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The muggings, assaults and fatalities that have plagued Nelson Mandela Bay’s Arlington tip could be coming to an end with the municipality launching the first stage of a R65m security upgrade to the facility.
Faeces, sanitary towels and toilet paper are floating in the Port Elizabeth Harbour, causing serious problems for fishermen and an oyster farm.The sewage has been pouring into the harbour and the Baakens River at different points since Wednesday last week.
A plan to prevent taps from running dry across swathes of Nelson Mandela Bay by diverting millions of rand in budgeted funds and roping in outside experts was approved during a heated virtual council meeting on Tuesday.
With the Churchill Dam expected to run dry in just 16 days, renewed efforts to plug the thousands of leaks driving Nelson Mandela Bay’s water crisis are under way.
With grim projections for the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in Gauteng, there is some hope that hospital admissions are not increasing at a similar speed. Meanwhile, detection systems in Nelson Mandela Bay have indicated a possible surge in infections and the Plett Matric Rage has been ca...