Ward 40 - Nelson Mandela Bay

03/12/2025

3 December 2025, 17h45

At Fitches Corner, the Blue Horizon Bay 22Kv breaker tripped.

FBH, Blue Horizon Bay Village and surroundings are affected.

Staff are aware and will attend, no available timeframe for restoration.

Regards
Jason Grobbelaar
Ward 40

03/12/2025

🚧SEAVIEW ROADS UPDATE — GIVE THE TEAM A WAVE!
3 December 2025, 12h00

If you're driving through Seaview today, keep an eye out for the NMBM Roads Department who are hard at work updating more of our street names.

The depot covers a massive area and as you can see, it’s just two dedicated staff members out here in Seaview doing some seriously tough labour, those poles and signs are heavy concrete and the ground is no joke to dig.

Under a DA-run city, we will ensure teams like this are properly capacitated with additional EPWP staff, helping them get the job done faster, clear backlogs more efficiently and at the same time create temporary employment for hundreds of unemployed residents.

Please give them a friendly wave of appreciation when you see them, it's not their fault the city is as broken as it is.

Regards
Jason Grobbelaar
Ward 40 Cllr

03/12/2025

📅 03 December 2025 — 11h45
⚡️ ELECTRICITY OUTAGE: ELANDSRIVIER AREA (ROCKLANDS)

Please note that the electricity outage affecting the Elandsrivier area was formally logged with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality at 09h00 this morning.

A complaint has been opened under Ref: 1733714.
The fault has been handed over to the relevant NMBM department to investigate and attend to. At this stage, no estimated restoration time has been provided.

As soon as any additional information becomes available from the NMBM, it will be posted in the comments section of this update.

Regards
Jason Grobbelaar
Ward 40

03/12/2025

‼️ ROCKLANDS CLINIC CABLES STOLEN – COMMUNITY HELD HOSTAGE BY CRIMINALS ‼️
3 December 2025

Criminals stole the electricity cables at the Rocklands Clinic in Bloza. Let’s be clear: This is an attack on the health and wellbeing of the entire community.

With no power, essential medicine now has to be stored off-site, delaying treatment and putting vulnerable residents at risk.

What makes this even worse is that people inside this very same community know exactly who is stealing these cables, who is running illegal connections with them and where the stolen cables end up. Yet they choose to remain silent, enabling criminals.

You cannot complain when medicine isn’t readily available if you refuse to speak up about the very individuals destroying the clinic. This now requires the Clinic to open a SAPS case and report to NMBM Loss Control to investigate, this will further delay the restoration of the Clinic's electricity.

If we want service delivery, we must protect it. If we want functioning clinics, we must defend them.

Report crime anonymously to SAPS on 10111.

Jason Grobbelaar
Ward 40 Cllr

02/12/2025

WATER DISRUPTION ON LOCAL BURST PIPES & IMPACT OF ESKOM SHUTDOWN

02 December 2025

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality informs residents of ongoing water supply disruptions following today’s scheduled Eskom maintenance shutdown at the Nooitgedagt Water Treatment Works, as well as several unrelated burst pipelines across the Metro.

1. Nooitgedagt Shutdown – Expected Impact

The Eskom shutdown required Nooitgedagt to be taken offline this morning. This will slow down overall system recovery and may cause periods of low pressure or no water in multiple supply zones throughout the day.

The Municipality had requested a postponement due to the fragile system, but Eskom confirmed the shutdown could not be deferred.

2. Areas Currently Without Water – Burst Pipelines

Maintenance teams are on site attending to faults. Repairs are expected to be completed by close of business today.

Affected areas:
• Parsonsvlei / Parsons Ridge
• ⁠CBD and Central
• ⁠Struanway Industrial Area

3. Areas at Risk of Intermittent Supply Today

Residents in the following zones may experience low pressure or temporary outages:

• Motherwell
• ⁠Van Riebeeck Park & Fairbridge Heights Reservoir Zones
• ⁠End Street, Despatch
• ⁠Chatty and surrounding tower zones

Areas supplied via Kwanobuhle Reservoir 1 may also be affected due to power issues at Loerie Water Treatment Works.

4. Additional Vulnerable Supply Zones

Chelsea Reservoir Zone
Baywest, Rowallan Park, Sherwood, Lorraine, Ben Kamma, Beverley Grove, Theesecombe / Lake Farm /Colleen Glen, Hunters Retreat, Kabega Park, Morningside, Linton Grange, Framesby, Malabar, Sunridge Park, Westering, Cotswold, Fernglen, Barcelona, high-lying areas of Helenvale and Gelvandale.

Emerald Hill Reservoir Zone
Walmer Heights, Greenshields Park, Walmer (7th–14th Ave), Walmer Location, Glenhurd, Newton Park, Schauderville, Mangold Park, Greenacres, Perridgevale, Adcockvale, Parsons Hill, Glendinningvale, Mill Park, Linkside, Mount Croix, Greenacres Hospital, St George’s Hospital, Richmond Hill, high-lying areas of Central.

Kwanobuhle Reservoir 1 Zone
Nkholi Avenue, Ben Stungu Street, Nginza Avenue, Nhanhanha Avenue.

Motherwell Zone
Azalea Park, Perseverance, Bluewater Bay, Wells Estate, Swartkops, Deal Party, NU 9.

5. Municipal Response

Water and Sanitation teams are:
• Repairing burst pipes
• ⁠Monitoring reservoir levels
• ⁠Managing flows to reduce the impact on residents

Further updates will be issued as new information becomes available.

Residents are thanked for their cooperation and are urged to use water sparingly during this period of constrained supply.

29/11/2025

Reminder…

PLANNED ELECTRICITY SHUTDOWN
Notice Date: 20 November 2025

‼️Ward 40 Affected areas (see other areas further below)‼️
⚠️St Albans⚠️Elands River⚠️Wiiteklip
⚠️Culturama⚠️Geduldts River⚠️Van Stadens
⚠️Woodridge⚠️Blue Horizon Bay Village
⚠️Windfarm⚠️Rocklands⚠️and Surrounding Farms

What: Ditchling to Summit - DSU Overhead Line

Shutdown Date:
Sunday, 30 November 2025 (Weather Permitting) or alternatively
Sunday, 7 December 2025

Time: 08:00 – 17:00
Reason: Maintenance

Areas affected:
Nocton Farm, Summit, Gamtoos Pumps, Loerie, Boxes & Shooks, Thornhill Farmers, Sunnyside, Gamtoos Resort, Savannah, Handsworth Estate, Matjiesfontein, Longmore, Gamtoos River Mouth, Gamtoos Ferry Hotel, Mauritzkraal, Filtration Plant and Surrounding Farms.

All installations to be treated as live for the duration of the shutdown.

*NB: subject to change without notice

Enquiries: Please contact Roelf Roodt on 041 392 4136 or Marielle de la Rey on 041 392 4233.

Regards
Jason Grobbelaar
Ward 40 Cllr

28/11/2025

Rainfall Alert
Friday, 28 November 2025, 18h00

The South African Weather Service forecasted scattered to widespread rainfall across large parts of the country for today.

Thunderstorms and heavy showers are possible in the affected regions.

Please note: Rain and lightning may cause electricity interruptions, especially in areas with overhead cables and trees close to power lines.

NBMB Residents must report any outages to 041 506 5595 between 08h00 and 22h00.
Outages experienced after 22h00 can unfortunately only be logged from 08h00 the next morning.

Stay alert, drive safely and plan accordingly. Stay safe.

Regards
Jason Grobbelaar
Ward 40

24/11/2025

⚡ Electricity Outage Update
Greenbushes & Surrounding Areas
24 November 2025 | 18h00

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is aware of the electricity outage affecting Greenbushes and the surrounding areas.

A team has been notified and will attend to the issue.

At this stage, no estimated restoration time is available.
Further updates will be shared to the comments section of this post as soon as more information becomes available from the NMBM.

Regards
Jason Grobbelaar
Ward 40 Cllr

23/11/2025

⚡ POWER OUTAGE UPDATE -
Fitches Corner, Thornhill, Summit, Van Stadens & Surrounding Substations
23 November 2025, 12h30

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality wishes to inform residents that at Ditchling Substation, the Summit 66kV breaker tripped, resulting in a power outage affecting Fitches Corner, Thornhill, Summit, Van Stadens and nearby substations.

Affected key sites include:
• Summit Gamtoos Pumps
• Loerie Limebank
• Thornhill Farmers / Manthiefontein
• Van Stadens Woodridge
• Fitches Corner (Gedultrivier, Witteklip & Blue Horizon Bay)
• Greenbushes
• Van Stadens Windfarm

HV Overheads teams are aware and attending to the fault.

No restoration time is available yet.

20/11/2025

PLANNED ELECTRICITY SHUTDOWN
Notice Date: 20 November 2025

‼️Ward 40 Affected areas (see other areas further below)‼️
⚠️St Albans⚠️Elands River⚠️Wiiteklip
⚠️Culturama⚠️Geduldts River⚠️Van Stadens
⚠️Woodridge⚠️Blue Horizon Bay Village
⚠️Windfarm⚠️Rocklands⚠️and Surrounding Farms

What: Ditchling to Summit - DSU Overhead Line

Shutdown Date:
Sunday, 30 November 2025 (Weather Permitting) or alternatively
Sunday, 7 December 2025

Time: 08:00 – 17:00
Reason: Maintenance

Areas affected:
Nocton Farm, Summit, Gamtoos Pumps, Loerie, Boxes & Shooks, Thornhill Farmers, Sunnyside, Gamtoos Resort, Savannah, Handsworth Estate, Matjiesfontein, Longmore, Gamtoos River Mouth, Gamtoos Ferry Hotel, Mauritzkraal, Filtration Plant and Surrounding Farms.

All installations to be treated as live for the duration of the shutdown.

*NB: subject to change without notice

Enquiries: Please contact Roelf Roodt on 041 392 4136 or Marielle de la Rey on 041 392 4233.

Regards
Jason Grobbelaar
Ward 40 Cllr

19/11/2025

Nelson Mandela Bay, let us reduce consumption and save water💧

The target water consumption for NMBM is 280 MLD, but we are currently over the limit by 97 MLD. 🚨

Let’s all do our part to save water and reduce our daily use, every drop counts! 🌍

Together, we can preserve this precious resource for the future. 💦🌱

19/11/2025

Information on Property Rates

In the NMBM, property rates are charged strictly according to actual land use (Residential, Business, Agri, Vacant), not the zoning or the area in which the property is located.

For example:
•⁠ ⁠If a property is used for business, business rates apply.
•⁠ ⁠If it is used for residential purposes, residential rates apply.

This applies regardless of zoning or location.
We (the DA) received many queries around this over the last two years and have objected to this approach because Peri-Urban and Farm areas receive fewer municipal services and should therefore qualify for a discounted rate.

We held many public meetings across the Peri Urban areas to encourage residents to submit proposals to have this policy changed. In excess of 500 submissions were made.
Unfortunately, this proposal was not accepted, and we currently do not have the numbers in Council to push it through. We hope to revisit and correct this once we have a governing majority.

If you use your property for intensive farming and earn a living from it (not as a hobby), you can apply to have your Land Use category changed without waiting for the next General Valuation roll. If you believe your property has been rated incorrectly, please let me know (my whatsapp nr below) and I will give you the contact email details of the correct municipal official.

In April 2024, we submitted a motion to Council asking for a special discounted rate for Peri-Urban farming properties. The governing coalition rejected it and insisted that properties must pay based solely on what they are used for.

Currently, any property that is incorrectly rated, for example, used for agriculture but charged residential rates, has the full right to object, and the municipality will adjust it if the criteria are met. However, NMBM will not apply a blanket agricultural rate to everyone living in farming areas; only those who are genuinely farming at an intensive, income-generating level qualify.

Important: Agricultural rates are not granted for hobby farming. The activity must be intensive and income-producing in line with municipal policy.

Regards,
Jason Grobbelaar
Ward 40 Cllr
084 3388 902