Two ANC councillors and two party activists are among several party members who have been charged by the party following their protest against the election of the new ANC leadership in KwaZulu-Natal.The quartet organised and led several protest marches to the ANC provincial headquarters in November last year and lodged complaints with Luthuli House the national headquarters of the ANC.Ring leader Sthenjwa Nyawose‚ a Ward 79 councillor in eThekwini‚ Ward 22 councillor Sbongiseni Mkhize‚ party activists Nada Ngcobo and Simphiwe Zondo of Ward 15 and 47 respectively‚ appeared before the party’s disciplinary committee on Monday afternoon.They are facing charges of bringing the party into disrepute‚ sowing division and marching against the party‚ among others.Provincial ANC spokesman Mdumiseni Ntuli confirmed that the two have been charged and said the case has been going on for some time now.“It’s just that the matter has been handled internally and was not in the public domain. We verified their credentials and that indeed they were members of the organisation - and we charged them thereafter‚” said Ntuli.The members protested the ousting of Premier Senzo Mchunu as provincial chair and the election of the new executive now led by Sihle Zikalala.They lodged a complaint saying the processes leading up the provincial conference held in Pietermaritzburg late last year and during the conference were flawed.They said the outcome had already been determined.Nyawose is also accused of being behind the disruption of several meetings aimed at electing new councillor candidates in the Ethekwini region. An unrepentant Nyawose said: “How come we are being charged by an illegitimate leadership. Everybody knows we lodged a complaint to the national office as we were not satisfied with the conference outcome. It would be better if it was the national leadership disciplining us because that one is a legitimate leadership‚” he said...