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Yet more water loss

Though most residents have been getting at least a semi-constant supply of municipal water since the good rainfall in the catchment area in December made the Kowie River flow strongly over the Waters Meeting weir, we are still…

One of Herotel’s access ports for the fibre it laid in a trench along Atherstone Road – the first arterial road it laid fibre in for its Port Alfred network

Port Alfred fibre project halted

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…

More legal costs for Ndlambe

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…

Herotel respond to reader’s concerns

Following receipt of a letter from a reader, Neil Human, regarding the roll-out of fibre cables for fast internet access, TotT contacted Herotel, the company responsible for installing the fibre network around town, to answer some of the…

LOOSELY PACKED RUBBLE: Residents have expressed concerns about the state that some verges have been left in after Herotel’s contractors have laid fibre and filled in the trenches Picture: JON HOUZET

Herotel responds to concerns about poles and trenches

While many Port Alfred residents are enthusiastic about fibre internet coming to Port Alfred, many have also raised concerns and complaints about the poles being erected for an aboveground network as well as the trenches that were dug for…