Life goes on for embattled Nkomazi mayor as he appoints manager
Ndlovu wrote to the IEC on June 24 to declare that the positions of mayor and speaker were vacant as a last resort to see Mkhatshwa’s back.He was not supposed to have come back for a second term as mayor after the ANC NEC tipped Phindile Magagula to take over after conducting interviews.But, Mkhatshwa and a cabal of renegade councillors, who were supported by the EFF, elected him as mayor and Simphiwe Mashele as council speaker.
They claim that the filling of the vacancies should be put on hold pending their appeal against their dismissal from the party. Mkhatshwa has been relying on the support of suspended ANC Ehlanzeni regional chairperson Ngrayi Ngwenya, who has publicly slammed the ANC for not giving the mayoral job to Mkhatshwa.The ANC’s disciplinary committee found him guilty on charges of misconduct relating to his support for former president Jacob Zuma when he was convicted for contempt of court.Nkomazi is the ANC’s only remaining headache after it won back the Msukaligwa Local Municipality from renegade councillors on March 31.
The trio refused to vacate their positions and turned around to accuse the ANC of removing them because they had uncovered corruption that implicated senior leaders in the Gert Sibande region.They were removed by a vote of no confidence on March 31 and the ANC appointed Shirley Nkosi as acting mayor, Ntombifuthi Nhlaba as acting speaker and Pretty Sibeko as acting chief whip.
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