SANDILE MOTHA
HEIGHTENED political tensions and jostling for the control of the municipality between ANC councillors has rendered the uMngeni local municipality on the KwaZulu-Natal midlands ungovernable.
Crucial council meetings in the municipality under the uMgungundlovu district have reportedly failed to sit allegedly because of the existing animosity within the ruling party.
Inside Metros learnt of theseverity of the situation in the local council through one of the councillors representing the ANC in the municipality who wished that their identity be concealed.
“The tension has been an ongoing thing but it’s getting worse by day. Council meetings are collapsing and it’s even difficult to agree on matters around the municipality response on Corona virus because the municipal command team for Covid-19 is failing to convene,” lamented the councillor.
The councillor cited the ANC regional politics as the trigger fuelling bad blood between comrades, saying factions within the Harry Gwala
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