Mpumalanga Mayor refuses to hand over the mayoral chain | Citypress

In Mpumalanga, renegade Nkomazi Local Municipality Mayor Johan Mkhatshwa has defied the ANC for the second time and gone ahead with appointing members of the mayoral committee

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Mashele called a council meeting on Friday, which was attended by only 37 of the 63 councillors, during which Mkhatshwa appointed a mayoral committee that included EFF councillor Bandi Shongwe, who is the EFF Ehlanzeni district secretary.His blatant act of defiance has its roots in the ANC factions in the province, but is also fuelling rumours that a group that supports suspended Ehlanzeni regional task team deputy convenor Ngrayi Ngwenya intends to form a new political party.

Its MECs in Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane’s cabinet were fired last year, and Ngwenya’s suspension has indicated a power shift from Ngci. “The ANC must be decisive and act quickly. It may be difficult to declare the council meeting that elected them as null and void should the matter go to court.”

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