Riyaz Patel
Ousted eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede says she will appeal her removal as the political head of the municipality, claiming she’s being persecuted by the ANC because she is a woman.
Gumede said she would be writing to the ANC’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to demand how she had been branded “incompetent,” News24 reported.
“I’m a leader internationally. I have accolades, they must prove how and why.”
Recalled eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede
“It’s important that I do that… They [NEC] must say why they call me incompetent,” she said.
Gumede was suspended and subsequently fired from her mayoral position following a two-day special meeting of the ANC’s provincial executive committee (PEC).
Provincial ANC Secretary Mdumiseni Ntuli said Gumede will be redeployed.
Ntuli said the Provincial Working Committee (PWC), which compiled a report on local governance in KwaZulu-Natal, had raised complaints from residents about issues such as water provisions, water
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