Mdantsane Urban
Renewal Programme
First crop from tunnels is on sale
IT'S harvest time at the Mdantsane hydroponics tunnels, given by the City to three co-operatives in the area two months ago..
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City celebrated at Tourism Day
ARTS, crafts and music were the order of the day at Sisa Dukashe Stadium in Mdantsane, where Tourism Month was celebrated in fitting style.
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Skills audit in Mdantsane
MORE than 15 000 young and old skilled and unskilled people registered during the Mdantsane skills audit, which ended on 25 August.
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Urban farmers go hydroponic route
IN its work to promote urban agriculture, Buffalo City Municipality has handed over land and tunnels for hydroponic farming to three co-operatives in Mdantsane.
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Mdantsane boxing clubs get a hand up
BOXING clubs in Mdantsane plan on building on the township's boxing heritage, using kits given to them through the City's public participation department's social responsibility programme.
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Skills audit done in Mdantsane
MORE than 10 000 young and old skilled and unskilled residents of Mdantsane have been registered on the municipality's employment database.
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Mdantsane a step closer to new names
MDANTSANE’S residents have finally chosen the names that they think reflect the identity of their township and its neighbourhoods.
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Mdantsane groups get business learning
A HUNDRED beneficiaries of the Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme (MURP) have received certificates as part of the Local Economic Action Partnership (Leap) and Livelihood Innovative Fund Enhancement (Life) projects.
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Competition to give new identity to Mdantsane
OLD labels in Mdantsane are set to be a thing of the past, with the launch of a competition to name the streets and neighbourhoods of the area.
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Help for businesses in Mdantsane
SOME 12 emerging contractors have been trained and registered with the Department of Public Works through the Mdantsane One Stop Shop, which has more than 40 businesses on its database – and most of them are prospering.
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Student's design captures spirit of Mdantsane
Dikimolo told the students to represent the township in pictures that would be readily understood.
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City assigns roles for urban renewal
WITH 40%of Mdantsane’s population under the age of 15, it was crucial that any plans to develop and upgrade the township had to include programmes to empower youngsters.
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THE Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme, the R1-billion project aimed at changing the face of the impoverished township
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Urban renewal projects inspire Mdantsane
THE Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme could learn much from the other national urban renewal projects, says Buffalo City municipality Director of Development Planning Craig Sam.
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Students to design logo for Mdantsane project
THE Buffalo City Municipality has offered students from the Buffalo City College in East London an opportunity to design a logo for the R1-billion Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme.
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Stakeholders urged to join MURP
THE Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme (MURP) is calling all interested parties to participate in its stakeholder mobilisation project.
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Mdantsane youth to get licences
IN an effort to reduce crime and unemployment among the young people of Mdantsane, the City’s urban renewal unit has initiated a project to teach these youngsters to drive.
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Youngsters will get driving licences
UNEMPLOYED youngsters in Buffalo City now have the opportunity to get their driving licences. This is thanks to the Mayoral Youth Driving Licence Project, launched at the East London City Hall on Wednesday, 26 March.
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Wheelchairs given to disabled
CHRISTMAS is a time for giving, and in this spirit 18 wheelchairs have been donated to disabled people in Mdantsane.
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Small businesses targeted for training
TWO projects are being launched through the Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme aimed at empowering local small businesses.
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Mdantsane to get new names
NEIGHBOURHOODS will be renamed, streets will finally get names, and houses will be properly numbered under a project launched by the Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme.
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Names are a-changing in Mdantsane
NEIGHBOURHOODS still carry the offensive NU tag in Mdantsane. But this is changing, while street signage is being improved.
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THE shops are open and the tills are ringing at the multimillion rand Mdantsane City Mall, which opened today.
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Mdantsane business breakfast a success
BUSINESS leaders who attended a breakfast in Mdantsane showed enthusiasm for the investment opportunities the area had to offer.
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Business representatives urged to consider Mdantsane
MDANTSANE is ready to accommodate whatever size or form of commercial or industrial enterprise one can think of, says Mayor Zintle Peter.
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Investors sought for Mdantsane
THE Mdantsane Urban Renewal Unit has a strategy in place to get big business on board to help improve the central business district in the town.
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Brit youth focus on Mdantsane problems
THE solution-driven Audi Design Foundation from Britain is in Mdantsane, to present three proposals that should make life easier for residents.
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Greening Project workers recognised for their efforts
CERTIFICATES have been issued to the more than 200 unemployed people who have taken part in the Mdantsane Greening Project.
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Mdantsane CBD key to economic development
PLANS are afoot to attract new investors to the Mdantsane CBD to make it an economic hub with adequate parking and a hygienic environment.
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Multimillion rand mall for Mdantsane
BUFFALO City mayor Zintle Peter presides over a sod-turning ceremony marking the launch of a R300-million mall development for Mdantsane.
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European Union boost for renewal project
BUFFALO City's Mdantsane Urban Renewal Project will use the R130-million it received from the European Union to speed up some of the projects aimed at changing the face of the township.
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EU donation to speed up renewal project
As part the Urban Renewal Programme's campaign to clean and beautify Mdantsane, Buffalo City municipal workers, aided by unemployed residents, have started clearing the township's cemetery in NU 1.
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Meander along Inyathi Buffalo Route
THE Inyathi Buffalo Route is finally open to ramblers. To celebrate World Tourism Day, Buffalo City launched the much-anticipated route at the East London City Hall on Tuesday, 27 September.
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Mdantsane grabs the spotlight
When Buffalo City Councillor Sizwe Dikimolo visited local tertiary institutions to ask students to design a logo for the R1-billion Mdantsane Urban Renewal Project, he asked them to capture everything the township had to offer.
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Highway Rank upgrade gets under way
CONSTRUCTION of the first phase of a R4-million project to refurbish the Mdantsane Highway Rank is under way.
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Mdantsane transport to be improved
The transport system in the impoverished township of Mdantsane is set to undergo an overhaul as the Mdantsane Urban Renewal Programme gets underway.
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Marked progress for Mdantsane
Launched in October last year, the R1-billion Mdantsane Urban Renewal Project is making good on its promise to change the face of the underprivileged township.
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NU1 community garden provides work and food
A GROUP of 12 unemployed residents of NU1 Mdantsane are expecting to reap rich rewards after a donation secured by a local councillor enabled them to set up a community garden.
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