Municipal Services
The seventh high-voltage pylon collapse in less than two years struck Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday along the Chelsea-Summerstrand-Arlington 132kV line, causing outages across nearly half of Gqeberha, including Summerstrand and Walmer. Amid a decade of warnings about corroded coastal infrastructure, officials estimate R35-million for upgrades, with repairs underway using new monopoles but full timelines unclear.
Reported by AI
Keyuren Maharaj, a final-year mechanical engineering student at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, has developed the CityMenderSA app to track infrastructure issues across South Africa. The tool allows residents to log problems like potholes and water leaks using their phones, providing a national map of service delivery failures and fixes. Since its launch seven months ago, it has recorded 2,700 faults nationwide.