Pietermaritzburg High Court ruled that the municipality's administrator acted unlawfully after suspending municipal manager Bonginkosi Ntanzi.
KwaZulu-Natal DA leadership Zwakele Mncwango, left, and Francois Rodgers. Picture: Doctor Ngcobo/African News Agency
“The Democratic Alliance today calls for KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala and his cooperative governance MEC, Sipho Hlomuka, to be held personally liable for costs as a result of an unnecessary legal battle with the IFP-run Abaqulusi Municipality,” DA’s MPL Zwakele Mncwango said in a statement on Thursday.
“It is about the fact that while they knew they no chance of their being successful, given that the three months disciplinary period had expired, the MEC and the Premier persisted with their witch-hunt in this IFP-led municipality,” Mncwango said.“This at great cost to KZN’s taxpayers.
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