Support for municipal workers and ANC members
NDLAMBE Municipality workers showed support outside the Port Alfred Magistrates Court on Monday morning for seven people, some of whom were fellow municipal workers...
Construction to begin on West Beach Drive
CONSTRUCTION will begin on West Beach Drive this month and continue until July next year, the municipality has announced.
The work will be done during...
Council Notes
Land for churches
THE question of the redistribution of land, specifically to churches that have stood on stands for more than 20 years, was hotly...
EFF make a big noise in town
XOLISA Runeli and a small group of other EFF stalwarts braved the rain on Friday afternoon to stand at the car park on Masonic...
Municipal help for Masiphumelele home in Freestone
Ndlambe municipality donated chairs, tables and plates to Masiphumelele home for disabled children in Freestone, Bathurst, on Mandela Day.
Speaker of Ndlambe, councillor Vivian Maphaphu...
WATER UPDATE: Outage caused by vandalism at balancing dam
This is to inform you about the water challenge that we are currently facing:
The balancing dam where raw water is stored has experienced vandalism...
Water shortages alert by Ndlambe Municipality
Please be advised that there are water shortages in some areas in the township and in town, caused by Eskom power breakages at the...
Dispute with contractor holds up RO plant project
AMATOLA Water has revealed more about the status of the Port Alfred reverse osmosis (RO) plant TotT reported on two weeks ago.
Municipal spokesman Cecil...
Protest becomes a riot
POLICE responded to a burning barricade protest at the Thornhill four-way intersection on the R67 last Thursday afternoon (June 28), firing rubber bullets at...
Ratepayers infuriated by Ndlambe’s adjusted budget
FOLLOWING months of to-and-froing on the Ndlambe annual budget the gloves are off, with both the Ndlambe Ratepayers Forum (NRF) and the Port Alfred...
Municipality explains cause of water outages
RESIDENTS in parts of Port Alfred were frustrated by water outages last week and again over the weekend and on Monday.
TotT received calls asking...
EFF held on public violence charges
FOLLOWING protests by EFF members with respect to the alleged demolition of graves by the municipality at Esleyini in Nemato, several members of the...
Good news at dump
Private enterprise makes landfill site functional again
ANYONE visiting the Port Alfred refuse dump in the last week will have noticed an almost miraculous transformation...
Rates increase a little more than originally stated
NDLAMBE Municipality announced the final rates increases at the special council meeting, held at the council chambers on Wednesday.
The council is required by law...
RO plant a white elephant?
UNCERTAINTY still surrounds the state of Amatola Water’s bulk water project for Ndlambe and whether there is sufficient water for the next phase of...
Ndlambe ANC caucus condemns actions by EFF
IN a strongly-worded statement on behalf of the ANC caucus in Ndlambe, chief whip Andile Marasi condemned the actions taken by the EFF when protesting...
Watch out for announcement of new rates increase
EACH year the Ndlambe municipality has to compile a budget to balance income and expenditure, and this document goes through several iterations until finally...
Chaos at the municipal offices
A thick pall of smoke enveloped the top-end of Campbell Street at noon on Monday when EFF members, angry with the municipality because they...
EFF protest the demolition of graves
The Economic Freedom Fighters were out in numbers on Monday morning to protest what they see as a total disrespect for their ancestors after...
Charges dropped against fireman
THEFT charges have been withdrawn against a former fireman who was accused of stealing computer parts from the Ndlambe municipality.
Sibusiso Zweni, who entered the...
Municipality mulling low cost houses at Boknes crossroads
NDLAMBE Municipality is considering a need for low cost housing at the Boknes/Cannon Rocks crossroads because of the distance workers have to travel to...
Poor pothole patching
NDLAMBE Municipality has come under fire for how its workers go about repairing potholes – an issue which has come up before.
A concerned Nemato...
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...
