The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it has advised the eThekwini Metro Speaker, Thabani Nyawose to seek legal advice regarding the position of a ward councillor who has been in custody for 10 months but is still receiving a salary.
Councillor Mzimuni Ngiba is in custody pending his trial in connection with the murder of the ANC ward candidate, Syabonga Mkhize in the run-up to the 2021 municipal elections.Opposition parties in eThekwini have questioned why Ngiba is still receiving his salary while he is in prison.
ANC provincial secretary, Bheki Mtolo says, “If you expel a member the first test you must pass your own Constitution, remember Rule 25 prescribe the misconduct and one act of misconduct that is prescribed is to be found guilty in a court of law for a serious crime and be sentenced to twelve months or more without an option of a fine. Rule 25 on charged members it talks about step aside, not misconduct.
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