Ward 1- Nelson Mandela Bay

ARE YOU CORRECTLY REGISTERED TO VOTE?🗳️

The ward 1 office will be at the PARK RUN, HOBIE BEACH YACHT CLUB from 07H15 - 09H30 tomorrow morning (06 June 2026) should anyone like to check their voter registration🗳️

We will ALSO be at the WARD 1 OFFICE over the same time period.

Anyone needing to update their address/voting station should bring their ID 🪪and cell phone 📱

NMB HALF MARATHON 27 JUNE 2026

The 2026 Nelson Mandela Bay Half-Marathon will take place Saturday, 27 June 2026 from 07h00 starting at mulitple locations per distance and finishing at Pollok Beach, Summerstrand in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. Distances available include 21.1km and 5km races.

🚨 WEATHER WARNING 🚨
02 June 2026

The South African Weather Service has intensified the original warning was issued.

Updated forecasts indicate up to 200 mm of rainfall between Wednesday and Thursday.
Expected rainfall:
Wednesday: Up to 100 mm
Thursday: Approximately 50–100 mm
Rainfall probabilities:
Tuesday night: 30% chance of light rain
Wednesday: 100% chance of rain
Thursday: 80% chance of rain
Friday: Continued light rainfall, mainly in the morning

The PREVIOUS LEVEL 5 warning for Nelson Mandela Bay has been UPGRADED TO A LEVEL 8 warning.

The decision was based on:
Increased rainfall projections.
Saturated ground conditions following recent heavy rainfall.
The significant damage caused by the previous weather event.

THE LEVEL 8 WARNING IS EFFECTIVE FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

A Yellow LEVEL 2 WARNING FOR DAMAGING WAVES has been issued for Nelson Mandela Bay. Waves of 4–5 metres are expected along the coast.

Residents are advised that high tides will be experienced at the following times: Wednesday 5am and 17:25, Thursday 05:30 and 18:00. Residents are advised to take caution when making use of the beaches.

Contact details:
* 041 585 1555 (NMBM Emergency Response Number)
* 079 490 0480 (NMBM Safety and Security WhatsApp number)
* 10111 SAPS
* ⁠041 506 5595 (NMBM Electricity and Energy)

⚠️ LEVEL 5 WEATHER WARNING NMBM ⚠️

Residents are advised that the South African Weather Service has issued an Orange Level 5 Warning for disruptive rainfall from Wednesday 3rd June afternoon until Thursday 4th June evening.

Following the heavy rains experienced a few weeks ago, residents are urged to remain alert and take precautions.

Heavy rainfall may lead to flooding of roads, traffic disruptions, damage to property, and dangerous conditions in low-lying areas.

Please avoid flooded roads where possible, and keep an eye on weather updates.

CHESHIRE HOMES FABULOUS FETE! SATURDAY 06 JUNE 2026

Don't forget to pop in and support over 30 private stall holders.... and 20 regular stalls - all in support of beneficiaries, residents and children of Cheshire! Looking forward to seeing you there!

𝐃𝐀 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐌𝐁 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫
𝑏𝑦 𝐶𝑙𝑙𝑟 𝑂𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑎 𝐾𝑒𝑝𝑒 - 𝐷𝐴 𝑁𝑀𝐵 𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑘𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐸𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦

The Democratic Alliance (DA) has lodged a formal complaint with the Speaker of Council against Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Babalwa Lobishe for breaching the municipal Code of Conduct for Councillors.

Lobishe and her ANC/EFF coalition of chaos government has, over an extended period, been withholding non-confidential information from DA ward councillors, sabotaging their ability to service their communities. The Mayor is guilty of political misconduct and the Speaker must act.

The latest incident of withholding information relates to the City’s recent public communication regarding ward councillor engagements about ongoing electricity outages and service delivery interventions. The coalition government deliberately created the false impression that all affected ward councillors were included in these processes. This is categorically untrue. DA ward councillors, whose communities are equally affected by prolonged power outages, were deliberately excluded.

The DA has written to the Acting City Manager and the Speaker to demand immediate remedial action, and informed the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Zolile Williams.

We will also report the Mayor to the COGTA Parliamentary Portfolio Committee again. She has appeared before the Committee twice already to account for Nelson Mandela Bay’s collapse, yet has clearly not learned her lesson.

The exclusion of our ward councillors is not an administrative oversight but a calculated political strategy. It is a deliberate attempt to sabotage DA councillors and weaponise municipal services against residents living in DA wards.

What makes this conduct particularly disgraceful is that it does not merely target elected public representatives, it punishes ordinary residents and businesses that are struggling to survive.

While residents sit in darkness, businesses lose money, the economy declines, jobs disappear, and the vulnerable are exposed to crime, this administration focuses on political games instead of service delivery.

After the Local Government Elections on 4 November, under a DA government, all ward councillors and communities will be treated equally.

The DA will build a safe, well-run, and growing city for all residents to get Nelson Mandela Bay working again.

POTHOLE PLUGGING

So there's still no NMBM contract in place to purchase tar to fix potholes. No surprise there. The DA's Retief Odendaal heeded the appeal of DA Councillors across the Metro and sponsored buckets and buckets of gatvol pothole filler.🧢

This morning, the team was out there filling one (actually four) pothole at a time. Making a difference. Getting it done. 🪏🕳️
The DA is in your corner💙🧢💙


Retief Odendaal NMB

REFUSE COLLECTION UPDATE

The truck is back on the road and the team is now catching up.

REFUSE COLLECTION DELAY

The truck servicing Ward 1 has had a breakdown.
The team will catch up as soon as the truck is available.

Baie geluk, Nicoh! 🏅

Hy het tydens die eerste rondte van die Oos Kaap Gimmastiekproewe die volgende uitslae behaal:

🥇Goud vir Dubbel mini-trampolien
🥇Goud vir Trampolien
🥇Goud vir Sinchronisasie-trampolien