MAYOR calls on residents and stakeholders to ensure the effective implementation of the R7.8 billion budget and hold the municipality accountable.

AGREEMENT gives structure to the provision of the public transport service by promoting the establishment of co-operatives to manage operations on behalf of the taxi industry.

THE project will see 269 semi-detached houses constructed for the residents of Silvertown informal settlement.

THE municipality is assessing the project-readiness of sites identified for development of social housing in Mandela Bay as is plans to launch its flagship project soon.

TASK team to investigate deteriorating heritage buildings and social infrastructure throughout Nelson Mandela Bay and make recommendations.

NEW leadership at the metro undertake to give all stakeholders an opportunity to engage with it in charting the way forward for the city.

TAXI operators have formed five cooperatives which will conclude contracts with the municipality for the operation of the new public transport system.

THE municipality’s Vukuphile Learnership Programme, which focuses on labour intensive construction technology, has created hundreds of jobs over two years.

MAYOR Nondumiso Maphazi lauds the contribution of the economic advisory panel for the advice and support it provides the municipality.

THE municipality is to accelerate the provision of housing with the appointment of two social housing institutions to develop units for low income households.

The municipality has developed a housing turnaround strategy in an attempt to tackle its housing backlog while also focusing on developing integrated settlements.

THE award is seen as recognition of the municipality's capacity in providing quality sustainable waste management services to residents.

RESIDENTS living in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will soon get an opportunity to visit their local stadium earmarked for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, ahead of the event.

THE municipality says the drop in its drinking water compliance score is due to a technicality in the reporting format to the water affairs department.

THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has boosted several local organizations with grant allocations that will undoubtedly make a big difference in the day to day running of their institutions.

THE construction of the Nelson Mandela Bay Multipurpose Stadium which will host several games during the 2010 Fifa World Cup reached a significant milestone today.

BREAKTHROUGH as R322 million secured and "quick win" projects near completion in Uitenhage, Motherwell and other areas

NELSON Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth is leading South Africa’s charge to welcome the world in June 2010. The City’s brand new stadium, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, is at an advanced stage of completion and is set to be complete a year before the 2010 FIFA World Cup kicks off.

THE erection of the roof truss girders of the Nelson Mandela Bay soccer stadium for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa has reached the halfway mark and is now edging towards completion with the lifting in place of the 19th girder this morning.

THE Blue Flag status of Wells Estate has been reinstated after Blue Flag programme Co-ordinator Morgan Griffiths was satisfied with drastic steps taken by the Nelson Mandela Municipality today to prevent further irresponsible behaviour by crowds.

NELSON Mandela Bay is offering alternative entertainment options this festive season with two exhibitions on show at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum in Park Drive.

THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality once again showed that it can compete with the best in the country when it scooped a National Municipal Performance Excellence Award at Vuna Awards 2008, beating major cities such as the City of Cape Town, eThekwini, Tswane and Ekurhuleni.

THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has, for the first time in eight years, received a clean audit report from the Auditor General

THE levels of Nelson Mandela Bay’s main water supply dams are steadily dropping and should there be no substantial inflow into the dams during the next

THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is to erect a memorial in tribute to four anti-apartheid activists who were brutally murdered by the security police in 1985

A DELEGATION from the Chinese destination marketing authority, China Travel Services, will visit Nelson Mandela Bay during the period 12 - 16 October 2008

The municipality is set to launch three energy efficient projects including solar, wind turbines and landfill gas to generate power.

THE Nelson Mandela Bay Metro hopes that the development near the port will have a catalyst effect on similar development in the area

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has so far built 3 000 houses this financial year. According to housing manager Mvulani Mapu, the municipality has set aside R292-million for housing delivery.

The main aim of the 1000-strong municipal police force will be to minimise threats to the safety and security of residents and visitors as a result of crime and road accidents.

The deal to build the R20-billion smelter at Coega has been finalised with the signing of a 25-year agreement between Canadian company Alcan and Eskom.

The 'massive' multimillion-rand facelift, which includes dune restoration and the construction of well-lit walkways, is one of the city's Vision 2020 projects.

The Development Bank of Southern Africa has approved R54-million for the construction of a salt crystallization plant in the Coega Industrial Development Zone.

Pitting cities and towns against each other with contestants from competing towns in spectacular oversized costumes, the Summer Games has begun.