Six councillors, including a former mayor, that the ANC expelled for their role in toppling the party from power in Mpumalanga’s Mkhondo Local Municipality in Piet Retief have defected to the EFF.
Intense factional battles within the ANC in Mpumalanga can be so hostile in Mkhondo (Piet Retief) that they can be the reason a regional leader was assassinated in a hail of bullets.
The ANC in Mpumalanga has dismissed six councillors who are accused of handing the reins of the Mkhondo Local Municipality in Piet Retief to independents and opposition parties.
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After just three weeks in the Mkhondo Local Municipality mayoral seat, Mthokozisi Simelane has courted enough controversy to be threatened with removal after he unilaterally suspended senior executives and appointed officials in acting positions.