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After a dramatic departure from the ANC, going as far as to contest the 2021 local government elections under a different banner, anti-apartheid activist Mike Xego has returned to his political home.

Crucial projects for some of the city’s poorest areas were sidelined while others gained more funding as the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality rejigged the 2023/2024 budget on a day that culminated in a fiery exchange between councillors.

In a day of high drama, where it emerged that two Patriotic Alliance councillors had received death threats warning them against supporting a move to oust mayor Gary van Niekerk, the Nelson Mandela Bay council placed city boss Noxolo Nqwazi on precautionary suspension yet again.

Residents and visitors to Nelson Mandela Bay will be left high and dry this summer season, with the majority of municipal swimming pools having to remain shut because the facilities are dilapidated, with some in a state of disrepair.

The UDM intends being picky with its partners before the 2024 national elections as the party president, Bantu Holomisa, is willing to go into coalitions only with political parties that will commit to focus on fixing the country’s problems.

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality looks set to continue supporting the Mandela Bay Theatre Complex with more than R18m in a three-year deal.

Terrence Corrigan considers how the emergence of Mmusi Maimane's Build One South Africa (BOSA) offers a fresh approach to politics.

The news reports on the radio as I drive along the M1 are all about the big story of the day: VIP protection officers have been caught on camera assaulting a motorist. One after another, brandishing their firearms, they stomp on a man lying prostrate on the ground. Then they board their vehicle and depart. No attempt to perform an arrest – had one even been warranted – and in full view of a stream of road users. A cross between contempt and brutality, it looks more like the actions of a skin...

The new coalition government leading Nelson Mandela Bay will have to hit the ground running this week as they attempt to tackle everything from major service delivery backlogs to corruption and establish themselves as being worthy to be at the helm of the metro.

News update: Former president Thabo Mbeki claims there must be someone who's deliberately trying to block the effectiveness of power stations