Several senior Eastern Cape ANC MPLs will not return to the legislature after being left off the party’s provincial candidate list for the 2024 general election. The IEC released the final candidate lists for parliament and the nine provincial legislatures on Wednesday. Seasoned politicians who did not make the cut include former health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) provincial chair Mxolisi Dimaza, transport portfolio committee chair Xolani Malamlela and .
The ANC in the Eastern Cape has moved in to quell simmering tensions between Buffalo City mayor Princess Faku and the party’s regional secretary, Antonio Carels.
Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has warned Buffalo City Metro mayor Princess Faku and her member of the mayoral committee for finance, Noma-Afrika Maxongo not to “drag the ANC’s name through the mud” after a spat between the two allegedly turned physical.
Buffalo City Metro mayoral committee member for finance Noma-Africa Maxongo intends filing a complaint against mayor Princess Faku with the regional and provincial leadership of the ANC.