KwaDukuza mayor Lindi Nhaca has been ousted following a vote of no confidence at today’s council meeting held at the KwaDukuza Town Hall.

Tabled by the ANC, the motion was supported by councillors from the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). Democratic Alliance (DA), Action SA and Independent Alliance councillors voted against it.

The KwaDukuza Municipality is currently governed by the ANC in coalition with the African Independent Congress (AIC) and African Transformation Movement (ATM).

Nhaca’s suspension by the ANC last month, followed by the party’s call for her to step down as mayor, prompted the no-confidence vote after she failed to resign.

Secretary for the ANC’s Gizenga Mpanza Region, Siphesihle Zulu, said Nhaca would remain as an ANC PR councillor, and that the mayor and deputy mayor posts are expected to be filled next week.

“It is not a pleasant situation that we reached this point, where a motion of no confidence had to be used to recall our own member. The ANC assigns its members to positions and when the party asks you to step down, one is expected to do so. It was unfortunate that it came to this stage,” said Zulu.

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