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Eastern Cape co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Zolile Williams has put the brakes on the controversial appointment of the Amathole District Municipality boss who faces criminal charges.

Senior ANC leaders in the Amathole district municipality are said to be unhappy after the ruling party’s provincial leadership issued a directive instructing the caucus to support the appointment of a new chief financial officer (CFO) even though he faces corruption charges.

ANC Secretary-General Paul Mashatile has asked Eastern Cape Secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi to explain why the Provincial Executive Committee dissolved the Amathole Region despite an instruction from the National Executive Committee not to do so.

The corruption charges against ANC Amathole regional secretary Thembalethu “Teris” Ntutu and 17 others, including businesspeople and their companies as well as former and current employees of Mnquma local municipality, have been reinstated.

Graft charges against suspended Amathole regional secretary Teris Ntutu have been set aside by the Mthatha High Court, paving the way for him to contest the upcoming ANC provincial elective conference. This was after Mthatha High Court Judge Buyiswa Majiki, on Friday, declined to reinstate the charges against him and his other co-accused, on the basis that the summons to have the case reinstated, as well as the return of service, had not been signed by Director of Public Prosecution Barry Mad...