WATCH: Bid to remove Mayor Athol Trollip collapses amid chaos

10 April, 04:34 PM

The special council meeting held to remove Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Athol Trollip collapsed on Tuesday and was permanently adjourned.

Council Speaker Jonathan Lawack cited disruptive behaviour as the reason for the adjournment and said that ANC and EFF councillors objected to his refusal to allow their barrage of points of order to be heard.

The council then degenerated into chaos and the meeting was permanently adjourned.

READ: Trollip effectively survives motion of no confidence after meeting permanently adjourned

Trollip later said that the opposition only had themselves to blame.

"Councillor [Andile] Lungisa was overheard telling his councillors to collapse the meeting. That is their strategy," he said.

Opposition parties approached Patriotic Alliance councillor Marlon Daniels and offered him the mayor's seat in exchange for his vote. 

"They are doing this simply because they know that they are not going to win. The motions will not carry," Daniels told News24.