Delaying tactics thwart election of new Bay mayor
Bay council meeting postponed to December 4 after four-hour threshold exceeded due to filibustering
Nelson Mandela Bay councillors had one job to do on Tuesday — elect a new mayor.
However, for more than five hours, they stalled and used delaying tactics before the meeting was abruptly adjourned without discussing the only item on the agenda — which the ACDP said would have taken five minutes...
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