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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.
In a terrifying moment, six members of a Nelson Mandela Bay family, including two young children, were killed when their vehicle overturned, catching alight.
At the mercy of ruthless killers who storm people’s houses, taverns, and even open fire in the streets in broad daylight, Kwazakhele residents are living in fear and say they feel like prisoners in their own homes.
Seven people were killed and four wounded in a mass shooting in Gqeberha on Sunday evening.
While some councillors are moved into guesthouses due to service delivery unrest and threats, the national human settlements department has threatened to withhold funds to improve informal settlements in Nelson Mandela Bay after the municipality failed to spend any of the R33m allocated in September.