Battle of ANC versus ANC looms in KwaZulu-Natal local poll

15 July 2016 - 16:26 By Nce Mkhize

The battle to lead the African National Congress in KwaZulu-Natal might have been fought and won‚ yet battle scars run deep: supporters of ousted premier Senzo Mchunu are choosing to ditch the party and contest upcoming municipal polls as independents. In eThekwini Municipality alone‚ where 103 wards will be contested in the August 3 elections‚ there are at least 58 independent candidates‚ many of them known ANC members who represented the party in past elections.Two KZN MECs quit politics‚ new one snubs swearing-inFormer KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Peggy Nkonyeni has quit politics along with economic development MEC Mike Mabuyakhulu. Some of these are outgoing councillors who were isolated after siding with the losing Mchunu faction against provincial chair Sihle Zikalala‚ who emerged victorious in the November 2015 provincial conference. The conference had to be re-run four times within just a few months in what is the ANC’s biggest region nationally.These independent councillors are standing as "community councillors" and their posters still carry the green‚ gold and black colours of the ANC.Read more at BDLive...

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