After a shaky start, 15 new uMngeni municipal councillors were inaugurated into office at the Howick magistrate's court in KwaZulu-Natal on Friday.
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The swearing-in ceremony was due to be held at the Howick West community hall but Pappas and fellow DA councillors, including deputy mayor-elect Sandile Mnikathi, and two EFF councillors staged a walkout and went to the magistrate’s court. DA leader John Steenhuisen flanked by uMngeni mayor-elect Chris Pappas, left, and deputy mayor-elect Sandile Mnikathi after the councillors were inaugurated at the Howick magistrate's court.Cibane was suspended in August after she was implicated in a Special Investigating Unit report.
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