Estelle Ellis

Port Elizabeth

Journalist for Maverick Citizen at Daily Maverick. Proud aunt. World changer. Word activist. Wired for compassion and kindness. Living with world's best cat.

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Articles

Where are the traffic cops, NPO asks, as communities patrol grim R75 themselves

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis

ROAD FROM HELL Zukile Madikane from Ikhakha le Afrika and volunteers.
Why I Fled Makhanda — fired Cogta’s Mr Fixit says his life was threatened

2 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis

EASTERN CAPE MAYHEM Illustrative image / Sources: A Makana sewage removal truck.
Nelson Mandela Bay councillors demand answers about flood disaster grants

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis

MUNICIPAL SPENDING The Nelson Mandela Bay City Council meeting on Thursday, 5 June.
NMB metro will brand electrical cables in bid to foil rampant theft

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis

CABLE BANDITS The Nelson Mandela Bay metro is in the grip of unprecedented copper cable theft.
Goodyear to shut down NMB manufacturing plant — 900 jobs at risk

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis

JOBS DISASTER The Goodyear manufacturing plant in Kariega, Nelson Mandela Bay will be shutting down.
Emotional day for families, witnesses as Cradock Four inquest revisits search for the men

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis |Deon Ferreira

PHOTO ESSAY Family members and witnesses at the site where the bodies of the men were found in Bluewater Bay, Gqeberha, on 4 June 2025.
Nelson Mandela Bay says revenue woes have reached ‘unprecedented levels’

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis

BUDGET WATCH The Chatty Substation in Nelson Mandela Bay, where the municipality has motivated for a 12.8% electricity tariff increase.
‘Enough is enough’ – Saftu threatens mass action over Nelson Mandela Bay public fund mismanagement

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis

NELSON MANDELA BAY Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Babalwa Lobishe at the mayoral committee meeting on Wednesday.
Is this Nelson Mandela Bay’s most dangerous road?

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis

HELL RUN Recent images show the poor state of the R75 in Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape.
Displaced undocumented migrants arrested in Addo violence aftermath

3 weeks ago | dailymaverick.co.za | Estelle Ellis

ATTACKS SEQUEL 126 undocumented migrant workers have been arrested pending deportation in Addo, Eastern Cape after they were displaced from Valencia due to unrest. (Photo: Deon Ferreira) Immigration officials have served 126 undocumented migrant workers with detention and deportation orders after violence in Valencia, Addo, last week, where the murder of a resident sparked vigilante attacks that led to the deaths of three foreign nationals. More than 100 displaced undocumented migrant workers...