Dlamini-Zuma had ordered Eastern Cape Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha to urgently investigate the mayoral vacancy in Nelson Mandela Bay within seven days.
It’s clear that the election of an executive mayor in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro is not a priority, Eastern Cape cooperative governance and traditional affairs spokesperson Makhaya Komisa told News24.On 6 June, Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma ordered Eastern Cape Cogta MEC Xolile Nqatha to urgently investigate the mayoral vacancy in Nelson Mandela Bay within seven days.He said: “The MEC has also informed the minister that the metro has not yet responded.
Bobani was removed after his alliance with the ANC and the so-called Black Caucus coalition- made up of the UDM, AIC, United Front and the Patriotic Alliance – fell through.His removal led to a vacuum in the city, forcing the ANC to vote in his deputy, Thsonono Buyeye, as acting mayor. Treasury also indicated it would be withholding the transfer of grant funds because of a litany of alleged transgressions and the flouting of the law.News24 has seen a letter from Treasury deputy director-general for intergovernmental relations, Malijeng Ngqaleni, in which the metro was lambasted for a failure to table and adopt the 2020/21 budget and the draft Integrated Development Plan in line with the law.
City Press reported that Treasury sent a letter to the metro on Wednesday, in which Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo wrote: “The one critical reason that informed the intention to withhold the equitable share was the appointment of [Mveluni Mapu as acting municipal manager], which – in the absence of a council resolution – constituted an irregularity and an unlawful decision.”
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