The special council meeting scheduled for today in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro which includes Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape has been cancelled.
The cancellation is mainly due to the court challenge to be heard on Monday morning against the meeting.
The council Speaker, Gary van Niekerk says his legal team only received the court papers on Sunday and sat until the early hours of this morning to prepare for the hearing.
Nelson Mandela Bay Metro special council meeting cancelled:
The Democratic Alliance Mayor Retief Odendaal is challenging the calling of the special council meeting saying due process was not followed.
He was set to face a motion of no confidence. Van Niekerk says they had to act due to the case taking place before the meeting.
“I am informed that the parties that originally signed the first petition and a meeting will take place today and a new petition will be signed and submitted to the office of the speaker. We will see in the petition when the new council meeting will be requested for.”
