Ordinarily, intervention by the national government in an ailing municipality ought to be applauded. The problems in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro are many. They’re not new, either.
The municipality has had them for a while — more than 15 years. Throughout this period there have been several interventions, each purporting to provide a remedy. Instead of improving, the municipality has continued to deteriorate.
It’s no surprise, therefore, that people are asking if the latest intervention is a repeat of the previous shams. It’s not uncommon for one to have a tyre burst on the M17 between Motherwell and Kwazakhele due to potholes. And this is a main road, one of the busiest in the metro.
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No-one is spared from crime, includingabakhwetha (initiates). Criminals have now taken to robbingamanqalatha— young boys to who take food and other items to initiation schools. The complete darkness that shrouds large parts of the city at night instils even more fear. Functional street lights, or even traffic lights, are a rarity.
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