Three former Nelson Mandela Bay DA councillors will spend the night in jail alongside ANC regional secretary Luyolo Nqakula after being accused of taking R100 000 each from Nqakula to help the ANC oust DA mayor Athol Trollip on Freedom Day in 2018.
Newly elected Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Retief Odendaal is ready to give co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) MEC Zolile Williams the “fight of his life” to stop him from scrapping the city’s mayoral executive system.
Discord, disorder and a brawl over a ballot box amid this high drama, mayor Eugene Johnson was booted out of office on Wednesday ten months into the job.
The DA is steadfast in its bid to take over Nelson Mandela Bay and plans to address the service delivery issues which it blames on the ANC-led coalition.
The ANC in the Eastern Cape is going for the jugular at the party’s national conference with four leaders from the province vying for a place in the party's powerful top six.