Horrified Athol Trollip wants those responsible for violence in council charged
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Trollip says Thursday’s fight was triggered when two ANC councillors were asked to exit the chamber for repeatedly disrupting the meeting
Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip is taken aback by the level of intolerance he witnessed in council on Thursday‚ and says seven political parties have called for an investigation. "I have never before witnessed scenes of extreme violence such as those meted out by ANC councillors at yesterday’s council sitting," Trollip said. "Party representatives from the DA‚ UDM‚ ACDP‚ COPE‚ EFF‚ African Independent Congress (AIC) and Patriotic Alliance (PA) in the Nelson Mandela Bay Council have all come out in utter condemnation of the ANC’s horrific acts‚ and have urged the speaker and police to conduct thorough investigations so that those responsible are charged and prosecuted‚" he said on Friday. It was reported that the clashes happened after an ANC councillor‚ Xola Sabani‚ opened a council meeting, which was meant to be presided over by Trollip. The fight was apparently sparked by intentions to discipline Sabani. Member of the mayoral committee (MMC) Rano Kayser (DA) and ANC council...
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