# Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor, Gary van Niekerk, has been fined two-thousand-rand or 30 days in jail after failing to appear in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. Van Niekerk had allegedly misrepresented himself as the council speaker and appointed law firms without authority, resulting in claims for over 550-thousand-rand. Police spokesperson Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana says Van Niekerk opted to pay the fine, and the main criminal case against him has been postponed to tomorrow.
Nelson Mandela Bay deputy mayor fined R2 000 for failure to appear in court