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After refusing to bow to alleged undue pressure to participate in an ANC election campaign blitz, three Bay ward committee members worry that they may not receive their May stipends. ....
With a National Treasury deadline looming for the city to explain why it should not lose about R500m in critical grants, Nelson Mandela Bay acting city boss Luvuyo Magalela is scrambling to find answers as to why the city underspent its annual budget. ....
Mayor Gary van Niekerk has attempted to interfere in the administration of the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, instructing that all legal briefs pertaining to the city be placed on hold with immediate effect. His letter to acting city boss Sidima Dyani and the legal services department on Wednesday took centre stage at Thursday’s council meeting, where opposition parties accused him of unlawfully overstepping into the administration. ....
A party divided and councillors yearning for leadership and direction cracks within the ANC’s Nelson Mandela Bay council caucus have emerged in a leaked internal report to the party’s Eastern Cape bosses. ....
The national co-operative governance and traditional affairs department is cracking down on disruptive behaviour by councillors including ensuring that criminal complaints are reported to the police in a bid to improve council proceedings. ....