Page 7 - Khusta Jack News Today

The process to try to remove the ANC-led coalition from power in Nelson Mandela Bay will begin immediately.

Confident that the DA will take control of Nelson Mandela Bay through a new coalition government, Bhisho MPL Retief Odendaal has emerged as the party’s mayoral candidate while several parties will sign a coalition agreement on Thursday.

After months of negotiations seven parties in Nelson Mandela Bay have signed an agreement to form a new government in the metro. They will now seek 61 signatures on a petition for a special council sitting in an attempt to unseat mayor Eugene Johnson and her coalition government.

Angry community members living near Addo Road have vowed to torch trucks until their calls for improved service delivery are answered.

The Mandela Bay Development Agency has been given the green light to continue managing the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium for another year.

The grounding of all British Airways and Kulula flights to and from Nelson Mandela Bay could be a blow for the city’s tourism sector, but there is still reason to be hopeful.

Four days after proposing that the Nelson Mandela Bay council appoint Lonwabo Ngoqo as the metro's new city manager, UDM has made a U-turn and withdrawn its support for him.

AIM councillor and economic development political head Khusta Jack will reveal his decision on whether he is leaving the coalition that governs Nelson Mandela Bay on Friday.

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality wants to fine-tune its procurement policy for SMMEs to explicitly state how 30% of all municipal contracts will be set aside for the emerging businesses.

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality wants to give manganese ore handlers 12 months’ grace to get their house in order and comply with environmental and other regulations — or face the prospect of being ordered to close down.