Mbhashe municipality is situated in the south eastern part of the Eastern Cape Province, and is bound by the Qhora River in the south to Mncwasa River in the north along the Indian Ocean. The municipality borders the Following Municipality:
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King Sabata Dalindyebo (in the eastern part)
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Ngcobo (to the western part)
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Mnquma (to the south)
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Ntsika Yethu (in the South-Western)
Mbhashe has earned the name from the beautiful river called Mbhashe which flows from the banks of Ngcobo flowing through Idutywa, Gatyana (Willowvale) and Xhora (Elliotdale). Mbhashe is comprising of the three towns of Idutywa, Gatyana, Xhora and numerous rural settlements. The area also boats the head offices of the AmaXhosa Kingdom at Nqadu Great Place.
Mbhashe is 3030.47 km2 in area and consist of 26 wards and 51 councillors. The vision of the municipality a “vibrant institution able to provide quality and accessibe services to all its communities ina socio economic manner, with the aim of benefiting her people”. Four clusters of key development priorities are identies i.e. LED and Enviroment, Social Needs, Infrastructure and Institutional and Finance clusters.
Mbhashe is predominatly rural, with high levels of uneployment, poverty and dependency. The dependency rario is set to increase if employment opportunities are mot created for the large and youthful population. Mbhashe’s location on the Wild Coast providesthe key for potential economic growth as the area is said to be one of the most sought after coastal tourism destinations in the Eastern Cape. The municipality is in the process of developing its own official LED strategy with the assistance of the assistance of Teba Development and is presently using the Amathole District Strategy and is investigating means to exploit the Wild Coast’s potential, and will make use of the Amathole District’s plans and focus on the development and expansion of Agriculture, Forestry, Minning, Tourism. The road networks are severely under-maintained with with few roads that are tarred, which adds to the economic challenges experienced by the local population as many rural areas and basic services, such as school are inaccessible.
I have forwarded an appeal by the people of Ginyintsimbi and Botho Location for the construction of Road to Lubanzi Junior Secondary School and up to date I have had no response. The email was forwarded to Given and Gail Pullen from Amathole District. Can someone from Mbhashe Municipality respond to this email
yes sir your email was recieved and was forwaded to the relevant department they will contact you soon
I wish to inform you that the road to Elliotdale is completely damaged. If you are travelling from Elliotdale via Mqanduli you will definately meet a grave on the road, I imagine those people who are using that road coming from afar, it is really a devastating situation to travel in that road. Please guys those who are responsible must do their work
Service delivery first, politics last
I’d like to know, what does it take for the municipality to maintain the district unpaved roads? Is there any traffic count that is regulary or there are people from the municipality who drive around the district to do an assesment for the roads? I’m asking this because the District road No.DR08034 running from N2 through Bolotwa Location to R61 at Ekondlo has been damaged since last year. There are many pondings on the roads and the top layer (assuming it’s an SSG) has been washed away from the road thus causing damage to our cars as the community. We battle to drive to town or even to catch a public transport. Is there any plan that the municipality can make to help in this situation.
In February 2011 I forwarded an appeal by the people of Ward 19 regarding the construction of road to Lubanzi Junior Secondary School. The letter was forwarded to Given who later confirmed that he received it. He stated that he was going to discuss this with the Municipal manager and will return back to me two weeks later. Up to date I have had no communication from Given. The sad part is everytime I call the office I am always told that given is not available. I always leave messages for him to call me back and this never happens. Can someone advise on what communication tools do we need to use to get any service from this municipality. Whenever you ask for a mobile phone nobody knows about it. I am starting to loose hope in this municipality and would seek an advise from Provincial/National government.
I am concerned citizen , i want 2 know when r u guys gonna fix the road from nyhwara to nqabane that road was built in 1994. i need a answer
I only wish to tell you that the way to Elliotdale is totally damaged. If you’re travelling from Elliotdale through Mqanduli you’ll find a grave on the road, I imagine those people that are using that road coming from a distance, it is a devastating situation to go in that road.
Please be responsible do work Service delivery first
What is the use of this site when we can’t get response to our comments. remember; we are not putting blame on the municipality but we are trying to assist where we can. please people
I have noticed that in Dutywa there is only 1, only 1 exit that is not tarred, and this exit leads to 1 of the tourist attractions and the many villages with a lot of taxpayers using this route.(The route from Dutywa to Dwesa) What can we do as the road users concerned to get this route tarred? And also is there a plan already in place to get this road tarred. This is enough, please do something.