BusinessLive reports that eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede has created a crisis for the ANC by holding on to the mayoral chain despite a provincial executive committee (PEC) decision instructing her to vacate office.  

On Wednesday, the inauguration of Mxolisi Kaunda as the new mayor of eTthekwini was postponed after Gumede withdrew her resignation letter at the eleventh hour in clear defiance of the governing party’s decision.  Mzomuhle Dube, spokesperson for eThekwini branches which support Gumede, said her withdrawal was discussed at a meeting on Tuesday.  “What became prominent is that [councillor] Mondli [Mthembu] and Gumede appealed the decision by the KwaZulu-Natal provincial executive committee to remove them to Luthuli House.  They have not even seen the report that was used to axe them.  In fact our lawyers had asked for it but it has not been given to them,” Dube said.  Gumede’s decision to rescind her resignation was informed by her pending appeal case submitted to Luthuli House, Dube indicated.  Gumede and uMsunduzi mayor Themba Njilo had resigned earlier this week after the PEC decided last week to axe them.  Gumede and Mthembu are facing corruption charges.

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