The Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality has been tipped as a contested area that could fall to the Democratic Alliance (DA) in the local government elections.
But the African National Congress (ANC) insists that will not happen, and that its party has already made promising and significant progress under Mayor Danny Jordaan's leadership.
Tens of thousands of ANC supporters attended a rally at Dan Qeqe Stadium in Zimbe on Saturday, 23 July 2016.