Fighting to stop disciplinary action against her, Nelson Mandela Bay city manager Noxolo Nqwazi has torn into an investigative report that found she had committed serious misconduct.
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.
As the Nelson Mandela Bay council moves to decide whether to suspend city manager Noxolo Nqwazi, she has labelled the latest attempt unlawful, unconstitutional and irrational.
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.