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1 day ago | 
theherald.co.za | Michael Kimberley |Andisa Bonani |Werner Hills
Awarding of multimillion-rand contracts for flood repair work illegal, lawyer advises municipality Premium By Michael Kimberley and Andisa Bonani - 24 April 2025 The awarding of eight multimillion-rand contracts for flood repair work, amounting to R53m, by the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is unlawful and void. This is according to a legal opinion provided to the municipality on Monday...
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2 days ago | 
theherald.co.za | Vuyokazi Nkanjeni |Werner Hills
Motherwell Freedom Run organisers look to hit 1,000 entry mark Motherwell Freedom Run organisers have already exceeded 2024’s 600 entry mark as they aim for the golden 1,000 figure in 2025’s 12th edition of the popular race. Organisers says they can reach their ideal entry number with the addition of a 5km run...
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2 days ago | 
theherald.co.za | Kathryn Kimberley |Brandon Nel |Werner Hills
Greyvensteins’ court bid against Legal Practice Council dismissed Premium By Kathryn Kimberley and Brandon Nel - 23 April 2025 A large Gqeberha law firm accused of buying work and touting its conveyancing services through estate agents has failed in its bid to challenge a report of the Legal Practice Council (LPC) investigation committee. Greyvensteins Inc wanted the report and the findings set aside before disciplinary hearing proceedings could commence...
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2 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Nomazima Nkosi |Werner Hills
Premium A draft report mapping out the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s electricity turnaround strategy has laid bare a leadership crisis in the city, political interference and the hiring of unqualified staff, ultimately hampering its ability to ensure energy stability. The report, presented to the mayoral committee more than a week ago, highlights how unstable coalitions have led to political bias, nepotism and the hiring of unqualified personnel across key municipal departments...
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3 weeks ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Koena Mashale |Werner Hills
Police minister Senzo Mchunu. File photo. Police minister Senzo Mchunu says the state prosecutor has declined to prosecute suspects in the case involving a 7-year-old girl referred to as Cwecwe, citing a lack of sufficient evidence. Mchunu, addressing the media in Pretoria on Friday afternoon, said this information was revealed in a docket from a warrant officer after a medical exam of the minor and a session with the social worker.
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3 weeks ago | 
theherald.co.za | Nomazima Nkosi |Werner Hills
How hard will US President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit East Cape? Automotive and agricultural sectors will bear brunt of punitive onslaught Premium By Nomazima Nkosi - 04 April 2025 Far-reaching US reciprocal tariffs are poised to wreak havoc on global supply chains, threatening SA’s automotive and agricultural industries, with the Eastern Cape squarely in the crossfire.
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4 weeks ago | 
sowetanlive.co.za | Ernest Mabuza |Werner Hills
The high court in Gqeberha on Wednesday sentenced Moses Gqesha for raping gender-based violence activist and businesswoman Andisiwe “Andy” Kawa 14 years ago. Gqesha, 45, was convicted on 12 counts including kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and multiple counts of rape and theft.
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1 month ago | 
theherald.co.za | Nomazima Nkosi |Werner Hills
For three weeks, there has been no rubbish collected in Soweto-on-Sea after Nelson Mandela Bay municipal workers were shot and robbed in the area. The situation has been made worse as residents have not received refuse bags in nearly a year, according to Ward 24 councillor Xolile Vinqi. Vinqi said rubbish had been piling up along the streets. “A worker from the municipality was robbed and shot but, thankfully, he survived.
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1 month ago | 
theherald.co.za | Brandon Nel |Eugene Coetzee |Werner Hills
TENSE ATMOSPHERE: Armed security guards are stationed outside the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Tuesday to protect the taxi-owner father of a young man accused of driving his minibus into a group of Nelson Mandela University students, killing one and injuring 10 As the court case of a taxi driver accused of driving into a crowd of Nelson Mandela University students, killing one and injuring 10, got under way on Tuesday, it emerged that yet another Gqeberha student had died in an unrelated...
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1 month ago | 
dailydispatch.co.za | Nandi Ntini |Herman Moloi |Werner Hills
Some grant recipients are happy while others are not happy with the amount increased. Palesa Kibi, 28, a mother of two boys, says the R30 increase in the child support grant is not enough as she will be left with just R10 after paying her youngest son’s crèche fees. She said she was expecting finance minister Enoch Godongwana, who tabled his budget in parliament yesterday, to increase the child support grant by at least R50.
