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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…

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Internet fibre trench diggers hit water mains

Workers digging a trench to lay internet fibre hit a water mains in Anglers Way, Port Alfred on Thursday morning. Untold thousands of litres of water were lost. In the time Talk of the Town was there no repair crew had yet arrived. We…

Ratepayers should be outraged

The Auditor General’s annual report on Ndlambe Municipality is like living in Groundhog Day. Over the past 14 years that this writer has been working at Talk of the Town, it’s been a succession of qualified audits with a disclaimer and…

Another qualified audit for Ndlambe

Municipality cannot confirm indigent status of people getting free services Ndlambe Municipality received another qualified audit opinion from the Auditor General for the financial year ending June 30 2019. Among the reasons for the…

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Burst pipe results in Main Street being flooded

The scene in Main Street, Port Alfred on Tuesday afternoon, February 12, after a water main burst and municipal workers had to excavate a large hole and pump water into the street to stop the hole flooding as repairs were undertaken.…

Half our water ‘lost’

Damning AG report for Ndlambe Municipality details R23m losses Ndlambe Municipality was not able to account for half the water it provided to residents and businesses in the 2017-2018 financial year, the latest auditor-general’s report…