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Northern Alliance president Gary van Niekerk and two other members have been kicked out of the party again by the same faction that lost a court battle after they tried to oust the three men earlier in 2022.
With each mayoral committee member having declared themselves ‘mayor’, the Nelson Mandela Bay metro was plunged into what the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Xolile Nqatha, described as ‘lawlessness and chaos’ in the ANC-led coalition government.
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.
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.