{"id":25303,"date":"2013-11-12T16:07:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T14:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/11\/ward-9-newsflash-11-november-2013\/"},"modified":"2013-11-12T16:07:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T14:07:34","slug":"ward-9-newsflash-11-november-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/ward-9-newsflash-11-november-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Ward 9 Newsflash \u2013 11 November 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsr_floatbts_anchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>To see how hard working Ward Councillors go about their jobs, see <a title=\"All the news from Ward 9 in Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/category\/community\/ward-news\/ward-9\/\">Ward 9<\/a> councillor, Heinrich Muller\u2019s newsletter below.<\/p>\n<p>You may contact Ward 9 using the contact form at the bottom of this report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Registration Weekend \u2013 What a Success!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the residents who gave up a couple of minutes of their time to register for next year\u2019s election and\/or check whether they are registered this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Those residents who missed the opportunity, the IEC will be having another registration drive in February 2014.\u00a0 Further details will follow closer to the time.<\/p>\n<p>Last, but not least, a big thank you to everybody who assisted us at the various voting stations.\u00a0 It would not have been such a success without your help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Refuse Collection Feedback<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since our last newsflash, we were inundated with queries w.r.t. refuse bags still not collected although a \u2018contingency plan\u2019 was put in place.\u00a0 We received the following feedback from the Metro on our query to Waste Management:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 I have noted the content of your email below. There is a court interdict and the ED and Labour Relations will be addressing the workers this morning about it. We have organised trucks to service the areas but it is not easy to cover them all in one week-end. We will be in your areas during this week I let you know about the exact day late this afternoon\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I have however just been informed telephonically that they will only collect the refuse bags on the normal days for the different areas.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ts-fab-list\">\n<li class=\"ts-fab-bio-link\">Bio<\/li>\n<li class=\"ts-fab-latest-posts-link\">Latest Posts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/2cdc8_e17a4268a12b5ade64095942713eab46\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/2cdc8_e17a4268a12b5ade64095942713eab46\" class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>These businesses support <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2011\/07\/more-ad-choices-on-mype\/\">MyPE<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2011\/07\/more-ad-choices-on-mype\/\">MyPE<\/a> supports PE business:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To see how hard working Ward Councillors go about their jobs, see Ward 9 councillor, Heinrich Muller\u2019s newsletter below. You may contact Ward 9 using the contact form at the bottom of this report. 1. Registration Weekend \u2013 What a Success! 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