ANC backs deputy mayor from its smaller coalition partners for eThekwini - Governing party says it cannot be ‘arrogant’ and try to run Durban alone
There had also been speculation that the ANC leadership might give the post to the EFF, whose councillor Thamisanqa Xuma became chair of eThekwini’s municipal public accounts committee last August with the governing party’s support, as part of a deal which would help the ANC take back hung KwaZulu-Natal municipalities run by an EFF-IFP alliance.on Monday — decided to continue with the status quo and work with the block now led by Myeni.
“We know that we do not have 50%-plus, so we said the deputy mayor must remain there. We are going to engage them and we will fill that vacancy.” “We are still going to have a meeting as the block of parties and then decide as to who is our candidate,” Myeni said. EFF KwaZulu-Natal secretary Nkululeko Ngubane said that the party “remains in opposition” in eThekwini and that any discussions with the ANC would be conducted at national level.
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