Nelson Mandela Bay executive mayor Danny Jordaan is perhaps facing his first real home-ground test on Wednesday.
Protesting municipal workers have brought a section of Govan Mbeki Avenue between Russel Road and Evert Street to a standstill.
They parked and then abandoned several municipal refuse and other vehicles at key points between the two streets making them impassable since early Wednesday morning.
Municipality spokesperson, Roland Williams, said that there are appropriate channels for workers to address their grievances.
Jordaan was due to give the opening remarks at an investment seminar at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Wednesday morning but cancelled, reportedly to address the worker issue.
Meanwhile, a group of disgruntled residents from Wells Estate toyi-toyed outside a locked city hall, hoping to present Jordaan with a list of their long-standing grievances.
These issues range from housing, employment and youth skills developmet to education, health and other community concerns.
In a petition they said their protest was not a vote of no confidence in Jordaan, but they want him to take up their grievances with the ANC regional task team.
Community spokesperson, Mnikeli Kawa, said "we are gathering here today to give Mr Jordaan our grievances that have been taken by the then mayor, Ben Fihla."
"He (Fihla) said he was going to form up a Rapid Response Task Team to be able to deal with those grievances. Fort the past two months, the RTT was there but unfortunately they couldn't be in a position to give us the responses to our grievances," he said.
Protesting municipal workers in Nelson Mandela Bay on Wednesday blockade a section of Govan Mbeki Avenue.
Wells Estate residents protest outside a "locked" City Hall on Wednesday.
