Police acted quickly to quell a confrontation between MK Party and IFP supporters at the Pietermaritzburg legislature before a debate on a motion of no confidence in KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli on Monday. Tensions were as heated as the sweltering weather as the two parties bristled over the MK Party’s motion — citing alleged financial mismanagement and wasteful expenditure — which threatens to topple the provincial government of provincial unity (GPU). While the MK Party has 37 of the 80 legislature seats, a united opposition blocked them from control of the province, allowing Ntuli to head the GPU.
Police moved quickly to dispel confrontation between MKP and IFP supporters at the KZN legislature ahead of a sitting of the motion of no confidence against KZN premier Thami Ntuli on Monday üìπ:@sandysndlovupic.twitter.com/qVapgx7RBR IFP deputy chairperson Ntandoyenkosi Shabalala was in a buoyant mood. ‚ÄúIf you look at the seats at the provincial legislature, there are 80 seats, which means you need 41 seats to govern outright,‚Äù said Shabalala. He said the province was in good hands and they had seen progress since Ntuli took over from the stranglehold of the ANC.
“With Ntuli at the helm, the province has been on the right track. We have seen the great work he is doing in rooting out illegal immigrants,” said Shabalala. Shabalala, who is also the mayor of the uThukela district municipality, hit out at critics who suggest his party has an unimpressive track record in governing municipalities it controls.
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“What you have to realise is that in some of the municipalities we inherited, we found there were systematic challenges. We are also making strides in trying to stamp out everything.” He also scoffed at the MK Party narrative about it being the rightful owner of the province after its showing at the polls last year.
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