A court appeal, a city manager berated, an absent councillor and a missing coalition partner aligned to the DA the plan to remove Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson was derailed in dramatic fashion on Wednesday.
In a short but drama-filled sitting, a special council meeting collapsed on Wednesday as a mystery appeal was filed suspending a court order allowing three councillors of the Northern Alliance to attend the meeting where a motion of no confidence was to be heard against mayor Eugene Johnson.
Nelson Mandela Bay city manager Noxolo Nqwazi could be headed back to court to defend her appointment, with GOOD councillor Lawrence Troon seeking an interdict to freeze her salary and stop her from doing her job.
Traffic congestion, a rising crime rate and lack of visible policing, piles of rubbish everywhere that are magnets for rats, and businesses forced to operate from the street.
As a Gqeberha woman lies in hospital with serious head injuries after a violent beachfront mugging on Sunday, the state of crime at one of the city main tourism hubs has been brought under the spotlight.