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Despite two legal opinions stating the motion of no confidence against Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Retief Odendaal is invalid, speaker Gary van Niekerk is adamant that a special council meeting aimed at ousting the coalition government will go ahead on Monday — unless a court rules otherwise.
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.
If the parties gunning to unseat mayor Retief Odendaal are successful, the ANC has revealed in a report that it is not fully in support of the Northern Alliance (NA) taking mayorship.
A desperate bid to cling to power — that was how the ANC described a motion of exigency filed by the DA on Thursday that calls for a review of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s equity policy, which has been widely condemned for years.
Northern Alliance national chair and Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Bevan Brown has openly defied his party’s decision to back an attempt to remove mayor Retief Odendaal.