The Residents of Groenvlei Road in Station Hill say their streets are filled with sewage. Residents in this small, forgotten corner of town live under conditions most would find unbearable. Crumbling RDP houses, non-functional toilets,…
The double-subsidisation of two December 2024 music festivals costing ratepayers R700 000 each reared its head again in a special council meeting last Friday when the municipality’s adjustment budget was tabled and passed. The adjustment…
STEVEN LANG Journalists in Makhanda were more than a little intrigued when Makana Municipality mayor, Yandiswa Vara, invited them for a media briefing about “key issues pertaining to extreme changes in the municipality”. When they arrived…
No potholes is the promise the developers of a plastic-based road surface being tested in Port Alfred. Horton Road, which runs past the main entrance of Settlers Park retirement complex, has had residents amazed as within a week, a…
Port Alfred Hospital has made significant progress in addressing its equipment shortages, Department of Health spokesperson Mkhululi Ndamase says. He responded to questions from Talk of the Town after DA shadow health MEC Jane Cowley…
Veteran cabinet minister Pravin Gordhan has died in hospital after “a short, courageous battle with cancer”. He was 75. The family announced on Friday he was “surrounded by his family, closest friends and his lifelong comrades in the…
Talk of the Town asked Ndlambe Infrastructure Director Dr Noluthando Vithi for the latest updates on some of the key infrastructure projects in the Municipality. Thornhill water tower, Port Alfred The 2.6ML elevated concrete reservoir…
Cable theft in and around Port Alfred is costing around R9 000 a day. This shocking figure was revealed in an exclusive interview with Ndlambe Municipality’s infrastructure director Dr Noluthando Vithi this week. While every effort has…
A burst pipe in the Port Alfred CBD on Sunday afternoon 18 September saw residents still without water on Monday, while repairs were under way. Meanwhile, residents in Bathurst said they had been without water for several weeks. Talk of…
Residents of Port Alfred are all too well aware of the sewage problems, encountered daily. Ndlambe Municipality has stated that the infrastructure is old and needs to be replaced and repaired. However, since the municipality has done very…
As the water crisis in Ndlambe continues, residents of Sunset Park on Port Alfred’s East Bank said they were tired of having no water and have been forced to take fewer showers or baths, and not do their laundry unless the water is…
The Port Alfred area, including Nemato, has been suffering severe water shortages recently due to the failure of ageing infrastructure and a lack of maintenance on the pipelines supplying Port Alfred. Ndlambe’s infrastructure deputy…
