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Babalwa Lobishe (African National Congress) has been Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay since 31 Oct 2024. In Q2 2026 the unemployment rate was 33.1% of the labour force, 8.6 percentage points higher than when Babalwa Lobishe took office in October 2024, while Eastern Cape's rose 10.3 percentage points. Among the 8 cities with a year or more of figures, Gqeberha ranks 8th on the employment rate and 8th on the fall in unemployment. Over Gary van Niekerk's tenure, 2023 to 2024, the unemployment rate moved −9.4 percentage points. Since 1991 the office has changed hands 12 times; Babalwa Lobishe has held it since October 2024, the newest of the 8 cities' current office-holders.

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