Mbalula cracks the whip, directs Dlabathi to go back to work amid tensions in Ekurhuleni

Luthuli House has rejected the resignation of Jongizizwe Dlabathi as the ANCEkurhuleniregional secretary and MMC for finance and has directed him to go back to work. This was confirmed by ANC national spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu almost two weeks after Dlabathi quit both positions. “This is the truth.

This forms part of rebuilding and uniting our regional leadership whose contribution continues to carry the ANC forward,” said Bhengu. Though Bhengu did not confirm who at Luthuli House had told Dlabathi to go back to work, several sources have said it was in factANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula.