News24 | Nelson Mandela Bay mayor, deputy mayor jet off to China as metro grant funding hangs in the balance
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Six months after Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Gary van Niekerk came under fire for a trip to China that cost ratepayers approximately R400 000, the first citizen of the metro and his deputy, Babalwa Lobishe, are again in the country.