Acting city manager Mandla George will write to the co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) department to correct a report he submitted which led to MEC Xolile Nqatha insisting the election of DA councillor Nqaba Bhanga as Nelson Mandela Bay’s mayor was unlawful.

In his December 5 report to Cogta boss Andile Fani, George said he had received a report informing him that Patriotic Alliance councillor Marlon Daniels had been elected as acting speaker after he recused himself...