Hitting the campaign trail in Gqeberha on Friday, UDM leader Bantu Holomisa said the party had a provable track record and a ballot cast for the party was a vote for consistency.
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality has defended the service provider that provided the meal at Thursday’s council meeting which resulted in multiple councillors suffering bad cases of diarrhoea.
The Nelson Mandela Bay council struggled to start with its first order of business on Tuesday, with speaker Eugene Johnson calling for an adjournment to address disturbances stemming from a demonstration outside the Tramways Building.
It may be a new year, but Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk is in the crosshairs of old foes, one of whom has filed a fresh motion of no-confidence against him and criticised his “annoying” haircut.
Amid a tense council meeting beset with delays caused by bickering and frivolous points of order, Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk survived a motion of no confidence on Tuesday night.
It was inevitable, just a matter of time: a notice to table a motion of no confidence in new Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk has been filed — less than a month after he took office.
Nelson Mandela Bay’s 40km coast line and the depths beyond it present an unprecedented opportunity for the metro to turn the tide of unemployment in the region and capitalise on the oceans economy.
Former Northern Alliance Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Bevan Brown is challenging his expulsion in court, demanding that the organisation holds its overdue congress to elect a new leadership.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality hopes to partner with the private sector in the construction of the 27-storey Tower of Light, which comes with an estimated price tag of R2.7bn.