Overcome with grief, Cheryl-Anne Hutchinson called out her son Emilio’s name during a memorial service held on Wednesday for the little boy, his grandmother and a house guest, all killed in a brutal attack last week.
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality reportedly spent R70m on legal bills in the 2022/2023 financial year, with about R57m of that going to three law firms.
Yet another law firm has come knocking at the door of Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk, demanding that he personally coughs up R23,000 in fees for a legal opinion he sought without the approval of the city manager’s office.
A court decision to keep the seats of two Defenders of the People (DOP) councillors vacant until a courtroom battle is finalised has left Nelson Mandela Bay’s DA-led coalition government in a precarious position.