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.
It could be former Nelson Mandela Bay municipal spin doctor Roland Williams’ last weekend of freedom after he lost his appeal on Thursday to have his four-year suspended prison sentence deferred.
A warrant of arrest was issued for Stephanus “Fanie” de Lange, the man at the centre of one of the city’s most sensational murder trials more than two decades ago, after he was a no-show at his R4.5m fraud case on Wednesday.