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Mayor

Helen Zille eyes Joburg mayorship after DA’s top picks decline post

Maverick News

Helen Zille eyes Joburg mayorship after DA’s top picks decline post

By Ferial Haffajee

ANC set to take mayoral position in Nelson Mandela Bay unity coalition — DA not interested

South Africa

ANC set to take mayoral position in Nelson Mandela Bay unity coalition — DA not interested

By Velani Ludidi

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor resigns amid plan to swop jobs with ANC deputy mayor

South Africa

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor resigns amid plan to swop jobs with ANC deputy mayor

By Estelle Ellis

Hawks to charge Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor with cyber fraud linked to R551,000 legal fees

South Africa

Hawks to charge Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor with cyber fraud linked to R551,000 legal fees

By Estelle Ellis

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor defends launching petition to fight crime that lacks details

Maverick News

Nelson Mandela Bay mayor defends launching petition to fight crime that lacks details

By Estelle Ellis

Mykolaiv mayor keeps the water flowing, even in war-torn Ukraine

South Africa

Mykolaiv mayor keeps the water flowing, even in war-torn Ukraine

By Peter Fabricius

Knysna’s new mayor talks up infrastructure fixes, opposition says council’s ‘reshuffling deckchairs on Titanic’

Politics

Knysna’s new mayor talks up infrastructure fixes, opposition says council’s ‘reshuffling deckchairs on Titanic’

By Suné Payne

Mayor insists they will solve Makhanda’s many problems as hundreds gear up to demand her removal

South Africa

Mayor insists they will solve Makhanda’s many problems as hundreds gear up to demand her removal

By Estelle Ellis

Tshwane mayor negotiations — still no deal at eleventh hour before council votes

Politics

Tshwane mayor negotiations — still no deal at eleventh hour before council votes

By Nonkululeko Njilo

Cyril Xaba, ‘sober’ new mayor for the eThekwini circus

Maverick News

Cyril Xaba, ‘sober’ new mayor for the eThekwini circus

By Greg Ardé

Nelson Mandela Bay set for another fiery council meeting on Friday after court orders that mayor stays put

Maverick Citizen

Nelson Mandela Bay set for another fiery council meeting on Friday after court orders that mayor stays put

By Estelle Ellis

New dawn for Tshwane as DA’s ‘comeback kid’ Cilliers Brink assumes mayoral position

Politics

New dawn for Tshwane as DA’s ‘comeback kid’ Cilliers Brink assumes mayoral position

By Peter Mothiba