News24 Wire Sibongiseni Baba, 43, a ward 14 councillor in Matatiele, was sentenced on 15 June for raping a 33-year-old woman in January 2019. Picture: Michel Bega
Eastern Cape Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Xolile Nqatha has instructed the Matatiele Local Municipality to terminate the salary payment of an ANC councillor sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a fellow party member.
Sibongiseni Baba, 43, a ward 14 councillor in Matatiele, was sentenced on 15 June for raping a 33-year-old woman in January 2019.
Nqatha also ordered the municipality to formally terminate his contract and inform the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) of the vacancy.
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