The DA will strongly oppose Zandile Gumede in any Legislature role
24 August 2020
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has been reliably informed that disgraced former eThekwini Mayor, Zandile Gumede, has been nominated by the ANC for the position of Chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) portfolio within the Legislature.
The information comes after the ANC last week deployed Gumede to the provincial parliament despite facing charges of fraud and corruption totalling than R400million, dating back to 2016.
In the event that information around her new role is true, this is the most shocking display of arrogance by the ANC. The DA calls on Premier Zikalala to come clean over his plans in terms of Zandile Gumede’s role within the provincial Legislature and to revise any plans he has of offering her a senior role.
The DA in KZN will never support Zandile Gumede as Chairperson of any committee, let alone CoGTA which is the service delivery arm of the provincial government.