The ANC denies it sabotaged the first sitting of the uMngeni Municipality council. The DA won the ward and was looking forward to nominating and electing its mayor and deputy.
But there was a disruption when the suspended municipal manager tried to preside over the sitting. ANC Regional Coordinator, Mandla Zondi, says the party has accepted defeat.
Meanwhile, the DA says it’s aware of the ANC’s political tactics in uMngeni. It’s considering legal action after the municipality’s first council sitting collapsed.
Source: eNCA
In other news – Julius Malema defends gifts to King Dalindyebo
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has lashed out at those saying the party has been bribing AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo with gifts, saying he must be celebrated.
Malema and his top leadership have spent Saturday at Dalindyebo’s palace in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape at what has been called an EFF welcoming ceremony. Learn more