Former ANC mayor in Mpumalanga and five councillors join EFF
Infighting within the ANC before the local government elections in November last year severely hurt the party.
On November 4, ANC Gert Sibande regional chairperson Muzi Manyathi was shot dead by unknown assailants at a filling station in Mkhondo, after purchasing items at a kiosk. Speculation abounds that his assassination might be politically motivated.The region mirrored divisions in the province between the Ngci and Focus factions, which were tussling for power. Focus eventually won all regions and the province with former provincial secretary Mandla Ndlovu being elected new chairperson.
Even after the Gert Sibande and the provincial conference in April, ANC insiders said, some comrades could not move on and continued to harbour grudges, hence, the volatile political climate that allegedly took Manyathi’s life.
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