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A COVID-19 prevention package distribution project was initiated in December for recipients in Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage.

STAFF and students of the IIE’s Varsity College Port Elizabeth did a holiday gift drive to treat the children and staff at the House of Resurrection Haven Children’s Home, to brighten their holiday.

AS the school holiday continues and South Africans lament the beach bans, spare a thought for hospital staff who worked through December, and continue to work through January, wearing layers of hot protective gear as the second COVID-19 wave intensifies.

THE Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has informed residents that its library service had reopened on Monday to continue receiving library materials.

NELSON Mandela Bay Municipality Executive Mayor, Nqaba Bhanga, last week visited the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Service Delivery Call Centre, to thank staff for the hard work they had put in during the festive season.

POLICE in Port Elizabeth are concerned about the recent increase in the number of suicides reported across the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro.

TEMPORARY disability grants that were supposed to lapse from February 2020 were extended to December 31, 2020, in order to cushion affected beneficiaries against the pressures brought about by the State of National Disaster and the subsequent lockdown.

MUNICIPAL facilities within the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, including community halls, libraries and sports grounds, are under constant attack by vandals and other criminal elements.

LOCAL health care workers received a much-needed boost recently, when Willowton Group, a leader within South Africa’s FMCG sector and Africa’s leading edible oil processor, donated R1,2 million to provide 5 000 PPE packs and 1 000 theatre scrub sets…