The African National Congress (ANC) in the Nelson Mandela Bay said on Friday that it is happy with the newly elected coalition government in the bay.
After a dramatic turnaround on Monday, the Democratic Alliance (DA) led the coalition government that had been running the Bay since the 2016 Local Government elections was started from his office.
Former deputy executive mayor, Mongameli Bobani, the regional president of the United Democratic movement (UDM), rebounded as the new executive mayor, replacing the DA's Athol Trollip, with whom he argued last year about accusations of fraud that resulted in Bobani's removal of the position of deputy mayor.
He announced promptly his new Mayoral Committee, the majority of which are members of the ANC.
The deputy position of the deputy mayor went to the ANC and to the positions of the president and the main scam of the Council.
According to ANC Nelson Mandela Bay regional secretary, Themba Xathula, the party called on the DA coalition partners – the Congress of the People (COPE), the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP) and the Patriotic Alliance (PA) to use the coalition partners . possibility to join the new ANC-led coalition "and serve the poor people and marginalized inhabitants of the bay".
Furthermore, the ANC said in the bay that it would lobby for the revision of the policy on property tariffs introduced by the DA-led coalition – and had made many residents angry.
Yet not everyone was happy that the ANC returned to running the city at the town hall.
"To the Ratepayers Association, who threaten to withhold payment for rates and services, we say that the municipal manager should cut off electricity and water to all property and companies that follow such a call," Xathula added. .
"We also want to appeal to the progressive government in charge of reviewing the current policy for breaking the connection."
According to the party, the R350 charged by the Metro as a re-connection fee when the services are disconnected is "a ridiculous amount of money to pay and it is pillaging the poor" – a "button simply has to be pressed by municipal officials, that's it . "
The prosecutor has sworn to get Trollip back as the mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay through the court.
The party accused the ANC, the UDM and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) of conspiring in an unholy alliance to plunder Nelson Mandela Bay through an illegal Council meeting designed by Eastern Cape MEC for cooperative governance and traditional affairs (CogTA), Fikile Xasa.
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