism Capacity Planning conference, held at the Royal St Andrews...
‘Hoodwinked’
Misgivings expressed in council over the legitimacy of adjustment budget
CONFUSION, followed by a hasty turnaround by ANC councillors, prevented the Ndlambe municipal adjustment budget...
Flawed adjustment budget rejected by council
YESTERDAY'S council meeting to approve the adjustment budget ended in a compromise that had ANC and DA councillors agreeing to postpone the approval until...
Civil servants trash Port St Johns community town hall
MUNICIPAL officials in the Port St Johns Local Municipality (PSJLM) trashed the town hall with faeces and rubbish after not receiving promised salary increases.
The...
Poor audit – Another qualified opinion from AG for Ndlambe
NDLAMBE Municipality has received yet another qualified audit from the Auditor General (AG) for the financial period, 2016/2017, this despite assurances by the municipal...
Water restrictions still in effect
There have recently been questions asked on social media about water restriction in the area
Water usage restrictions, imposed by Ndlambe Municipality late last year,...
EFF councillor faces R15‚000 fine over ‘house n****r’ slur
An Economic Freedom Fighters councillor in Cape Town faces a R15‚000 fine after admitting to calling another councillor a “house n****r”.
Ncedo Silas‚ one of...
Cape Town faces day of reckoning on drought and corruption
The City of Cape Town council is expected to make crucial decisions on Friday about the drought and the future of a top official...
Appalling conditions at the Port Alfred dumpsite
ANYONE who has visited the Port Alfred dumpsite, adjacent to the Marjorie Parrish TB Hospital, would have noticed the amount of refuse scattered outside...
More areas, but same strict conditions for fireworks
NDLAMBE Municipality has announced its list of designated areas for the discharging of fireworks, in addition to the West Pier in Port Alfred which...
Water restrictions, with immediate effect
At its final council meeting of the year, held at Cannon Rocks in December, an addendum item requested the approval of the following water...
Ndlambe Music Festival is on again, with a little cash injection...
NDLAMBE council confirmed it will help fund the Ndlambe Music Festival, despite assurances by event organisers, the Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture...
Liquor trading hours extended by council, despite objections
NDLAMBE municipal council voted on Thursday to extend liquor trading hours by one hour on weekdays and weekends as from December 15, as well...
Ndlambe council notes
THE last Executive Committee (exco) meeting of the year took place at the council chambers on Tuesday, where a number of issues were discussed...
Ndlambe Council Notes
THE last Executive Committee (exco) meeting of the year took place at the council chambers on Tuesday, where a number of issues were discussed...
Wage negotiations begin for municipal workers
The SA Local Government Association has begun wage negotiations with unions representing workers in all municipalities across the country.
Salga is negotiating on behalf of...
Municipality in liquor licence transfer debacle
CONFUSION over the terms of a lease in the small boat harbour has resulted in the Ward 10 committee recommending that a liquor licence...
Makana neglect over Eskom bill earns DA wrath
THE DA caucus on the Makana council has slammed the municipality for using revenue generated from electricity sales to pay R13-million monthly in salaries...
