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A seven-day trip to China for Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk and two senior municipal officials cost the city more than R400,000 in one-way flight tickets to Changchun city.
The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is grappling with a mounting backlog of applications for the assistance to the poor (ATTP) programme as scores of residents await registration.
Gary van Niekerk, who maintains he is still the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay, has lashed out at city manager Noxolo Nqwazi, threatening to charge her or any other officials with gross misconduct or insubordination should they dare to implement instructions pertaining to his position.
Services came to a standstill at Nelson Mandela Bay’s energy and electricity department on Friday after workers downed tools, demanding answers about seven officials who were placed on precautionary suspension earlier this week.