Page 6 - Acdp News Today

The Hawks are investigating a case of fraud after Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk enlisted the services of legal firm Boqwana Burns Incorporated (BBI) in 2022 while his position as councillor was up in the air.

The ACDP in Gqeberha joined a nationwide protest on Friday to voice their opposition to what the party has characterised as “a significant overreach” as parliament prepares to hear the first round of inputs to the new draft marriage bill.

The African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) will embark on a national protest on Friday to take a stand against the Single Marriage Bill.

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk has confirmed sending a letter to Boqwana Burns Incorporated for legal services but said this was done in defence of the municipality in his capacity as the former speaker of council.

Though he was not the speaker of the Nelson Mandela Bay council for five months in 2022, National Alliance president Gary van Niekerk used the official letterhead and signatory of the office to appoint a law firm and rack up R551,586 worth of legal bills.

More than 300 cases have been investigated since July 2018 by the multidisciplinary police task team investigating political killings in KwaZulu-Natal, including 155 murders.

The DA-led multiparty coalition has reportedly ditched the intervention by council during ongoing unrest as a result of an impasse between the municipality and its workers.

Despite opposition parties rejecting a plan to increase their political support staff, the city’s coalition government pushed through the proposal in council, meaning eight new caucus support assistants and an executive support officer are to be hired at a cost of R2.4m a year.

ActionSA has expressed disappointed with the DA for not supporting a motion of no confidence against Johannesburg mayor Kabelo Gwamanda.

Momentum is all in politics and the idea of creating a following wind to lift the sails of the opposition is what the exercise is about