ANC Fires Dannhauser Deputy Mayor for Voting With IFP To Remove Speaker
- The African National Congress in Dannhauser, KwaZulu-Natal, axed the deputy mayor for siding with the Inkatha Freedom Party in a vote
- It also fired councillors who coted with the IFP to remove the municipality's former speaker from office in 2024
- South Africans reacted to the ANC's decision to fire the members and blasted it on social media
Tebogo Mokwena, a Briefly News current affairs journalist in Johannesburg, South Africa, has covered policy changes, cabinet reshuffles, the State of the Nation Address, Parliament and Parliamentary committees, politician-related news and elections at Daily Sun and Vutivi Business News for over seven years.
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DANNHAUSER, KWAZULU-NATAL — The African National Congress (ANC) has taken action against members of the party who voted to remove its former Dannhauser Local Municipality speaker in December 2024. It fired the deputy mayor and councillors for siding with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) during the vote.
ANC Dannhauser fires members
According to Sunday World, former speaker Sibusiso Myaka was removed from his position as the Dannhauser speaker in a vote in which the members, Busisiwe Langa, Philisiwe Mathebula, and Nomusa Khumalo, voted against him. The party's Provincial Disciplinary Committee (PDC) took the decision to fire them. Myaka is a member of the Community Freedom Parry, which was governing Dannhauser in a coalition government.
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The ANC reportedly ordered them to stop supporting the motion of no confidence the IFP filed against Myaka. The party ruled that their expulsion as members will be suspended for a period of five years provided that they do not commit a similar offence. Langa was then ordered to step down as a mayor. Khumalo and Mathebula were ordered to resign as councillors.
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ANC-related stories
The ANC's coalition government with the IFP in the Umvoti Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal ended a day after it was formed in May 2024 to oust Abantu Batho Pele mayor Philani Mavundla from office. The IFP's president Velenkosini Hlabisa condemned the coalition and ordered its disbandment.
The Freedom Front Plus voted with the African National Congress in January 2025 to remove a Democratic Alliance mayor in the Swellendam Local Municipality in the Western Cape. Francois Du Rand was removed from office on 27 January.
South Africans roast the members
Netizens commenting on Sunday World's Facebook post roasted the ANC and the members who were fired.
Sweetone Mathangahle said:
"It's time they get employed by the one they backed. It makes sense. Gratitude for the sacrifice they made."
Solly Mothabela said:
"I agree. They had to be fired. Now they will understand what the ANC is."
Tibane Motsa said:
"Now is their chance to be with the IFP. How dumb can you be to think you deployed yourself to a position?"
Thabang Motlhabane said:
"They get fired for making things right."
Shindindi Sindindi said:
"By-elections, please. Dannhauser is a mess."
MK Party tables a vote of no confidence against Enoch Godongwana
In a related article, Briefly News reported that the MK Party tabled a vote of no confidence against the finance minister Enoch Godongwana. This was after Godongwana scrapped the VAT increase.
The party said he was in no position to handle the finance ministry of the country. It blamed him for jeopardising South Africans by tabling a VAT increase n the first place.
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