By Sihle Mavuso
KwaZulu-Natal Social Development MEC Mbali Shinga had not indicated by Monday whether she would appeal her expulsion from the National Freedom Party, a move that has raised fresh questions about the stability of the province’s government of provincial unity.
The clock is ticking for Shinga to lodge an appeal after the NFP announced over the weekend that it had expelled her for defying a party directive during a vote of no confidence against KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli.
According to NFP acting secretary-general Bheki Xaba, the party’s constitution gives Shinga five days to appeal the sanction to the party’s national working committee.
“Yes, the constitution allows anyone to launch an appeal to the NFP NWC (national working committee). She is given 5 days to appeal as the constitution stipulates,” Xaba said.
At the time of compiling this report on Monday, Shinga had not indicated whether she would appeal
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