NFP quits KZN GPU, orders Social Development MEC Mbali Shinga to resign

By Johnathan Paoli

The National Freedom Party (NFP) has formally resolved to withdraw from the KwaZulu-Natal government of provincial unity (GPU) and has instructed its sole representative in the provincial legislature and MEC for Social Development, Mbali Shinga, to resign from her positions by Thursday morning.

In a letter to Shinga, Acting Secretary-General Sunset Bheki Xaba confirmed that the decision was taken at a special meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) held on Monday, where leaders agreed to exit the multi-party coalition governing the province.

“The instruction is issued not in disregard of your service, but in recognition of the higher duty we all share to uphold the collective discipline, constitutional obligations, and strategic direction of the National Freedom Party. It is a call to consistency, unity and fidelity to the decisions of the NEC,” Xaba said.

The GPU currently comprises the IFP, ANC, DA and the NFP,