{"id":236774,"date":"2022-09-11T19:27:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=121207"},"modified":"2022-09-11T19:27:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T17:27:29","slug":"nmb-civil-society-coalition-supports-change-in-bay-leadership-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/nmb-civil-society-coalition-supports-change-in-bay-leadership-model\/","title":{"rendered":"NMB Civil Society Coalition supports change in Bay leadership model"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"scaip scaip-1 \">\n<aside id=\"republication_tracker_tool-2\" class=\"republication_tracker_tool clearfix\">\n<h5 class=\"adtitle\">Republish for Free<\/h5>\n<div class=\"license\">\n<p><button name=\"Republish This Story\" id=\"cc-btn\" class=\"republication-tracker-tool-button\">Republish This Story<\/button><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"license\" rel=\"noreferrer license noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nmb-civil-society-coalition-supports-change-in-bay-leadership-model.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Creative Commons License\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nmb-civil-society-coalition-supports-change-in-bay-leadership-model.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"message\">\n<p>Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the light of continued political bickering by the elected leaders of all parties in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, the Civil Society Coalition has decided to support the changing of the municipality from one led by an executive mayor to one led by an executive committee within a ward participatory system.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment has been gazetted by Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) MEC, Xolile Nqatha.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur metro is on the verge of collapse and urgent action is needed to break the political stalemate and circus the council has become,\u201d said Civil Society Coalition chair Mongameli Peter after a meeting of the coalition partners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision to support the MEC is consistent with our position taken when it became clear that the coalitions were fragile and plagued by continued political bickering. What we need is a government of local unity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>There has been political instability since 2016, he says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have met with the main political parties and urged them to voluntarily cooperate in order to save the metro which has all but collapsed, but they continue to put party politics and personal agendas ahead of the needs of the residents\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition is a broad affiliation of organisations representing business, labour, youth, the elderly, learning institutions, environmental and religious formations.<\/p>\n<p>It believes that the state of the metro, which has sewage running in the streets, a water crisis, unreliable power, potholes and hundreds of streetlights not working, is so serious that the metro is busy collapsing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot waste more time and resident\u2019s money on endless legal challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncil needs to meet in order to pass resolutions and budgets, and for the committees to do their work,\u201d says Peter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are fighting for is the life of the metro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur local economy is directly threatened by the failure to deliver basic services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe metro has become a high risk operating environment for businesses, who are finding it increasingly difficult to justify future investment or even remaining in the metro.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will leave many thousands more without jobs and any hope of finding one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u201cResidents \u2013 the people who voted for the politicians \u2013 are already suffering through the absence of service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe simply cannot continue the way we are,\u201d said Peter.<\/p>\n<p>He said all parties voted in last year are equally to blame for the chaos and collapse of service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call on all the representatives to act now to do what the voters asked for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coalition is galvanising support across the metro through signing a pledge to support the turnaround of the metro fortunes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we cannot afford to fail our constituencies. The people of city, through our coalition structures, have directed us to stop relying on diplomacy to bring about stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will now effect pragmatic and radical actions in the form of protests, calling a meeting with the state president and pursuing civil litigation\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/nmb-civil-society-coalition-supports-change-in-bay-leadership-model\/nelson_mandela_bay_municipality\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-121217\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality\" width=\"833\" height=\"138\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121217 lazyload\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nmb-civil-society-coalition-supports-change-in-bay-leadership-model.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-121217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/nmb-civil-society-coalition-supports-change-in-bay-leadership-model.jpg\" alt=\"Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality\" width=\"833\" height=\"138\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NMBM \u2013 Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Video:<\/strong> NMB Civil Society Coalition supports change in Bay leadership model<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Info on NMB Civil Society Coalition supports change in Bay leadership model here:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Twitter<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Siyathetha\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Siyathetha<\/a><br \/><strong>Facebook<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiyathethaCommunications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiyathethaCommunications\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/save-with-myprs-monthly-flat-fee\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"post-views-icon dashicons dashicons-chart-bar\"><\/span> <span class=\"post-views-label\">Press Release Views since 1 July 2022:<\/span> <span class=\"post-views-count\">75<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/nmb-civil-society-coalition-supports-change-in-bay-leadership-model\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republish for Free Republish This Story Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. 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