Bevan Brown News Today

Nelson Mandela Bay councillor and National Alliance rival faction deputy chair Bevan Brown did not receive his January salary, though he was still registered at the IEC.

Pressure is mounting on Nelson Mandela Bay speaker Eugene Johnson to act against mayor Gary van Niekerk for his alleged breach of the council’s code of conduct, with DA councillor Morne Steyn questioning her failure to deal with the issue.

The Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has demanded that action be taken against Nqwazi after her arrest by the Hawks in 2022. He has made this a condition for the release of R781-million in grants to the metro.

National Alliance (NA) leader Gary van Niekerk will remain as Nelson Mandela Bay mayor after successfully challenging his ousting.

The leaders of two factions within the National Alliance will battle it out at the Gqeberha high court on Wednesday to determine whether the declaration of two of the party’s seats vacant by Nelson Mandela Bay city manager Noxolo Nqwazi was lawful.

Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Gary van Niekerk is likely to come out with guns blazing against city manager Noxolo Nqwazi on Friday.

Executive mayor Gary van Niekerk is likely to stay put after the municipality indicated it would not oppose an interdict aimed at keeping him in place.

Gary van Niekerk laid charges of corruption and fraud against the NMB metro’s city manager, Noxolo Nqwazi.

Factions in the National Alliance scrambled after the IEC set a deadline to fill the seats of the mayor and a mayoral committee member.

The Nelson Mandela Bay council finds itself in turmoil again after city manager Noxolo Nqwazi declared two vacancies for the National Alliance with the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC), possibly leaving the city without a mayor.