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Former ANC Amathole regional secretary Teris Ntutu says the party’s step-aside rule was a blessing in disguise after he graduated with an LLB degree from the University of Fort Hare on Wednesday. Ntutu had to step aside after the National Prosecuting Authority in 2022 reinstated his corruption case, which he believed was influenced by his detractors as he maintained his innocence.
The past weekend officially marked the end of an era for the ANC Amathole region as party strongman Teris Ntutu bowed out of formal party politics.
Former Amathole District Municipality mayoral committee member for engineering and infrastructure services Nomfesane Nyatela has finally resigned as a councillor in the municipality. Nyatela’s resignation is effective from Friday. She leaves after months of being at loggerheads with the ANC in the province over the controversial hiring and subsequent sacking of former municipal manager Thandekile Mnyimba.
The ANC’s acting secretary-general, Paul Mashatile, has called on the party in the province to provide him with reasons for disbanding the Amathole regional leadership. Mashatile, who wrote to provincial secretary Lulama Ngcukayitobi on Wednesday, reminded the provincial leadership of the resolution taken in September regarding the disbanding of ANC structures ahead of the national conference next week at Nasrec, in Johannesburg.
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.