KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Premier, Thamsanqa Ntuli. Picture: Gallo Images/Darren Stewart KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli says the motion of no confidence brought against him by the MK party was not about service delivery. He said the EFF and the MK party never expected the government of provincial unity (GPU) to maintain stability beyond three months.
“I said right from the onset that this motion had nothing to do with the issue of confidence because at no stage did the MKP with the EFF have confidence in the Premier and the executives. You recall that during the establishment of government, they were a bloc that voted against the GPU,” Ntuli told SABC News. “So after that, they said the government was not going to last three months, after three months, six months, and after six months it’s a vote of no confidence, because they say they want to claim back the province, despite the number of achievements, which have been achieved by the provincial government, the stability that is in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
“Even the issue of crime fighting, when the report on the stats is showing a decrease in crime stats, which is an indication that the government is working quite well, despite numerous challenges, but there are significant improvements and an important direction, which is now being presented by the provincial government.” The GPU emerged victorious after a no-confidence motion against 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.
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It has 37 seats in the legislature. This is the basis on which the party brought the motion against Ntuli, 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 GPU member voted against it. Although Ntuli acknowledged that the two parties may bring future motions against him, he said he saw no reason why they would succeed.
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