AIC gives ANC March ultimatum on Matatiele agreement
18 January 2017
Johannesburg – The fragile ANC-led coalitions in the Ekurhuleni and Rustenburg councils are again under threat as the party faces an ultimatum from the African Independent Congress (AIC).
The AIC says it wrote a letter to ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe giving the party until March to address its demand for Matatiele to be reincorporated into KwaZulu-Natal or face "decisions which might not be favourable" to the coalition.
This was at the heart of the agreement reached by the parties in exchange for the AIC voting with the ANC in the recent local elections, allowing the ruling party to govern the two municipalities in Gauteng and the North West.
"It is regrettable that the AIC feels that your organisation is not taking all these seriously," said the party in the letter.