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BOIL FIRST: The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has issued a notice that the city’s water supply may not be safe to drinkImage: 123RF/ WEERAPAT KIATDUMRONG

Drinking Nelson Mandela Bay’s water ‘could present risk to human health’

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipal water supply may be unsafe for consumption, and city officials have warned residents to boil their water before drinking or cooking until further notice. In a statement released on Monday night, the…

Transnet sign outside their offices.Image: ARCHIVES

Transnet National Ports Authority relocating to Nelson Mandela Bay

A decade after planning to move Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to one of its ports, it is relocating to Nelson Mandela Bay. This was confirmed by Ayanda Mantshongo, the TNPA corporate affairs executive manager in a statement,…

Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane.Image: RANDELL ROSKRUGE

Nelson Mandela Bay Covid cases dropping, recovery rate 94%, says Mabuyane

Is Nelson Mandela Bay still a Covid-19 hotspot? Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane says science will have to provide the answer. Covid-19 cases seem to be dropping in the metro, which has just more than 300 active cases. This creates an…

NMB mayor Nqaba Bhanga “optimistic” as Covid-19 figures drop in December.Image: 123RF/ JARUN ONTAKRAI

Nelson Mandela Bay’s daily infections declining

Nelson Mandela Bay has shown a slight drop in the rate of new daily infections, with mayor Nqaba Bhanga cautiously optimistic about the metro’s Covid-19 situation.. Compared to figures at the beginning of December, the latest statistics…

NEW CURBS: Taverns might only be allowed to sell booze for take-away if a new recommendation to curb the spread of Covid-19 is approvedImage: EUGENE COETZEE

Booze sales, parties to be restricted in Nelson Mandela Bay

Stricter Covid-19 regulations are set to place a damper on festivities in Nelson Mandela Bay this holiday season. The sale of liquor will once again be restricted to four days a week, according to three high-placed insiders who attended a…

HAMPERING FIGHT: As Covid-19 cases rise in Nelson Mandela Bay, a fourth health department testing and tracing vehicle was hijacked in KwazakheleImage: GETTY IMAGES/GALLO IMAGES/SHARON SERETLO

Fourth Covid testing vehicle hijacked in Eastern Cape

While the rate of Covid-19 infections continue to rise in Nelson Mandela Bay — with 200 to 300 new cases registered daily — a fourth vehicle belonging to the Eastern Cape department of health has been hijacked. The Covid-19 testing and…