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Northern Alliance president Gary Van Niekerk is one step closer to getting back into Nelson Mandela Bay’s council after the Gqeberha high court dismissed an application for leave to appeal against an earlier ruling.

While Gary van Niekerk won his court case against a Northern Alliance faction last week, this did not pave the way for his return as Nelson Mandela Bay’s speaker.

DA Federal Council chairperson Helen Zille confirmed on Wednesday that she will be trying to ‘put together a 10-party coalition’ in Nelson Mandela Bay as the city prepares for an unprecedented disaster when dams start to run dry mid-June. This comes as Treasury and the Water and Sanitation...

The water supply is due to run out in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro, but no one has closed the tap on political bickering.

An urgent meeting convened in the parking lot of the Cleary Park Shopping Centre is what set the ball in motion for disgruntled Northern Alliance members to axe three of their senior members.

After three postponements, several caucuses and councillors being read the riot act, Nelson Mandela Bay’s 2021/2022 adjustments budget was finally passed on Tuesday.

Who is in charge of the city’s administration remains unclear as a judge suggested the Nelson Mandela Bay council go back to the drawing board and resolve the issues themselves.

An underground leak has left a Gelvandale family’s boundary wall damaged, while owner Vincent Perreira has to constantly fork out to get the grass that is flourishing from all the water trimmed down.

As Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson wrapped up her first 100 days in office on Monday, she failed her first big hurdle in getting the 2021/2022 adjustment budget passed during a heated council meeting.

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson assured the city council on Monday that municipal water was safe to drink but was lambasted by councillors for urging people to add in Jik to kill bacteria