The promise that young people from the northern areas would be trained as traffic and metro police officers from as early as July led Patriotic Alliance councillor Marlon Daniels to agree to join the Nelson Mandela Bay coalition government.

Speaking at a media conference called by Bay mayor Mongameli Bobani to announce the PA man’s appointment as a member of the mayoral committee, Daniels said the UDM, ANC, AIC and United Front coalition government had fulfilled its promises...