New interns for Ndlambe
NDLAMBE Municipality has acquired the services of 25 new interns to assist the various departments in a year-long programme that will help them develop...
Station Hill residents refuse to accept tender award
RESIDENTS of Station Hill burned trees and pushed broken bricks into the road last week when a tender to fix a road there was...
Cell tower consternation
THE news that a proposal to construct a 25m-high cell tower on the property of the Dias NGK Church in Forest Downs North has...
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...
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...
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...
Tender questions
EFF alleges corruption in awarding of contracts
THE EFF has accused Ndlambe Municipality of awarding tenders to “friends” of the administration.
Local EFF member Xolisa Runeli...
Land sale nullified
High court rules against sale of Pascoe Crescent land
A MUNICIPAL land deal made nearly 15 years ago has been reviewed and set aside by...
Makana money woes
‘Insolvent’ municipality owes creditors R146-million
LISTING a litany of grave financial problems in Makana Municipality, several groups making up the Concerned Citizens Committee to Save...
Court cracks whip
Municipality ordered to address stray cattle and commonages
FOLLOWING years of frustration over stray cattle and mismanagement of municipal commonages, on Tuesday farmers obtained a...
Salga says municipal debt should be written off
Municipal debt should be written off and strict measures for a better collection system put in place‚ the South African Local Government Association (Salga)...
UPDATE: Damaged pipeline below Putt Bridge
TUESDAY - 25.7.2017:
According to Clr Schenk there is major damage to the pipeline under the Putt Bridge on the west side, and water will...
Council notes
POACHING, illegal dumps and the general refurbishment of some of Port Alfred’s more dilapidated buildings were the main thrusts of the Ndlambe municipal executive...
Ndlambe presents draft municipal budget
NDLAMBE’S draft budget, tabled for consideration at the recent full council meeting, proposes a rates increase for 2017/2018 of 9%, and a general increase...
Transparency key to our area’s progress – mayor
NDLAMBE mayor Phindile Faxi said he was not fazed when the municipality received negative publicity because the municipality was transparent.
Faxi was responding to questions...
Interruptions to water supply
This is to notify residents about the interruptions on water supply that will be switched on and off as from 13 February 2017 – 16...
Makana demand goes to province
A GROUP comprising concerns citizens and businesses in Grahamstown has appealed to province to intervene in the financially ailing Makana Municipality by placing it...
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...
Crucial stormwater drain still a flood threat
ONE of the longest stormwater drains in Port Alfred, the drain which runs the length of Van Riebeeck street into Lambert, is still not...
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...
DA roots out misuse of community halls
THE Ndlambe DA caucus revealed this week that two ANC councillors who had booked community halls for “community meetings” had actually used them for...
War room volunteers awaited training
IT was clear at the war room training session for Wards 5 through 10, held at the Port Alfred Civic Centre on Monday afternoon,...
UPDATE: WATER SITUATION IN PORT ALFRED
The municipality is experiencing water challenges in Port Alfred, due to Eskom power outrages.
This started about two months ago, but as from 20th September...
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...
Stop the illegal occupation of municipal land
Ndlambe executive committee notes
Illegal occupation of municipal land
“COMMUNITIES moving onto municipal land continues unabated,” mayor Phindile Faxi said. “We cannot carry on with this...
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...
UPDATE: Spotlight on uncollected refuse galvanises action
TALK of the Town's queries and exposure about 27 bags of uncollected refuse in William Cock Road, Port Alfred, prompted a response from Ndlambe...
Venene re-joins the council
DRESSED to impress, and filling a recent councillor vacancy in the Democratic Alliance, Sikhumbuzo “Skura” Venene took his oath of office at the last...
TB awareness and more at Quayiya Primary
Pupils at Qhayiya Primary School in Bathurst had very important lessons to learn on Friday when a delegation from The Department of Social Services,...
