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Mere days before the start of a new financial year on July 1, the Nelson Mandela Bay council adopted its 2022/2023 budget on Tuesday with the proposed tariff increases lowered a notch, bringing some much-needed relief to ratepayers.
Coalition talks to try take control of Nelson Mandela Bay are close to being revived after DA federal chair Helen Zille met several of the smaller parties again on Monday.
The threats made to councillors and officials that have forced the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality to hold a virtual council meeting on Tuesday to debate the 2022/2023 annual budget are shrouded in a veil of secrecy.
A plan to prevent taps from running dry across swathes of Nelson Mandela Bay by diverting millions of rand in budgeted funds and roping in outside experts was approved during a heated virtual council meeting on Tuesday.
So now the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality wants to insource meter readers. This, after the fiasco of the insourcing of security guards, which cost the municipality millions it could ill-afford and led to increased vandalism of municipal buildings.