Acting municipal manager George still in hot seat despite fierce debate PREMIUM By Nomazima Nkosi - 27 February 2021
After four hours of debating the legality of Nelson Mandela Bay acting city manager Mandla George’s tenure, councillors finally passed a R13.4bn consolidated adjustment budget on Friday.
The budget was given the thumbs-up by the majority of councillors, with opposition parties saying they were unhappy with it as it did not address challenges faced by ward councillors.
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Bay’s equitable share boosted by R36m Budget not great but could’ve been worse, says metro’s finance political head PREMIUM By Nomazima Nkosi and Michael Kimberley - 25 February 2021
Despite political instability that nearly cost Nelson Mandela Bay billions, the National Treasury has bumped the metro’s equitable share to R1.14bn for the 2021/2022 financial year.
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