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KZN ANC reinstates Zandile Gumede as member of provincial legislature
ANC KZN spokesperson Nhlakanipho Ntombela said that Gumede's reinstatement was recommended by the provincial integrity commission following her appearance...
Mike Mabuyakhulu and embattled former eThekwini mayor, Zandile Gumede, were ordered to step aside in August. Both are facing corruption charges.
ANC KZN spokesperson Nhlakanipho Ntombela said that Zandile Gumede refused to appear before the party’s integrity commission on the date that was given to her, saying that she wanted her lawyers involved in the matter.
ANC KZN secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli said that Zandile Gumede’s supporters carried divisive and offensive placards at her last court appearance.
The ANC said that Zandile Gumede and nine others who had been asked to step aside from their official duties due to criminal cases against them were expected to appear before the integrity commission in the next four weeks.
The party was heavily criticised after appointing Gumede to the KwaZulu-Natal legislature and on Friday asked her to step down.
Gumede was sworn into the provincial legislature last week, despite being out on bail.
Former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede was sworn in this week as a member of the provincial legislature (MPL) despite facing charges of fraud and corruption linked to tender fraud in the municipality.
The ANC removed Gumede as eThekwini mayor last year citing poor peformance but the party now said that she was fit to serve as a provincial lawmaker.
The ANC’s Nhlakanipho Ntombela said Zandile Gumede’s appointment to the provincial legislature was approved by Luthuli House.
Senior KZN ANC member Jomo Sibiya is accused of political interference and having his former love interest arrested for allegedly defying a protection order.
KZN Premier Sihle Zikalala revealed last week that the Social Development Department had accrued R15.8 million in irregular expenditure during the lockdown.
Several senior members of the party in the province gathered at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday in support of the former statesman.
Provincial secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli said the distribution of food parcels was being politicised and that provincial leaders were worried that this would cause further divisions within the party.
This after the ANC KwaZulu-Natal leadership postponed its eThekwini regional conference, which was scheduled to take place next month due to threats of the coronavirus (COVID-19).
ANC KZN spokesperson Ricardo Mthembu said that public servants had a tendency of exaggerating their rights and they must be taught a lesson if they were in the wrong.
The former president’s sicknote was scrutinised by Judge Dhaya Pillay who said she could not understand it.
On Thursday, a collective aligned to the Ebuhleni faction of the church accused Premier Sihle Zikalala of trying to impose his preferred leader on the church for the advancement of the ANC.
This came after factions supporting former regional chairperson Zandile Gumede and those linked to her opponents staged meetings in a bid to secure support in the upcoming regional elective conference.