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A desperate bid to cling to power — that was how the ANC described a motion of exigency filed by the DA on Thursday that calls for a review of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s equity policy, which has been widely condemned for years.

Northern Alliance national chair and Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Bevan Brown has openly defied his party’s decision to back an attempt to remove mayor Retief Odendaal.

The first step to try to remove the coalition government that rules Nelson Mandela Bay was made on Wednesday after several parties filed a petition to get rid of the mayor, deputy mayor, speaker and chief whip.

Accused of misusing municipal vehicles, Nelson Mandela Bay speaker Gary van Niekerk will face a fresh attempt to oust him at the next council meeting.

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Retief Odendaal will have to answer in council if he knew deputy mayor Khusta Jack was doing business with the municipality after the EFF accused him of not acting on an auditor-general’s (AG) report.

With a sip from a polystyrene cup, filled with water from the newly completed St George’s Park Wellfield Project, municipal water and sanitation senior director Barry Martin smacked his lips and said there was no need for further speeches.

Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Khusta Jack was caught in the crossfire on Tuesday when ANC councillors called for his resignation.

Boil-before-drinking: Low dam levels have forced the metro to introduce borehole water into the municipal reticulation system.

A threat by the Northern Alliance to withdraw from the ruling coalition in Nelson Mandela Bay is still on the cards despite a coalition management committee meeting called at the 11th hour to iron out issues with the party.

The ANC filed a motion of exigency at a council meeting as a means to curb the rampant fatal shootings across the city.