The honeymoon between the DA and its coalition partners in Nelson Mandela Bay is allegedly over amid claims of tension less than five months after they joined forces to run the metro. The UDM’s Mongameli Bobani, deputy mayor, is said to be butting heads with the DA‚ which has the majority stake in the partnership. Differences reportedly range from the handling of disciplinary and legal matters involving metro officials to Bobani feeling undermined and kept in the dark. But mayor Athol Trollip and Bobani insisted on Tuesday that all was well between them. Trollip said: "Regarding my relationship with [Bobani]‚ I believe we have an excellent relationship, and that we have established an open-door policy to hold frank discussions about our government on any and all issues that we have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
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