In a chaotic council meeting on Friday, the Democratic Alliance’s Retief Odendaal was voted out as mayor of the biggest metro in the Eastern Cape. This brought one of the largest coalition governments –10 parties – to an end. In a chaotic council meeting on Friday, the Democratic Alliance’s Ret.
While the court will decide on Friday if a council meeting goes ahead to oust Nelson Mandela Bay’s top political leaders, the Northern Alliance has emerged as the biggest winner in the new coalition negotiations.
Former Northern Alliance Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Bevan Brown is challenging his expulsion in court, demanding that the organisation holds its overdue congress to elect a new leadership.
A parallel structure of the Northern Alliance has suspended the party’s president Gary van Niekerk after a meeting with branches on May 11 deliberated on four transgressions levelled against him.