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.
Days before much-loved Nelson Mandela Bay pastor Ryno Plaatjies was gunned down in a suspected hit, he had discovered that thousands of rand were allegedly being embezzled from the Summer Shuttle Services bank account and funnelled into fictitious accounts.
A R60m proposal to develop the vandalised Dan Qeqe Stadium in Zwide was criticised by councillors at a sport, recreation, arts and culture committee meeting on Tuesday over concerns about insufficient information and a lack of consultations with teams that use the facility.
After a weekend of rough seas and high winds, a 26-year-old spearfisherman took advantage of the calmer weather to take to the sea from the rocks at the Willows Coastal Resort, near Noordhoek, on Tuesday.