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Yesterday the Democratic Alliance swept to victory in Ward 5 in the Kouga Municipality where it retained the seat notwithstanding the fact that the ANC put forward the Kouga mayor, Booi Koerat, as the candidate. We showed stunning growth in Ward 9 of the same municipality where we grew from 33% of the vote to 44% of the vote in the face of desperate intimidation by the ANC. In … [Read more...] about Strong DA growth in Eastern Cape by-elections

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On Tuesday 26 November, the DA in Nelson Mandela Bay exposed an item seeking the approval of more than R100 million in unauthorised expenditure. The item, which should only be presented in the adjustment budget in February 2014, was riddled with examples of unauthorised expenditure on line items that were never budgeted for such as the increase in budget for the ‘Institutional … [Read more...] about Nelson Mandela Bay asks for R100 million in unauthorised expenditure

Cycling legend Martin Nefdt has reassembled his 1967 Springbok track team plus a host of local celebrities to ride The Herald VW Cycle Tour in aid of abused and abandoned animals on Sunday, February 2. Nefdt and his cohort will be “cycling for the love of animals” in the 55km Pursuit road race through the streets of Port Elizabeth. The group of 30 sponsored riders will use the … [Read more...] about Veteran cyclists carry a big sjambok

Today the staff of the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, all from Access Facilities and Leisure Management which operates the stadium, took to the stands, to, well, take a stand and show solidarity with both World Aids Day on Sunday and the 16 days of activism against gender violence initiative which started on Monday. The staff made an Aids ribbon shape in the icon stand and took … [Read more...] about Take a Stand