Mayor relaunches local Aids council
THE dormant Ndlambe Aids council was relaunched last week due to the initiative of mayor Phindile Faxi.
Faxi contacted HIV/Aids co-ordinator for Cacadu, Celiwe Chewu,...
DA caucus leader departs
Cowley off to new position in Bhisho provincial legislature
LOUISE KNOWLES
DA CAUCUS leader in Ndlambe, Jane Cowley, has been appointed to the Eastern Cape provincial...
Seasonal planning discusses same issues
LAST week’s seasonal planning meeting was well attended by Ndlambe Municipality, SAPS, emergency services, councillors and representatives from the general public, but those present...
Cooperation in borehole analysis
IN contrast to its previous meeting, where farmers walked out on proceedings, this time around their meeting with Amatola Water and independent geohydrology specialists,...
War on waste escalates
KENTON’S waste disposal woes are not over yet, despite a public meeting convened by Ndlambe Municipality to address residents’ needs last Wednesday.
The meeting was...
Protect indigenous trees, or else
A warning to those flouting the rules regarding indigenous and invasive plant species
THE departments of forestry and the environment joined hands at the Port...
Council Notes – Executive Committee
WHEN the new Ndlambe executive committee (exco) met on Tuesday, with new mayor Phindile Faxi in the chair, the members sometimes struggled to find...
Tourism support
LOUISE KNOWLES
THE new mayor of Ndlambe, Phindile Faxi, assured tourism stakeholders and businesses that they had the municipality’s support, when he spoke at the...
Beach Road attracts development
LOUISE KNOWLES
BEACH Road risks losing its picturesque character as resurfacing recently began on the tarred road which twists and turns alongside the Kowie River.
It...
New mayor asks for 100 days
JON HOUZET
PHINDILE Faxi was elected as Ndlambe’s new mayor at the inaugural meeting of the new council last week, following the local government elections...
No end to Kenton residents’ rubbish disposal concerns
LOUISE KNOWLES
KENTON-ON-SEA residents are concerned that Ndlambe Municipality has overlooked their needs once again, this time in dealing with waste disposal.
Despite a structural interdict...
ACDP marchers call for wall of shame, public hotline to help...
JON HOUZET
AS part of its pre-election strategy, the recently relaunched African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) staged a prayer chain and march to the Ndlambe...
Municipality to switch billing to online system
LOUISE CARTER
MUNICIPAL bills which arrive late or not at all are causing distress to Ndlambe residents.
Port Alfred resident Daphne Wilson spoke out about her...
Ndlambe has gone a stray
NO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR STRAY DOGS
LOUISE CARTER
THE question of who is responsible for stray dogs that wander around the area is no closer to being...
COUNCIL NOTES
JON HOUZET and ROB KNOWLES
Medolino pumps
NEARLY four years after the 2012 floods that caused devastation in the Medolino valley, Medolino Caravan Park owner Derek...
Rates boon
Mayor surprises with only 9% increase
ROB KNOWLES
NDLAMBE mayor Sipho Tandani was pleased to announce a rates increase reduced to single digits -9% - for...
Residents win case
Court orders Ndlambe to fix dump and maintain sewage pump station
JON HOUZET
NDLAMBE municipal manager Rolly Dumezweni has been found guilty of contempt of court...
COSTLY EXERCISE
Municipality fills tankers with reverse osmosis water for cattle
JON HOUZET
NDLAMBE Municipality has been transporting water in tankers to two farms in Alexandria at a...
Municipal workers’ debt still an issue
ROB KNOWLES
MUNICIPAL workers owed over R1-million to Ndlambe Municipality by March this year, as highlighted by finance portfolio councillor, DA caucus leader Ray Schenk...
Big stink threatens Kowie River
Thieves plunder sewage plant, e.coli levels rise
JON HOUZET
PORT Alfred’s sewage plant, which has been inoperative for a year, may have resulted in untreated effluent...
Pound fury
Municipal inaction causes headache for motorists and farmers as cattle roam free
JON HOUZET
A YEAR after it was completed, Ndlambe Municipality’s pound is still not operating,...
