Motion of no confidence in Nelson Mandela Bay mayor withdrawn
Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Athol Trollip has dodged another motion of no confidence vote against him.
All motions against the current Nelson Mandela Bay executive, including the vote of no confidence against Trollip, were withdrawn on Thursday morning.
At the beginning of the council meeting speaker Jonathan Lawack said although he had declared the matter permanently adjourned at the last sitting, he had been petitioned by the ANC's Mbulelo Gidane to reconvene.
Lawack said another bone of contention at the previous sittings was the order in which the matters had been set down on the agenda. He said in order to expedite proceedings, he had agreed to change the order to allow the last item on the agenda, that of his removal, to be heard first.
The change was met with murmurs throughout council, but it soon became clear that it would be of no consequence.