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READER LETTER | Redirecting wastewater on to the roadway is a masterstroke

It appears that there is a trial being carried out in Lindsay Road whereby the wastewater is being redirected into the roadway and allowed to flow by gravity to whatever lowest point is available.

Pictured Tabiso Mfeya and Luxolo Namette. Picture Eugene Coetzee

LETTER | No accountability in Lobishe’s bungling administration

The National Treasury has issued a statement, announcing that it is withholding an equitable share grant of nearly R2bn from Nelson Mandela Bay

The main Library in the East London, CBD. Picture: Randell Roskruge

LETTER | Library service is not what it was

I am a pensioner who makes regular use of the library.

A truck carrying manganese leaves the Gqeberha harbour entrance in Strand Street. The Gqeberha-based Africa Clean Air Forum is calling for the government to put pressure on Transnet to immediately relocate the manganese terminal to the Port of Ngqura instead of delaying until 2030

LETTER | Manganese trucks menace must end

Our roads are damaged because these trucks far exceed the legal load that our roads can carry.

Minister of Finance, Mr Enoch Godongwana. Picture: Elmond Jiyane

LETTER | Don’t blame Treasury — vote out failing officials

Not removing the agents of neglect and waste will be the worst thing the voters can do in November.

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LETTER | Apology not accepted for avoidable water and electricity outages

Let me be clear to the circus and the head clown: we are not patient!

Residents cast thier votes during Buffalo. City Metro Municipality's ward one by-election at Pefferville clinic in KuGompo. File photo:

LETTER | Vote for change to stop SA sliding towards a precipice

When fellow South Africans observe the current situation in our beloved country, many may be wondering — how did we get here?

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LETTER | Why lose tourism benefits of ‘PE’ heritage?

While indigenous heritage should be recognised, retaining the Port Elizabeth name would better preserve the city's colonial history, international identity and tourism appeal, says the writer.

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LETTER | African Bombers veteran calls for rugby to harness Wonga Joka’s expertise

I look at the Eastern Cape provincial structure of rugby and the national structure of rugby coaching and I see people who are not on his level when it comes to the knowledge of the game

Hundreds of residents from George take to the streets of Thembalethu township to protest against illegal immigration.  Picture:

LETTER | June 30 protest a clear message to government

Many protesters contend that the responsibility for the country’s current challenges rests largely with the ANC government, says the writer.

Canada's Promise David in action against Switzerland at the Fifa 2026 World Cup. Canada face Bafana Bafana on Sunday.

LETTER | Have confidence in Bafana against Canada — they can do it

Let’s rally behind the team in the same way we do when the Boks play

Siya Kolisi connects with pupils from Emsemgeni Primary in Zwide, where he grew up. Picture:

LETTER | Rugby unites people in SA like nothing else

The records speak for themselves in why rugby is more successful than football in SA.

24 June 2026 - The memorial service for slain NMB councillor Sicelo Mleve was held at the Soweto on Sea Multi Purpose Centre on Wednesday afternoon. Pictured here: Ntsika Mnyimba, Regional Coordinator of the ANC Youth Legue reads the Sicelo Mleve's Political Biography. Picture Werner Hills

LETTER | A tribute to Sicelo Mleve: Victim of a collapsing state

“The revolution kills revolutionaries in Nelson Mandela Bay.”

Premier Oscar Mabuyane. Picture: MARK ANDREWS

LETTER | Why Mabuyane must appeal against Malema defamation ruling

If this judgment stands, the law ceases to be a shield

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LETTER | Thanks, Willem, for restoring our faith in humanity

Mr Willem Jonker (resident in Kingsway) who took over the situation and in no time the tyre was removed, replaced and we were on our way.