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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Another DA mayor, Retief Odendaal, has been removed – this time on Friday through the EFF and ANC alliance in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.<\/p>\n

Odendaal was removed through a motion of no confidence by 62 votes.<\/p>\n

The motion of no confidence was brought before the council by the EFF during a special council meeting. It was supported by the Northern Alliance, Patriotic Alliance, and the ANC.<\/p>\n

The EFF brought a motion against Odendaal because they said he had failed to act against his deputy mayor, Mkhuseli Jack after the Auditor-General had found that companies belonging to Jack did business with the municipality.<\/p>\n

However, the AG later cleared Jack of any wrongdoing. Jack had unsuccessfully attempted to have the court halt the special sitting.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the meeting was meant to have started at 10:00, but it was moved to noon to wait for the court ruling.<\/p>\n

It later reconvened at 13:00.<\/p>\n

But it took about two hours before the day’s business could start as DA councillors raised frivolous points of order, seemingly not wanting the meeting to continue.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the vote went ahead.<\/p>\n

After Odendaal was removed as mayor, nominations were opened for his replacement.<\/p>\n

There were two names nominated: Odendaal and speaker Gary van Niekerk; they both accepted the nominations.<\/p>\n

After accepting the nomination to be voted in as new mayor, Van Niekerk, from the Northern Alliance, read out his resignation with “immediate effect” as speaker.<\/p>\n

Nominations were also opened for a new speaker and two names were raised – ANC former mayor Eugene Johnson and the DA’s Rano Kayser. The two candidates accepted the nomination.<\/p>\n

The election for a new mayor and speaker is under way.<\/p>\n

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