Estelle Ellis is a Senior Journalist with a focus on local news in the Eastern Cape region of South Africa, particularly in Gqeberha (formerly known as Port Elizabeth). She writes for AllAfrica Global Media and Daily Maverick, and her work has also been featured in the Cigalah Group. Estelle covers a wide range of topics including community issues, social justice, politics, and human interest stories, providing in-depth reporting and analysis on the local landscape.
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Estelle Ellis primarily covers local news in South Africa, focusing on issues related to crime, government & politics, poverty, education, and healthcare. Her articles often include breaking news and evolving stories.
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By: Estelle Ellis
Nelson Mandela Bay's deputy mayor, Gary van Niekerk, was suspended from his job on Thursday after a heated council meeting. Van Niekerk, whose party, the National Alliance, only holds three seats in council, had been able to negotiate the job of speaker and mayor for himself since local government elections in 2021. Now he has been criminally charged with fraud for allegedly using council funds to pay for his own lawyer.
By: Estelle Ellis
Days after the city’s beaches were declared safe and clean, Nelson Mandela Bay was forced to close Brighton Beach after high levels of E. coli in the seawater posed a threat to the health of beachgoers.
Parents whose children are in hospital or receiving treatment for cancer and moms whose babies were born prematurely and are still looking after them in hospital all received buckets filled with nutritional food, 5 kgs of maize and some new clothes as Daily Maverick and SA Harvest kicked off their countrywide donations campaign in Nelson Mandela Bay. Total donations from Daily Maverick readers surpassed R715,000 on Tuesday. Photographer Donna van der Watt joined the team at the drop-off hospitals to record the occasion.
By: Estelle Ellis
The Tebello Nyokong Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation houses the continent's best and brightest as they work to create nanomaterials to clean water, help detect disease and treat cancer.
The Tebello Nyokong Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation houses the continent’s best and brightest as they work to create nanomaterials to clean water, help detect disease and treat cancer.
By: Estelle Ellis
Nelson Mandela Bay and its surrounding towns can expect a drop of 80 cents to 84 cents/litre in the petrol price on Friday, 27 December after the fuel gantry in the Port of Port Elizabeth was fixed last Friday.
By: Estelle Ellis
Two floods later, the Nelson Mandela Bay council last week finally lifted punitive water tariffs that were levied to address a devastating drought in the area up to 2023.
After weeks of fielding complaints about the stinking water from the Nelson Mandela Bay metro’s taps, municipal officials finally admitted on Thursday that the water had an algae bloom and while not harmful to human health, it had a very unpleasant smell. This comes as the city faces water shortages and also had 28 power outages in the first 19 days of December.
By: Estelle Ellis
There was no reprieve for the Eastern Cape Departments of Transport and Education as a Makhanda High Court judge handed down a detailed court order on Thursday compelling them to take comprehensive steps to provide scholar transport to qualifying learners in the province within days and provide a catch-up plan for those who missed school in 2024.
By: Estelle Ellis
After weeks of fielding complaints about the stinking water from the Nelson Mandela Bay metro's taps, municipal officials finally admitted on Thursday that the water had an algae bloom and while not harmful to human health, it had a very unpleasant smell. This comes as the city faces water shortages and also had 28 power outages in the first 19 days of December.
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