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Rochelle de Kock

AFTER a turbulent fortnight in Nelson Mandela Bay politics, mayor Zanoxolo Wayile and his boss, Local Goverment MEC Mlibo Qoboshiyane, came out guns blazing yesterday, vowing to clean up the rot which has pushed the city’s administration to the brink of collapse.

Ugly tensions, infighting and power struggles in the regional ANC last week prompted Wayile to call for urgent intervention from the party’s national leaders.

He also fired acting municipal manager Elias Ntoba, despite strong objections from his political peers.

The mayor has been increasingly distant from a faction of the ANC’s regional executive who are furious with him because he refuses to take instructions.

His detractors have also previously blasted Qoboshiyane, accusing him of interfering in local politics.