EASTERN Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Xolile Nqatha has alerted the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality of his intentions to place it under administration.
The metro has seven days to explain why it must not be put under administration.
On Tuesday this week, Nqatha penned a letter addressed to the acting mayor Thonono Buyeye on his intentions to place the metro under administration.
In doing so, Nqatha will invoke Section 139 (1) of the constitution. The act empowers the provincial executive to remove a municipal council from office and to substitute the council with an administrator.
Nqatha said the decision was based on the persistent failure of the metro to fill the mayoral position that was vacant for more than six months.
Mamkeli Ngam, provincial Cogta spokesperson confirmed the intentions of the department to Inside Metros,saying the MEC will await explanation from the metro before a decision can
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