An IFP councillor in KZN was briefly detained at a local police station. He has been accused of raping a teenage girl in Zakheni township.
The Inkatha Freedom Party says the councillor of Alfred Duma Local Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal who is accused of raping a teenage girl in Zakheni township has resigned from his position.in the township of Zakheni over the weekend.
The matter was kept under wraps until Wednesday morning, when his name was revealed, forcing his party, the IFP, to sack him with immediate effect. In a statement on Wednesday, the national spokesperson of the IFP, Mkhuleko Hlengwa, said they are against any form of gender-based violence, hence, they instructed the councillor to resign with immediate effect, and he duly obliged.
He added that they are a party of integrity, and as such, they would never allow a tainted person to remain within their ranks.
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