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Corruption among ANC members must be rooted out, says deputy minister during visit to New Brighton By Simtembile Mgidi - 19 April 2021 SEEKING SUPPORT: ANC NEC member Zizi Kodwa visited New Brighton as part of a by-election campaign Image: EUGENE COETZEE The ANC lost control of Nelson Mandela Bay in 2016 due to corruption accusations and no such incidents would be tolerated leading up to the 2021 local government elections. This is according to ANC national executive committee (NEC) member and state security deputy minister Zizi Kodwa, who was on the campaign...

PHOTO: Luvuyo Mehlwana The Nelson Mandela Bay metro council speaker survived the axe after coalition partners failed to pitch for a meeting to remove her. The coalition partners could not agree on a preferred candidate to replace the current speaker. The ANC said it viewed the incident as an indictment of the coalition government's inability to govern the metro. The DA-led Nelson Mandela Bay metro coalition government called a meeting to remove ANC council speaker Buyelwa Mafaya on Tuesday, but then failed to pitch for the meeting. The coalition partners - DA, AIC, UF, ACDP and UDM - could no...

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa says the Nelson Mandela Bay coalition government is more stable than ever. On Thursday, the DA's Nqaba Bhanga beat the EFF's Amandlangawethu Madaka to win the mayoral chain. Earlier this month, the Nelson Mandela Bay council was ordered by the court to convene a special council meeting to elect a new mayor.  UDM leader General Bantu Holomisa said Nqaba Bhanga's re-election as mayor was a demonstration of the stability of the coalition government.  Holomisa was speaking to News24 a day after Bhanga beat the EFF's Amandlangawethu Madaka by 62 votes to 57 during a tw...

Bongani Mani sworn in as ANC councillor in Nelson Mandela Bay Nomazima Nkosi Senior council reporter 27 January 2021 FRESH IDEAS: Nelson Mandela Bay acting city manager Mandla George swears in Bongani Mani, a member of the ANC, as a councillor in the city Image: SUPPLIED ANC member Bongani Mani was sworn in as a councillor in Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday. Mani filled the vacancy left by former councillor Mike Kwenaite in December, who died in December from Covid-19 complications. ANC regional task team co-ordinator Luyolo Nqakula said in a statement that th...

Bid to unseat Nelson Mandela Bay speaker Buyelwa Mafaya Coalition may face uphill battle as her office refuses to accept petition PREMIUM By Nomazima Nkosi - 18 January 2021 The Nelson Mandela Bay coalition government has set its sights on the removal of speaker Buyelwa Mafaya and appointing a council chief whip in a bid to cement its control of Nelson Mandela Bay. The DA, AIC, UF, Cope, ACDP and UDM, submitted a petition to Mafaya’s office on Tuesday instructing her to call a special sitting on January 28... This article is reserved for HeraldLIVE subscribers. A subsc...