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Amendments to tarrifs agreed on

PORT ALFRED RATEPAYERS and RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION A meeting was held on October 30 2024) between PARRA and officials from Ndlambe Municipality’s finance department. We were able to get concessions and/or consensus on some issues. The…

POCKMARKED WITH POTHOLES: The indoor pool parking lot has been allowed to deteriorate over the past few years

Car park dilapidated

Indoor pool leaseholder wants rates money ploughed back into maintenance The leaseholder of the indoor pool centre said in the time he has been paying rates, Ndlambe Municipality has done no maintenance on the car park which is now in a…

Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago. Image: FREDDY MAVUNDA

Reserve Bank cuts repo rate a further 50bps to 3.75%

The SA Reserve Bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points on Thursday which is expected to bring further relief to SA’s battered economy, most of which is still under lockdown. The cut takes the benchmark rate to 3.75%, its lowest level…

DA salutes City of Cape Town for granting rates relief to residents hit by Covid-19

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has commended the Cape Town municipality for being the only metropolitan government in South Africa that has taken bold measures to support both businesses and residents during the coronavirus crisis and…

Ndlambe finances in a good state, says Schenk

Last week’s open executive committee meeting was a hurried affair where councillor Ray Schenk stood in for the mayor who was finishing his round of mayoral imbizos before the end of June deadline and the end of the 2018/2019 financial…

Sad loss of an icon

IT is sad to see the passing of an era for the Goodwill Centre in Campbell Street, and for the Port Alfred Benevolent Society itself. Residents would have noticed by now that the quaint little building which for many years served as a…

Rates increase a little more than originally stated

NDLAMBE Municipality announced the final rates increases at the special council meeting, held at the council chambers on Wednesday. The council is required by law to submit a final budget for the next financial year before the end of June…