IFP Provincial Chairperson Premier Thami Ntuli says opposition parties were targeting to collapse the provincial government through a vote of no confidence. KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has warned of the consequences of a successful vote of no confidence against him, which he said was aimed at collapsing the provincial government, and that this would be detrimental to the people of the province. He was reacting to the National Freedom Party (NFP)’s withdrawal from the Government of Provincial Unity (GPU).
The NFP holds the balance of power in the provincial legislature. The party, whose leader Ivan Barnes supported last month’s unsuccessful motion against Ntuli, would now join the opposition bench. The party is currently holding disciplinary hearings against its MPL, Social Development MEC Mbali Shinga, for defying its order to vote in favour of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party’s (MKP) motion, which EFF supported, to oust Ntuli. This motion was defeated after Shinga opted to vote along with the DA, ANC, and IFP in support of Ntuli.
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