Nelson Mandela Bay Speake, Buyela Mafaya, has scheduled a Council meeting for Friday, but it seems that the election of the mayor is not on the agenda.
Now, DA provincial leader and mayoral candidate, Nqaba Bhanga, wants answers from her.
He says this omission is a violation of a recent High Court order and flies in the face of directives to her by both the provincial and national departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.
Bhanga says the Metro also does not have a properly appointed City Manager.
Last week the Grahamstown High Court judge, Motilal Rugunanan, dismissed an application by Nelson Mandela Bay acting mayor Tshonono Buyeye, to prevent Bhisho from intervening in the Metro.
He issued the order on Tuesday in a 14-page judgment on Buyeye's application, challenging the decision by the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Xolile Nqatha.
Nqatha said that this was due to, amongst other things, the failure to fill the vacant post of Executive Mayor, appointing “an unqualified official to the position of an acting Municipal Manager” and the failure to address issues raised by the National Treasury.
National Treasury also wrote to the Municipality raising concerns about governance issues in the Metro.
