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The IFP has directed Umvoti Local Municipality Mayor Gabriel Malembe to resign from the post after a "coalition" with the ANC propelled him to the position. IFP leader Velenkosini Hlabisa says this is proof enough there will be no coalition talks with the governing party.
There is uncertainty around the mayoral seat in Umvoti Municipality.
Philani Mavundla has been ousted as the mayor of Umvoti.
The Umvoti (Greytown) municipality says it will respect a court ruling setting aside a decision to axe eight IFP councillors because they did not attend council meetings.
Former eThekwini deputy mayor and Abantu Batho Congress president Philani Mavundla, who lost a by-election a week ago in the uMvoti Local Municipality, has been elected mayor in a closed special council meeting at the municipality, News24 can reveal.