Fighting to save her job, Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Eugene Johnson has turned to the courts in the hope of halting a council meeting that seeks to oust her.
The fate of the ANC-led coalition is on a knife-edge in Nelson Mandela Bay after it was finally agreed at another chaotic council meeting on Tuesday that Eugene Johnson’s future as mayor will be decided next week.
The three Northern Alliance councillors involved in bitter battles for control of the party have been granted a court order to attend Tuesday’s council meeting.