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DA continues fight to save NMB

Dear MyPE

The office of the Speaker of the Nelson Mandela Bay Council, Cllr Buyelwa Mafaya, today refused to accept our petition calling for a special council meeting and has yet again proved that she is deeply compromised and places the needs of the ANC above the needs of the people of the City.

The Democratic Alliance (DA) and other opposition parties in the form of the ACDP, Cope, UDM and Patriotic Alliance (PA) have drawn up a new petition, signed by 62 councillors, to ensure that the Speaker calls a special council meeting to remove the Deputy Mayor and Speaker and elect a Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Speaker and Chief Whip. This special council meeting will also deal with the removal and appointment of new MPAC and rules and ethics committees.

The Speaker is running away and trying protect herself as there is no legal grounds for her refusal of a lawful petition. All the necessary documentation was forwarded via email yesterday to the offices of the Speaker and the City Manager and handed personally to the director in the Speakers office. The office of the Speaker refused to confirm receipt of the petition and therefore the DA has submitted service affidavits to confirm handover of the petition and all necessary documentation.

Our legal team is also currently obtaining a legal opinion to refute the reasons given for adjourning yesterday’s special council meeting. The Speaker acted illegally in adjourning the meeting and we will act as soon as we get feedback from our legal team. If needs be, we will take this matter to court.

We will not back down in our efforts to save the City from its current coalition of corruption government.

Under the ANC-led coalition of corruption, the Metro has seen a massive decline in its financial stability and its ability to deliver basic services. The City is riddled with corruption and acts of criminality.

When the DA, together with its coalition partners, governed Nelson Mandela Bay, we delivered services, stamped out corruption and ensured that the City was financially stable. All this hard work has been undone by the ANC-led coalition of corruption.

The DA and its coalition partners can save Nelson Mandela Bay from administrative and financial collapse and ensure clean governance, financial stability and speed up the delivery of basic services.

Regards

Nqaba Bhanga
DA EC Provincial Leader

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