In a day of high drama, where it emerged that two Patriotic Alliance councillors had received death threats warning them against supporting a move to oust mayor Gary van Niekerk, the Nelson Mandela Bay council placed city boss Noxolo Nqwazi on precautionary suspension yet again.
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.
A cluster of automotive components and related manufacturers announced investments totalling almost R5bn into the economy on the final day of the NAACAM show.