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Joy as mayor Faku finally graduates

It was a day of ululations for Buffalo City Metro mayor Princess Faku as her yellow and red graduation sash was finally placed on her shoulders. After nearly a year of court battles with the University of Fort Hare over the authentication of her qualifications, Faku received her Bachelor of Laws degree on Wednesday morning.

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BCM granted interdict against ratepayers' protest

The East London high court this week granted the Buffalo City Metro an interdict against the planned protest action at the city hall. This came after irate ratepayers threatened to shut down municipal offices, including that of mayor Princess Faku, on Tuesday morning amid a standoff over debt write-off, incorrect billing, illegal connections and service delivery issues.

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African Development Bank Group (AfDB) / Press release | African Business Founders to Take Center Stage at African Hidden Champions (AHC) Soirée in Johannesburg

African Business Founders to Take Center Stage at African Hidden Champions (AHC) Soirée in Johannesburg

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African Business Founders to Take Center Stage At AHC Soirée in Johannesburg

African Business Founders to Take Center Stage At AHC Soirée in Johannesburg
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Ratepayers will be consulted before tariff hikes, vows metro

Don't panic — Buffalo City Metro says it will consult with ratepayers before it implements the proposed tariff hikes for the 2024/2025 financial year. A recent draft budget and Integrated Development Plan (IDP) report revealed the metro’s plans to increase the electricity tariff by 15.81% — which is above the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) proposed increase of 12.

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BCM ratepayers face steep tariff hikes

Buffalo City Metro ratepayers should brace themselves for steep tariff hikes in the 2024/2025 financial year.

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Small businesses want bigger slice of BCM pie

Business leaders want to challenge the way tenders are decided in the metro to ensure more work comes to small businesses from significant infrastructure projects. A newly established business association headed by taxi boss Gabs Mtshali says it is time things changed. The BCM Municipality Business Association (BCMMBA) hosted its inaugural general meeting on Sunday in the Mdantsane Community Hall.

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BCM taken to task over cost of security for councillors

After it emerged that the Buffalo City Metro splurged nearly R13m on 13 bodyguards for the mayor, deputy mayor and speaker, the DA is taking the council to task once again over security personnel costs for councillors, saying the issue has been shrouded in secrecy. The security costs were revealed in the metro’s annual report for the 2022/2023 financial year.

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Buffalo City Metro mayor's pool promise evaporates

Despite grand promises by Buffalo City Metro mayor Princess Faku that the long-delayed Mdantsane NU2 pool would be completed during her first 100 days in office, no work has been done on the project since she took over a year ago. In fact, according to the main contractor on the multimillion-rand project, the NLG Group, the last day of work done on the promised state-of-the-art pool precinct was in July 2022, about eight months before she took over as the city’s executive mayor.

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BCM ward projects stall after funds frozen

Buffalo City Metro communities are beginning to feel the pain of the city’s spending cuts after it pulled the plug on its multimillion-rand ward-based projects. According to the ward allocation programmes report, seen by the Dispatch, 14 wards had not touched their millions by the time the freeze was implemented towards the end of 2023, while others managed to spend between R6,000 and R900,000 per ward.

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