ANC, NFP & EFF coalition in KZN declared invalid
The ANC, NFP and EFF have not enjoyed their “victory” of ousting the IFP in the Nongoma Municipality leadership.
The Pietermaritzburg high court on Friday annulled the newly-elected coalition leadership of the ANC, NFP and EFF.
This follows an urgent application by the IFP following its removal on Tuesday.
The respondents (ANC, EFF and the NFP) have until March 20 to show why a final order should not be granted. The court suspended the decision to remove the IFP from its leadership position.
The court further ordered that all the new leaders be interdicted and restrained from holding their new positions of authority. The respondents will have to pay the costs of the application.
The publication reported that on Tuesday the ANC, NFP and EFF toppled the IFP leadership through a vote of no confidence.
Initial attempts at the move were thwarted by the IFP on Monday, when protesters aligned to the party stormed the council chamber where the meeting was supposed to take place.
ANC Provincial spokesperson
ANC provincial spokesperson, Mafika Mndebele, said they were studying the ruling and that their legal team will advise on the way forward.
We are of the view that the IFP is just delaying the inevitable. We are going to take that municipality. The reality is that most councillors in that municipality are no longer supporting the IFP.
NFP
The NFP said it was not worried about the judgment as this was an attempt to “delay the inevitable”.
NFP general secretary, Canaan Mdletshe, said their legal team will be studying the judgement.
We are not perturbed by the court order because we know that removing the IFP mayor will happen. We have the numbers because, together, we have 25 councillors in the opposition and the IFP has 20 councillors. This ruling is really not worrying us.
The EFF could not be reached for comment.
In other news – Tipcee speaks on rumours she’s broke after allegedly dumping DJ Tira
South African singer Tipcee has responded to rumours of being down and out telling a local publication that the rumours are false. Following a report from ZiMoja, Tipcee started trending with sources alleging that she is broke after leaving Tira’s Afrotainment. The dancer said they are nothing but false rumours and that she is still signed to Tira’s label.
Speaking to the online publication, Tipcee said, “No it’s not true, and I’m dropping a single soon, and then an EP. The rumours have been trending since yesterday. There was this one friend of mine who was stirring up trouble.” Learn More
