LISTEN: Bobani threat to ‘sort out’ mayoral official

A volatile meeting took on a sinister tone when Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Mongameli Bobani threatened a mayoral committee member, telling him that he will “sort” him out and insisting that they take their spat outside.

The outburst at a March 3 meeting to select a preferred candidate following interviews for a municipal public health department boss has come to light after a recording was leaked to The Herald.

In the recording, Bobani can be heard telling mayoral committee member Dean Biddulph to “come outside” after Biddulph told him to have a good weekend when the meeting wrapped up.

Bobani and Biddulph were at the Noninzi Luzipho Building with city manager Johann Mettler and corporate services acting director Vuyo Zitumane at the time.

In the recording, Bobani is heard leaving a room and Biddulph tells him to enjoy his weekend.

But Bobani returns seconds later and tells Biddulph in a raised voice: “Don’t make a laughing stock to me.

“I’m gonna sort you out. I am telling you, I will sort you out. I will.

“Come outside, come,” he said.

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip said yesterday Biddulph had reported the matter to him.

“Biddulph did lay a complaint and I escalated it to our national coalition partners,” he said.

Trollip declined to comment further, saying he did not discuss internal coalition matters with the media.