The Democratic Alliance (DA) yesterday submitted a matter of public importance for debate in Council regarding the Nelson Mandela Municipality’s plan to address the crisis created by water outages and the Metro providing water that is unfit for human consumption to its residents. I have written to the Speaker of the Nelson Mandela Bay Council, Cllr Gary van Niekerk, and requested this debate in terms of Rule 28 of Council Rules: Matter of Public Importance. The next sitting of council takes place on Monday, 28 February 2022.