eThekwini Municipality lambasted for paying salary of councillor in jail for killing his predecessor to get elected iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The DA in eThekwini is concerned with the ANC-led eThekwini Municipality using tax payers’ money to pay an incarcerated councillor who has been in prison for at least 10 months, awaiting trial for the murder of a former ANC ward candidate shortly before the 2021 local government elections. The DA in KZN has raised the issue with CoGTA, which has also written to the municipality. The DA will escalate this matter by writing to the Speaker of Council and city manager, requesting that councillor Mzimuni Ngiba be suspended.
Two members of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Mangaung metropolitan municipality, in the Free State, have nabbed the posts of mayor and chief whip. ANC Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) member Gregory Nthatisi was elected as the new acting mayor of the metro, following the recent court interdict against former mayor Papi Mokoena, of the Afrikan Alliance of Social Democrats.
Tshwane speaker remains in his seat after DA and coalition partners fail to remove him polity.org.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from polity.org.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.