The ANC continued to deploy its big guns for the battle of Nquthu‚ as three of its Top Six on Saturday joined the campaign to take the northern KwaZulu-Natal municipality in the run up to by-elections on May 24.
Secretary-general Gwede Mantashe‚ national chairperson Baleka Mbete and treasurer-general Zweli Mkhize have been deployed to the rural council‚ the only municipality in the province that has been unable to elect a mayor since August last year.
Their campaign follows that of deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa who spent two days electioneering in the area a fortnight ago.
- Ramaphosa backer Zamani Saul elected Northern Cape ANC chairANC deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa’s campaign has received a shot in the arm after Zamani Saul was elected chairperson in the Northern Cape.
The hung council could swing the balance of power in the Umzinyathi district‚ and is thus of critical political importance.
In the bitter cold on Saturday morning‚ the ANC heavy-hitters moved to individual wards to woo voters in a door-to-door campaign in a desperate bid for the 33 available council seats.
- Khoza lambastes youth league call for her removal as MPAfrican National Congress MP Makhosi Khoza tore into the ANC Youth League in the eThekwini region on Friday after it released a statement saying she should be recalled and said she was a “danger to the unity of the ANC”.
The area has been on tenterhooks after the stabbing to death of ANC activist Siphamandla Ngobese in the Ohaleni area following his return from a rally led by Ramaphosa.
Mantashe‚ Mbete and Mkhize are each expected to address public meetings later in the day.
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