{"id":95522,"date":"2026-02-09T19:16:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/local-municipality-again-in-limbo-despite-election-of-new-leadership"},"modified":"2026-02-09T19:26:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T19:26:44","slug":"local-municipality-again-in-limbo-despite-election-of-new-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/local-municipality-again-in-limbo-despite-election-of-new-leadership","title":{"rendered":"Local Municipality again in Limbo Despite Election of New Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The Impendle Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands is once again in limbo despite the election of a new mayor and other office barriers last week.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the African National Congress (ANC)\u2019s move to suspend four of its councillors.<\/p>\n<p>The party\u2019s provincial task team said the councillors acted against the mandate of the party in the Impendle caucus.<\/p>\n<p>EWN understands the party\u2019s deployment committee has identified different candidates for some of the council posts.<\/p>\n<p>Following months of instability at the Impendle Local Municipality with no stable elected leadership, non-payment of salaries and financial constraints, denting its poor image, the metro is again in disarray.<\/p>\n<p>Cooperative Governance MEC Thulasizwe Buthelezi gave the council an instruction to re-elect a mayor and fill a few other council positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have made very firm resolutions to which must be followed up within days, which we believe will bring stability to this municipality. As we know, there has been no mayor here since July 202,5 and that is one of the major reasons why there is instability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the council elected new leadership, and this was welcomed by the provincial Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>However, on Sunday, the ANC announced that it recalled its councillors, including those elected to top posts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. The Impendle Local Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal midlands is once again in limbo despite the election of a new mayor and other office barriers last week. This follows the African National Congress (ANC)\u2019s move to suspend four of its councillors. 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