Stag Mitchell News Today

As crime rates surge, earning Gqeberha the lamentable title of SA’s most violent city, the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has failed to secure a new contract for ShotSpotter, with the technology not being used since December.

Nelson Mandela Bay’s emergency medical services (EMS) workers are so traumatised by being targeted by criminals that they will no longer enter hotspot areas without a police escort.

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has deployed 32 new safety and security wardens to the Gqeberha central business district to improve safety for residents, tourists and businesses.

Firefighters have had their hands full with more than 400 fires raging across Nelson Mandela Bay since January 1 — and fire and emergency services department officials suspect many of them may have been deliberately set.

A runaway veld fire that has swept through KwaNobuhle for four days has been brought under control.

Dora Nginza Hospital is in ailing health, with its power supply still cut off and staff having to rely on generators for the fourth day in a row.

Family, friends, residents and politicians gathered in Timothy Valley, Nelson Mandela Bay, on Thursday to mourn the death of nine-year-old Romario Jordan Williams whose body was discovered in a dam at Van Der Kemp’s Kloof.

The Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Police have arrested 49 people for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol in the past 26 days.

Eskom, infrastructure collapse, war in the Middle East: the list goes on, with only sport providing relief. But next year’s elections bring a ray of hope.

A blaze that broke out in Schauderville on Tuesday afternoon — and spread dangerously close to homes — has been brought under control.