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If you have over the counter business to transact with the Municipality today your attempts to do so may be thwarted: The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality regrets the inconvenience caused to residents by the closure of some customer care centres and municipal banking halls such as in the Mfanasekhaya Gqobose Building (formerly known as the Eric Tindale Building), following … [Read more...] about Municipality dealing with Customer Care Centre and counter staff strike

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality confirmed today that all municipal Customer Care Centres have reopened and are ready for business with residents following the recent labour unrest that saw municipal employees leave their work stations because of unhappiness about issues such as regrading and lack of uniforms. The municipal payment office in the Mfanasekhaya Gqobose Building … [Read more...] about Govan Mbeki Avenue Municipal Customer Care Centre remains closed

Rural municipalities in the Eastern Cape are collectively owed R86,507 million in outstanding government service fees. In reply to a parliamentary question I received from the MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Mlibo Qoboshiyane, the full outstanding amount of fees owed to all Eastern Cape municipalities was R197,356,180 million at the end of March 2013. While it … [Read more...] about NMBMM seeking R34 051 949.19 in payments from National Government

Imagine training an athlete for six months, getting them to the prescribed level of conditioning – and then telling them to take a month off and do nothing! Now imagine getting them back on the field of competition at the end of the month and expecting them to perform at their training peak. While every good coach will build varying levels of intensity into their training … [Read more...] about Why you Shouldn’t Take a Winter Break

Building projects in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) have injected over R1.2-billion into the Nelson Mandela Bay construction industry over the past two quarters. Six major construction projects are currently underway in the Coega IDZ including erection of: Chinese car and truck manufacturer First Automobile Works’ (FAW) plant; Famous Brands’ cold storage plant; DCD … [Read more...] about Celebrating the Coega Construction boom