Sihle Mavuso sihle.mavuso@inl.co.za TWO weeks before the ANC’s “step aside” rule comes into effect, the KwaZulu-Natal branch has submitted 13 names of members who have to do so.
The party’s provincial secretary, Mdumiseni Ntuli, said yesterday that the final decision on who should step aside would be taken by the party’s national executive committee. Although Ntuli did not reveal the names or alleged offences of the members, it is understood that some of them face charges including rape, murder, corruption, attempted murder, stock theft, theft, driving under the influence of alcohol, the illegal carrying of firearms and charges relating to fraudulently earning child support grants. A large portion are councillors in eThekwini.
However, the governing party faces a dilemma on what to do with the likes of former eThekwini mayor…