KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli. (Jabulani Langa/City Press)
Newly appointed KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thami Ntuli has refuted claims of consolidating his party’s power through the deployment of two senior IFP leaders to key government positions ahead of the upcoming municipal elections. This move comes after tensions between the IFP and the ANC regarding former Cogta MEC Bongiwe Sithole-Moloi’s influence in councils in the previous year.
As the IFP leads the provincial unity government in coalition with the ANC, DA, and NFP, they have now taken control of the economic development and local government departments, appointing a senior party member to oversee these portfolios.
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