Buffalo City Metro executive mayor Xola Pakati tendered his resignation on Monday. Pakati wrote to speaker Humphrey Maxegwana and some ANC councillors to communicate his decision. “I would like to take this opportunity to express gratitude for the supported you provided over time,” Pakati wrote.
Fired Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality mayor Xola Pakati has dropped a bombshell letter claiming his party, the ANC, directed him to hire its preferred candidate as a municipal manager.
The drama surrounding the sudden recall of Buffalo City Metro mayor Xola Pakati continues. The Dispatch has been reliably informed that the SACP on Monday pulled out of a meeting with the ANC where Pakati’s future was discussed. Insiders claim the SACP wanted the ANC to allow Pakati to continue serving as mayor.