Minority party infighting shakes Nelson Mandela Bay coalition

Defenders of the People leader threatens to pull councillors out of power-sharing agreement

The leader of a minority party in the coalition governing Nelson Mandela Bay has vowed to withdraw its councillors from the coalition running the metro, threatening the power-sharing arrangement.

But Defenders of the People (DOP) leader Ruphus Mphahlele’s complaint is not with the other coalition members — he has accused his own party’s regional leadership of behaving like a law unto itself...

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