Dr Nkonzonyakhe Donda was elected mayor on November 23, with his term spanning 15 days.
Barely two weeks after his inauguration,
Now Xolani Ngwezi — who the party’s NEC had approved for the top job — is due to take over and, according to IFP spokesperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa, this was due to a technically with IEC lists.As his name [Ngwezi] was not on the PR list and because the IEC’s rules do not allow for changes to lists during the period of constituting municipal councils, councillor Nkonzoyakhe Donda was approved as caretaker mayor.
Before returning to uMhlathuze, Ngwezi was a member of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces. “Now that the party is able to amend its PR list, the NEC resolved on Monday to implement its November 22 decision that honourable Xolani Ngwezi, MP, be redeployed from the NCOP to be the mayor of uMhlathuze local municipality.
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