NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE
Athol Trollip blasts opposition party councillors bent on instability
Nelson Mandela Bay metro mayor Athol Trollip says opposition party councillors are bent on creating instability in the council in order for it to be placed under administration. The DA-led council would go to court, if necessary, to thwart opposition attempts to disrupt council meetings in the metro, Trollip said. A second council meeting, in which a motion of no confidence against the mayor would have been debated, collapsed on Tuesday morning. The motion was sponsored by the EFF in a bid to punish the DA for not supporting land expropriation without compensation. It was supported by the United Democratic Movement and the ANC. "If they want to disrupt council, we will take legal action against them. They want it to be out under administration," Trollip said. The DA was working on strengthening the coalition to get it "past the vulnerabilities" that it currently faced., he said. Nelson Mandela Bay is governed by a coalition of the DA, Congress of the People, the African Christian De...
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