Chatty Dip News Today

On this day 55 years ago, Nelson Mandela Bay residents were left to pick up the pieces after a devastating flood which ripped through the city — the likes of which had never been seen before or since.

Eastern Cape municipalities have shown some improvements in terms of audit outcomes, according to Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke’s 2021/22 local government audit. But with R10.6bn in irregular expenditure, there’s room for improvement.

Gqeberha: Nearly 600 households, sharing 10 toilets in Govan Mbeki Village, say the facilities have not been cleaned since before Christmas.

Gqeberha ten mobile toilets have not been cleaned since Christmas, residents take it upon themselves to protest against the municipality

At least 10 traffic and pedestrians lights along the R75 between Gqeberha and Kariega are not working, with some being dug out from the ground.

A high-speed chase through the suburbs of Gqeberha resulted in the arrest of a 26-year-old man in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The Chatty Dip along the R75 which was closed earlier due to service delivery protests has been reopened.

A large contingent of police officers flanked striking taxi drivers on the R75 on Wednesday morning, pushing them off the road.

Seven people have been arrested in connection with the wanton destruction across Nelson Mandela Bay after a violent taxi strike on Tuesday.

Thousands of commuters were left stranded in Gqeberha after taxi drivers blocked roads with burning tyres over claims their bosses had kept Covid-19 relief funding for themselves.