NELSON MANDELA BAY: Gary van Niekerk pushing for court date to ‘clear his name’ before November elections

A series of delays, including through his own actions, has left Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor Gary van Niekerk desperate to get his criminal trial under way before the local government elections in November.

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