Buffalo City's multimillion-rand Leighandre 'Baby Lee' Jegels Recreational Park, commonly called the Stoep, has been targeted by cable thieves and vandals. Quigney Ratepayers Association chair Satish Nair said he noticed one of the lamp posts had been vandalised and alerted law enforcement officials and the Buffalo City Metropolitan Development Agency (BCMDA).
Incorrect information provided on billboards erected at East London’s esplanade at the beginning of 2024 will only be rectified by about June. Two of the nine billboards were removed in February after the Buffalo City Metro Development Agency (BCMDA) was taken to task over the inaccuracy of the historical details they provided.
The Buffalo City Metropolitan Development Agency’s factually incorrect sign boards along the beachfront in Quigney, East London, have not been removed or corrected despite an undertaking by the agency to do so two weeks ago. The Dispatch reported on February 5 that one of the nine boards contained incorrect information relating to the isiXhosa history while another had the wrong picture of the Beach Hotel.
Tasked with driving development in the province’s struggling municipalities, not one of the Eastern Cape’s municipal development agencies has had a clean bill of health from the auditor-general.