An urgent application for an interdict against Rhodes University’s Covid-19 vaccination mandate will be heard on March 1, by agreement between the parties. Makhanda Against Mandates (MAM) was formed shortly after Rhodes introduced the…
The High Court in Makhanda (Grahamstown) has reminded Ndlambe Municipality that it should already have started putting processes into place to rectify the problem of stray animals and mismanaged commonages. Acting Justice Avinash…
There is now another court order against Ndlambe Municipality for its neglect of the stray cattle issue and its mismanagement of commonages. But will it make any difference? Residents who follow the issue might remember a very similar…
Ndlambe Municipality again given deadlines to address issues Another high court judgment has been handed down on the issue of stray cattle on Ndlambe’s roads and the municipality’s mismanagement of its commonages. Three years after…
Ndlambe Municipality has obtained an interdict in the Grahamstown High Court preventing Herotel from continuing with its internet fibre project in Port Alfred. The municipality was granted the temporary interdict pending a review…
Ndlambe Municipality is involved in another lawsuit which may end up costing it money – meaning the ratepayers will be the ones forking out. It seems the timing for lawsuits is March, as the case on the front page is a mirror of the RO…
A child rapist has been sentenced in the Grahamstown high court to 20 years’ imprisonment. Capt Bradley Rawlinson said 21-year-old Jonathan Lombard had raped a young boy, who was eight years old at the time of the attack. The boy had been…
DA: we remain convinced that this outcome was set up from the start Ndlambe Municipality has appointed Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) as the contractor for its sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant project – the same company which was…
A 36-year-old Eastern Cape man has been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment for killing his 74-year-old mother. Kwanele Mqeni was convicted in the Grahamstown high court on Friday. Police said Mqeni had been arrested for assaulting his…
The National Council of SPCAs has vowed to continue its fight against live sheep export despite the Grahamstown high court’s decision this week to allow a shipment of 56 000 sheep to leave East London’s shores for the Middle East. Acting…
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has submitted a motion to the Speaker of Ndlambe Municipality requesting a full investigation into the municipality’s tender processes over the past three years. Last week the DA opened a criminal case against…
The regional executive committee (REC) of the ANC Sarah Baartman region has advised the Ndlambe council not to appeal the high court judgment on the seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant tender. The tender award to Quality Filtration…
“The courts cannot and will not tolerate this type of improper conduct” Ndlambe Municipality’s awarding of R100-million tender to build a sea water reverse osmosis (RO) plant on the banks of the Kowie River has been declared unlawful and…
Municipality must be placed under administration The Grahamstown High Court has dismissed an application for leave to appeal by Makana Municipality and the provincial government against the court’s earlier decision to place Makana under…
The judgment was released by the Grahamstown High Court [the court’s name is still Grahamstown] last week. Vuyile Nyanya, who was 47 at the time of the incident, was detained in front of his family at about 9pm on April 19 2010 by a group…
