The threats made to councillors and officials that have forced the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality to hold a virtual council meeting on Tuesday to debate the 2022/2023 annual budget are shrouded in a veil of secrecy.
A Facebook post by a DA councillor that taps were stolen at a water collection point near the Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport has been labelled as “fake news”.
While Gary van Niekerk won his court case against a Northern Alliance faction last week, this did not pave the way for his return as Nelson Mandela Bay’s speaker.
A few days after she was unceremoniously booted out of her job and immediately replaced, former city boss Noxolo Nqwazi has turned to the courts in the hope of overturning the Nelson Mandela Bay council’s decision.