Buffalo City

Type: City
Name: Buffalo City
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

City to monitor staff

IN a month's time, the metro will roll out its new employee performance management system (EPMS) to all top management in the City. The initiative, by the human resources department, will ensure that all employees understand the programme.This was announced ... [Published Buffalo City - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Public meetings scheduled next week for May 17

Monday: noon, Central Valley Health Board, Central Valley Health District, 122 Second St. NW; 5:15 p.m., Jamestown Public School Board, Thompson Community Room, Jamestown Middle School, 203 Second Ave. SE.Tuesday: 8 a.m., Stutsman County Commission, commission ... [Published Jamestown Sun - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Residents ask city to evict dump squatters

SECOND Creek residents have called on Buffalo City Metro to evict “illegal” residents living at the Second Creek dumpsite after a 13-year- old girl’s body was found this week. A PLACE CALLED HOME: Lusanda Johnson and Jimmy Smith are some of the people ... [Published Daily Dispatch - May 17 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

No control over municipal officials’ pay

THE government has no say in how municipalities pay senior administrators, including municipal managers. STANLEY KHANYILE This was admitted by Eastern Cape local government department superintendent-general Stanley Khanyile at a portfolio committee meeting ... [Published Daily Dispatch - May 16 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

‘Many mechanisms’ to help the willing thrive

PRAVIN Gordhan’s struggle credentials are as good as they get. From the Natal Indian Congress in the 1960s to the South African Communist Party, apartheid’s prisons and the ANC’s underground Operation Vula – our Minister of FInance has his roots deep ... [Published Daily Dispatch - May 16 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

City goes to Indaba

THE biggest networking and business promotion event for the hospitality and leisure industry ended yesterday in Durban – and Buffalo City was there. Indaba is one of the biggest gatherings in Africa for tour operators, travel agents and destination owners ... [Published Buffalo City - May 15 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Budget Debate- Tourism

Stuart Farrow, Shadow Minister of TourismHighlights:-Tourism’s role in the growth of our economy and as a job creator has been underestimated - the DA sees the countries of China, India, South America and our own continent of Africa as our biggest opportunity ... [Published Democratic Alliance South Africa - May 14 2013]
First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Good rain so far in 2013

WITH four months of 2013 behind us – that’s a third of the year gone already – it’s time to have a look at East London’s rain figures again. The Chiel It’s been a pretty good year up to now with consistent falls. To the end of April, 379mm had been recorded ... [Published Daily Dispatch - May 13 2013]
First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 2 reports

DV residents vow to continue protests

DUNCAN village residents have vowed to set the Mdantsane Access Road highway alight for the third time in a protest over RDP houses allegedly being illegally occupied in Reeston. HOT TEMPERS: A Police Nyala rides over the pavement in Parkside towards ... [Published Daily Dispatch - May 07 2013]
First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 5 reports

May Day rallies to be held all over SA

Johannesburg - Numerous rallies are expected to be held across South Africa on Wednesday, Workers' Day.President Jacob Zuma is expected to address a rally at Galeshewe Stadium in Kimberley on Wednesday morning, while the Congress of SA Trade Unions will ... [Published News24.com - May 01 2013]
First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Failing to use seat belt puts man in jail

A 20-year-old Buffalo man remained in the Erie County Holding Center Wednesday evening, hours after his Buffalo City Court arraignment, all because his failure to use a seat belt attracted the attention Tuesday night of two state troopers assigned to ... [Published Buffalo News - Apr 24 2013]
First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 2 reports

SA: Rejoice Mabudafhasi: Address by the Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, at ...

Programme Director;Honourable Premier of the Eastern Cape province, Honourable Noxolo Kiviet;MEC for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs & Tourism, Honourable Mcebisi Jonas;Executive Mayor of the Buffalo City Metro, Cllr Zukiswa Ncitha;Members ... [Published Polity.org.za - Apr 19 2013]

Quotes

...Mthembu said that employees who performed outstandingly would be rewarded and non-performers would be developed to enable them to deliver. "In a number of discussions the management had with councillors, it was agreed that the rewards must not be monetary but employees must be given leave days. For those who do not perform they will be capacitated to enable them to deliver."
...out that East London was strategically positioned in the middle between Durban and Cape Town, and as such was an important gateway for tourists. "Buffalo City could benefit from tourists visiting and travelling between the two big cities as a resting place."
"There's no point pumping money into a system that can't absorb money" says Khumalo. Treasury agrees and says a redesign of the system has started...
...About the plan for Duncan Village, Ncitha said that those people who were affected in the fires last year would get new houses in Chicken Farm. "Already in Chicken Farm the City has started installing the bulk water system and once that is finished, we will look at the allocation of sites."

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City to monitor staff [Published Buffalo City - May 17 2013]
Public meetings scheduled next week for May 17 [Published Jamestown Sun - May 17 2013]
Residents ask city to evict dump squatters [Published Daily Dispatch - May 17 2013]
Mabuyane lobby reaffirms support [Published Daily Dispatch - May 16 2013]
No control over municipal officials’ pay [Published Daily Dispatch - May 16 2013]
‘Many mechanisms’ to help the willing thrive [Published Daily Dispatch - May 16 2013]
City goes to Indaba [Published Buffalo City - May 15 2013]
Budget Debate- Tourism [Published Democratic Alliance South Africa - May 14 2013]
Witbooi pressing the right buttons [Published Daily Dispatch - May 14 2013]
Good rain so far in 2013 [Published Daily Dispatch - May 13 2013]
Mileham to fill Trollip’s shoes in Parliament soon [Published Daily Dispatch - May 13 2013]
Crowded ballot for Starpoint board [Published Lockport Union-Sun & Journal - May 12 2013]
New: $40,000 Worth of Marijuana Seized From Buf... [Published WKBW News 7 - May 11 2013]
Trespass and loitering charged at Canisius College [Published Buffalo News - May 10 2013]
R640m for hotel properties revamp [Published Property24 - May 10 2013]
Preschool minister & family exchange Jacksonvil... [Published Florida Baptist Witness - May 10 2013]
Right price, Quick Sale Now in King William’s T... [Published Property Junction - May 10 2013]
EC metros face grant grilling [Published Daily Dispatch - May 10 2013]
Down the broken drain [Published Financial Mail - May 09 2013]
Somyo takes the chair [Published Daily Dispatch - May 09 2013]
ANC gets go-ahead to vote [Published Daily Dispatch - May 08 2013]
Housing woes in Duncan Village [Published Buffalo City - May 08 2013]
DV residents vow to continue protests [Published Daily Dispatch - May 07 2013]
Special Report: There Could Be Hidden Benefits ... [Published Property Junction - May 07 2013]
Frustration boiling over [Published Daily Dispatch - May 06 2013]
Mississippi River Cleanup postponed [Published Winona Post Online - May 06 2013]
Law Day: 'Equality for All' [Published Buffalo Law Journal - May 06 2013]
Deputy Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi: Official h... [Published South African Government - May 06 2013]
Great Mississippi River Cleanup postponed [Published News8000.com - May 03 2013]
Somyo offers olive branch [Published Daily Dispatch - May 03 2013]
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