{"id":49319,"date":"2021-02-18T08:13:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T06:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/business-chamber-condemns-destruction-of-infrastructure-20210217-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:12:47","slug":"business-chamber-condemns-destruction-of-infrastructure-20210217-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/business-chamber-condemns-destruction-of-infrastructure-20210217-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Chamber condemns destruction of infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THE Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMBBC) has noted with great concern, the increased number of reports on the rampant destruction of infrastructure, especially the electricity infrastructure, across the metropole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_d65df50d\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10943\/0ba44a7a47e245f2b75b2088969c8ae3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/10943\/65e150de86e2483c84d70b6e620f3f83.jpg\" title=\"Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber CEO Nomkhita Mona. Photo: SUPPLIED\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber CEO Nomkhita Mona. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to NMBBC chief executive officer Nomkhita Mona, this loss of electricity supply has seriously caused massive business interruption, leading to multi\u2013million rand losses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome of our manufacturers have had to face stiff penalties for missing their international delivery deadlines. This comes at a time when quite a number of businesses have closed doors owing to the impact of the pandemic, thus increasing unemployment numbers in the region,\u201d said Mona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said that while the metropole has aging infrastructure, it has also emerged that vandalism and theft from municipal sub\u2013stations have exacerbated the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span> <strong>Lawlessness threatens investments<\/strong> <\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs the Business Chamber, we strongly condemn this new form of lawlessness threatening the various investments forming part of the backbone of the metropole\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEase of doing business has been a fundamental issue of concern in the metropole for some time now and such vandalism can only worsen the business environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mona added that the Business Chamber wants to work with the municipality to deal with the vandalism of sub\u2013stations, and called upon them to show 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