KZN ANC confident party members will vote against removal of Premier Ntuli

The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) said it’s confident its party members will toe the line and vote against the removal of Premier Thami Ntuli.

The provincial legislature is convening on Monday to vote on a motion of no confidence in Ntuli, which was brought by the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party.

For the motion to pass, the MK Party requires a majority of legislature members to vote in favour of it, meaning in the 80-member KZN Legislature, it requires at least 41 votes.

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Based on publicly available information, the MK Party currently has 39 members in the legislature in support of its motion.

The ANC’s second deputy convenor, Siboniso Duma, said that one extra vote won’t be coming from his caucus.

“I’m fortunate enough that I grew up with the majority of those 14 members [ANC KZN Legislature caucus]. I’ve known them for some 25, 20 and even 15 years. So, I do trust them [that] they are going to do a job. I’m delegated, at this time, as the leader of the ANC in the legislature. I don’t think there will be any shenanigans from the ANC.”

The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s provincial leader and MEC for Finance, Francois Rodgers, said that he’s also confident the motion will fail.

“On the 16th, the sun will rise in KZN, and I’ll still be the MEC for finance because I work on numbers.”