Nelson Mandela Bay impasse continues as judgment reserved in Trollip ousting challenge
Nelson Mandela Bay (NMB) will have to wait a little bit longer for clarity on who its rightful mayor is, after the Port Elizabeth High Court reserved judgment in former mayor Athol Trollip's challenge against his ousting.
For the past eighteen days, Trollip has travelled the lengths of the municipality assuring citizens he was "still mayor of NMB".
He made his way to the benches in court on Thursday, avoiding the camera's spotlight alongside his colleagues, Nqaba Bhanga and Retief Odendaal, and coalition members, COPE's Siyasanga Sijadu and the ACDP's Lance Grootboom.
Advocate Dali Mpofu, representing the opposition, responded to the DA's legal arguments.
Mpofu argued that the case had three crisp matters, the first being the "membership of the DA versus the membership of council, where [councillor] Mbulelo Manyathi is concerned," said Mpofu.