Lushiyeke lungenanto zokukhwela ngale ntsasa uluntu lwaseKariega, kumasipala ombaxa iNelson Mandela Bay, kwiMpuma Koloni, kulandela uqhankqalazo lwabaqhubi beetaxi.  Aba baqhubi banyanzelisa ukwakhiwa ngokutsha kwebhulorho iMatanzima, neyadilizwa zizikhukhula zonyaka ophelileyo. Kunangoku, aba notaxi bathi umasipala akakayilungisi le bhulorho, nto leyo eyenza kubenzima ukusebenza kubo. Ukuva banzi ngalo mba, emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana ubambe igosa lezonxibelelwano kumbutho iUitenhage District Taxi Association, uLubabalo Vesele...

Kwiveki ephelileyo umphathiswa wesebe lezimali eMpuma Koloni uMlungisi Mvoko,  uwise intetho yakhe yohlahlo lwabiwo mali lephondo nalapho edandalazise khona izicwangciso zephondo ngokuphathelele kwimicimbi yezimali zonyaka mali ka 2025/2026. Kwezi zicwangciso umphathiswa ubalule okuphambili ukusetyenziswa kwemali nokwabiwa kwemithombo yezimali ngobulumko, nanjengoko la ingamaxesha anzima ngokumayela nezoqoqosho. Eminye imiba athe wayiqaqambisa kwintetho yakhe, kukufunqulwa kwenkxaso mali enikezelwa kumasebe esitsho elumkisa ngokuba ayikho enye imali ezakunikwa amasebe, waze waphinda wabongoza amasebe ukuba asebenzise imali ayabelweyo. Awona masebe athe axhamla ngokwangezelekileyo, lelezemfundo, elezempilo, nto leyo izakuncedisa ukukhawulelana nezidingo zoluntu lwephondo. Ukufumana ingcaciso ngale miba neminye, emnxebeni ngoku sinaye umphathiswa wezimali ephondweni uMlungisi Mvoko...

IPost bank iyicacisile into yokuba inyanga yokugqibela ukuba abaxhamli bendodla batshintshe amakhadi abo ambala wegolide bafumane amnyama akwa Post bank, nguCanzibe hayi uTshazimpuzi. Oku kulandela intetho kamphathiswa kwi ofisi ka mongameli, uKhumbudzo Ntshavheni, ngethuba ethetha emva kwendibano yeCabinet, nalapho athe ixesha lokugqibela landiselwe umhla wamashumi amathathu kuTshazimpuzi. Ingqonyela kwa Postbank, uNikki Mbengashe, ebethetha nonondaba ePitoli. Masive nantsi ingxelo ka Phumzile Mlangeni...

Isebe lezemfundo eMpuma Koloni lichaze ukuba lizakurhoxisa ukubhaliswa kwesikolo iBergville College eAlfred Nzo,kuluhlu lwezikolo ezibhalisiweyo.  Oku kulandela ukuvulwa kwetyala lokudlwengulwa komntana oneminyaka esixhenxe ubudala, kunyaka ophelileyo ngenyanga yeDwarha, kwesisikolo sabucala. Okuzakuthi ga ngoku akukabikho mgama ungako sele uhanjiwe malunga nelityala. UAyabonga Kekana uncokole nothethela isebe lezemfundo uVuyiseka Mboxela. 

Iziko iFreedom Park Heritage Site and Museum, liphawula ikhulu leminyaka wazalwayo ongasekhoyo uRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe. USobukwe ongumseki wombutho iPan Africanist Congress, iPAC ngamafuphi, wayeligqala lomzabalazo elilachasene nenkqubo yengcinezelo ngokwebala, kweli loMzantsi Afrika.  Ube phambili kwidabi lenkululeko yeli lizwe, echasene nemithetho yokuphathwa kwamapasi. Sithethanje, eli ziko libambe umsitho wokukhumbula eli qhawe eBotanical Gardens eRhafu.  Ukuva banzi ngalo mba, emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana ubambe olilungu lebhunga kwiFreedom Park, uThami Ka Plaatjie...

Iqela lezopolitiko uMkhonto Wesizwe kwiphondo le Mpuma Koloni, linike umasipala ombaxa i Nelson Mandela Bay iintsuku ezilishumi elinesine ukuba aqubisane neqondo eliphezulu lentswela ngqesho, nolwaphulo mthetho kulo masipala. Namhlanje igquba lamalungu eli qela libambe umngcelele osingise kwiholo yesixeko eGqeberha, ukuya kudlulisa uxwebhu olunyanzelisa ukuphuculwa konikezelo lweenkonzo. Eli qela lithi iinkqubo zongenelelo ezinjengezo zengqesho yoluntu i EPWP, azibaxolisi abahlali. Masive ingxelo ku Sisipho Ngcumbe...

Isicotho sangoLwesibini esikhatshwa ziindundumo nemimoya emandla kuMasipala wesithili i-Amathole eMpuma Koloni, sishiye amakhaya amaninzi onakele, iindlela zivaliwe, kukho ukhukhuliseko, nezithuthi zichaphazelekile phakathi kwezinye izinto. UMasipala i-Amathole unooMasipala abathandathu phantsi kwakhe, kwaye abo bathe bachatshazelwa sesi sicotho bathathu, yi-Amahlathi nequka iQoboqobo, iGreat Kei, nequka iQumrha kunye ne-Raymond Mhlaba equka idolophu yaseDikeni. Emnxebeni uAyabonga Kekana ubambe isithethi salo Masipala, uSisa Msiwa...

Ukuhlangabezana nengxaki yoshokoxeko lwabasebenzi bezempilo, uRhulumente wephondo iMpuma Koloni unezicwangciso zokuqesha ooGqirha namaNesi abangaphaya kwe waka, kunyaka-mali ka2025/26. Oku kuvezwe nguMphathiswa wesebe lemali ePhondweni, uMlungisi Mvoko, ngethuba esithi thaca uhlahlo-lwabiwo kwiNdlu yowiso-mthetho eBhisho izolo. Kolu lwabiwo, isebe lezeMfundo lifumene esona sixa sikhulu. Kubekelwe bucala nesixa-mali esisondele kwi-R300 million ukukhawulelana neentlekele ezichaphazele iPhondo. UAyabonga Kekana uncokole, nophuma kwisebe lemali ephondweni, uPhumelele Godongwana

Ikomiti ejongene namapolisa epalamente ityelele iphondo iMpuma Koloni, ngelokuhlola indlela asabela ngayo amapolisa kwizenzo zolwaphulomthetho neziganeko zokunyanzeliswa kwabantu ukuba bahlawule imali ngeenjongo zokubakhusela, i-extortion ngolwasemzini. Ziya zisanda ngokwanda iziganezo ze-extortion kwilizwe loMzantsi Afrika, kwaye zinefuthe elibi kuhlumo loqoqosho lweli nobomi boluntu ngokubanzi.  Olu hlolo luza kugxila kweli phondo, nakwiphondo iKwaZulu-Natal. Ukusabela kule nyewe, emnxebeni uAmanda Xhala ubambe olilungu lale komiti, uInathi Mbiyo...

IKomiti ejongene nenkcitho kaRhulumente ePalamente, iSCOPA, ikwinkqubo yokwakh' umkhanyo kooMasipala ababini eMpuma Koloni. Le Komiti izakuya kumasipala wesithili iOR Tambo kunye nomasipala ombaxa iBuffalo City. Injongo yolu tyelelo kukujonga imingeni aba masipala abajongene nayo, nokuba iyiqhwalelisa njani na inkqubo yokusiwa kweenkonzo eluntwini. Intatheli yethu, u-Ayabonga Kekana, iye yancokola nosihlalo we-SCOPA, uSongezo Zibi, nalapho iqale ngokumbuza ngemingeni abayiqapheleyo echaphazela umasipala i-OR Tambo...