'It's not about court cases' - KZN ANC on why Zandile Gumede, others were 'redeployed'
13 August 2019
ANC KwaZulu-Natal provincial secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli has denied the axing of the eThekwini and Msunduzi executive committees was prompted by court cases against prominent leaders, like Zandile Gumede.
Instead, the redeployments were motivated by a need to address service delivery issues identified by the provincial working committee (PWC) in "distressed" municipalities in the province, Ntuli said in Durban on Tuesday.
News24 reported embattled eThekwini Mayor Gumede and Msunduzi Mayor Themba Njilo would be asked to step down and redeployed.
Based on a report presented to it by the PWC, the provincial executive committee (PEC) acknowledged the Msunduzi and eThekwini municipalities, where Njilo and Gumede were in charge, "required urgent attention".