Hawks swoop on City Hall in Port Elizabeth‚ meet mayor Mongameli Bobani

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Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip has been ousted through a motion of no confidence by opposition parties and rogue DA councillor Mbulelo Manyati on Monday night. The opposition councillors have elected UDM’s Monagmeli Bobani to replace him.The move came after a dramatic council meeting first saw speaker Jonathan Lawack removed by the opposition with the help of Manyati who abstained from voting. Picture Eugene Coetzee/The Herald

About six members of South Africa’s directorate for Priority Crime Investigations‚ the Hawks‚ pitched up at the Port Elizabeth City Hall on Wednesday morning.

At least two insiders who were there at City Hall at the time confirmed that the Hawks investigators met with mayor Mongameli Bobani.

While details are sketchy‚ it is believed to be in connection with an ongoing investigation into Nelson Mandela Bay’s beleaguered Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS).

The Hawks investigators are said to have served Bobani with a search warrant to seize documents and computers.

Bobani could not be reached for comment.

This is a developing story.

By: Nomazima Nkosi – HeraldLIVE

Source: TMG Digital.


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