AbaQulusi speaker tells mourners councillor will be replaced by member of his family

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AbaQulusi speaker tells mourners councillor will be replaced by member of his family
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The DA caucus in the troubled Abaqulusi municipality has distanced itself from the utterances made by the speaker, Michael Khumalo, during the funeral of councillor Phaphama Mbatha.

IFP councillor in Abaqulusi, Michael Khumalo, made brazen claims at the funeral of Phaphama Mbatha that the late councillor would be replaced by a member of his family.The DA caucus in the troubled AbaQulusi municipality has distanced itself from the utterances made by the speaker, Michael Khumalo, during the funeral of councillor Phaphama Mbatha.

He said they needed to fast-track the process before the by-elections to fill the vacancy of the late councillor. A confident Khumalo then tells mourners that if a leader ascends to a podium then its means “they need to speak substance”. “This is not true. We would never support such a ludicrous move,” said Swelakhe Shelembe, the DA's chief whip in the AbaQulusi municipality.

The DA had in the past written to the municipality seeking to have all the qualifications of professional officials vetted.

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