Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral system may be on the edge
A switch to a collective executive system would force the ANC and DA, with 48 seats each, to work together to control the municipality
23 September 2022 - 14:24
As the DA and its partners celebrate ousting the ANC-led coalition in Nelson Mandela Bay, concerns have been raised about the Eastern Cape government’s pulling the rug from under their feet and implementing section 12 of the Municipal Structures Act.
Former co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC in the province Xolile Nqatha introduced a plan to scrap the mayoral executive system and introduce a collective executive with a ward participatory system, which would take powers away from a mayor and allow a new committee to run proceedings...
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