{"id":93510,"date":"2025-11-26T18:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-premier-ntuli-accuses-mkp-of-playing-politics"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:37:35","slug":"kzn-premier-ntuli-accuses-mkp-of-playing-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/kzn-premier-ntuli-accuses-mkp-of-playing-politics","title":{"rendered":"KZN Premier Ntuli Accuses MKP of Playing Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>As a vote of no confidence against him looms, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli says the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has been targeting him for a while.<\/p>\n<p>The party has informed the Speaker of the KZN provincial legislature of its intention to table a motion of no confidence against Ntuli in the next sitting.<\/p>\n<p>The party has cited financial mismanagement and a failing government of provincial unity as its reasons.<\/p>\n<p>But Ntuli said that the coalition was intact and had made good strides in a period of a year.<\/p>\n<p>Ntuli spoke to journalists on the sidelines of a cabinet community programme in KwaNdengezi, west of Durban.<\/p>\n<p>Despite a possible vote of no confidence against Ntuli looming, he remains confident of his work.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the MK Party had been against him since his appointment in June last year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What else can you expect from the MK Party, because right from the beginning they were saying this premier is not going to last three months. 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As a vote of no confidence against him looms, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli says the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has been targeting him for a while. 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