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The compliance of a motion no confidence meant to be tabled at a Nelson Mandela Bay special council meeting on Monday is set to be tested at the Gqeberha High Court.
The compliance of a motion no confidence meant to be tabled at a Nelson Mandela Bay special council meeting on Monday is set to be tested at the Gqeberha High Court.
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Retief Odendaal is fighting to retain his position, with his lawyer calling on speaker Gary van Niekerk to halt a council meeting scheduled for Monday, but if it goes ahead the motion to remove him should not be tabled.
Five caucus breaks in seven hours, delays, thumb-twiddling inside the chamber and then an adjournment for a special council sitting convened to elect a new Johannesburg mayor.
Political parties in the City of Johannesburg were locked in last-minute horse trading meetings yesterday ahead of today’s crucial vote for the new mayor during a special council seating.