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Fighting to save her job, Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson has turned to the courts in the hope of halting a council meeting that seeks to oust her.

The council has been left without a manager and speaker. Is the mayor next?

City of Johannesburg mayor Mpho Phalatse has hit out at opposition parties eyeing her removal, saying the multi-party coalition would finish its term.

The jury is still out on whether or not opposition parties in the City of Johannesburg will be able to unseat Mpho Phalatse as mayor.

Opposition parties in the Buffalo City Metro have registered their dissent over the appointment of the interim board of the city’s development agency, saying the process lacked transparency. Buffalo City Municipality Development Agency’s interim board was appointed at a special council meeting on Wednesday amid contestation from the opposition.

The DA suffered yet another blow when its speaker in the City of Johannesburg, Vasco da Gama, was ousted through a motion of no confidence in the early hours of Thursday morning.

ACDP councillors in the City of Johannesburg are facing disciplinary action after going against the party to support the ousting of speaker Vasco da Gama via a vote of no confidence earlier on Thursday.

The fate of the ANC-led coalition is on a knife-edge in Nelson Mandela Bay after it was finally agreed at another chaotic council meeting on Tuesday that Eugene Johnson’s future as mayor will be decided next week.

As City of Tshwane mayor Randall Williams faces a motion of no confidence today, his coalition partners have pledged their support for him.

Eight-million rand — that is the amount of damage done to Route 67 in Nelson Mandela Bay that has seen priceless artworks stolen in recent years.