The cat is out of the bag. Word in political corridors is that the Amathole district municipality’s special council meeting on Thursday will unveil former Nkonkobe municipality mayor Anele Ntsangani as ADM’s new executive mayor. There was speculation recently that ANC MPL Nozibele Nyalambisa might take over the reins at the troubled municipality, but Ntsangani has now emerged as the front-runner to replace Nceba Ndikinda.
Provision of services has again come to a halt at Amathole District Municipality, with staff members at its East London headquarters embarking on what the municipality has termed a “go slow” for a week now.
The ANC in the Eastern Cape is gunning for the head of the Amathole district municipality’s CFO Lucky Mosala, who is acting as the council’s new municipal manager in the absence of Thandekile Mnyimba, whose recent reappointment was declared illegal and set aside by a court. ANC provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi this week said the party wanted ADM council’s decision to appoint Mosala as acting MM reversed, “and a competent person be seconded by Cogta to act in that crucial position”.
The Amathole district municipality’s (ADM) top political leadership troika, which includes the mayor, council speaker and chief whip, face the axe over the controversial decision to reappoint Thandekile Mnyimba as municipal manager.