Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Gary van Niekerk wants the council to undo its previous decision to dissolve the board of the Mandela Bay Development Agency (MBDA) and review the appointment of its chief executive, Anele Qaba.
The auditor-general has flagged the irregular appointment by the Mandela Bay Development Agency of the Central Special Rating Area (SRA) and another company through a deviation.
Lawyers for those implicated in a multimillion-rand tender fraud case have accused the state of conducting a trial by ambush in the Gqebehra commercial crimes court.
Fighting to have her precautionary suspension lifted, city manager Noxolo Nqwazi has asked the courts to allow her to return to work, describing the council’s decision as having ulterior political motives and deliberately disregarding regulations.
Two former officials of a Limpopo municipality and a commissioning agent for VBS Mutual Bank who allegedly invested R150m of municipal funds into the mutual bank which was never repaid appeared in the Lebowakgomo magistrate's court this week.