MK party members stall proceedings during the motion of no confidence against KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli on 15 December 2025 in Pietermaritzburg. Picture: Gallo Images/Darren Stewart The provincial government of unity (GPU) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has emerged victorious after a motion of no confidence brought against Premier Thami Ntuli failed on Monday. The motion, brought by the MK party, was supported by the EFF and opposed by the DA, ANC, NFP and IFP.
The MK party is the only party in the province that received more than 40% of the provincial vote. They have 37 seats in the legislature. This is the basis on which they brought the motion against the premier, arguing that KZN voters had been robbed.
The MK party needed 41 votes to remove Ntuli, who is an IFP member. However, the motion failed after every member of the GPU voted against it. Jacob Zuma’s party, however, brought proceedings to a standstill when Speaker Nontembeko Boyce refused to allow a secret ballot during the motion.
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Along with EFF councillors, the MK party members sang and danced in the chambers to prevent a vote from going ahead. The MK party claimed that some members had been threatened and did not feel safe to vote in an open ballot. Boyce repeatedly told members of the legislature that they will be removed if they did not return to their seats.
As the protest continued, police were called in to escort the disruptive members from the sitting. The MK party members then pushed back against the police officers trying to remove them from the sitting. Despite the chaos, the motion of no confidence failed. Before the disruptions, members of the MK party and the EFF argued why Ntuli should be removed.
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