Mongameli Bobani calls DA in desperate measures to pass 'pro poor' budget

Bobani’s appeal to DA for help in budget battle shot down

Stymied in his efforts to have the 2019/2020 budget passed, Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani turned in desperation to the DA the night before Wednesday’s council meeting to ask for the party’s support – but he was shot down.

At the council meeting, which lasted about two hours, DA councillor Athol Trollip said Bobani was in trouble...

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