Showdown looms in NFP over amended candidate list in KwaZulu-Natal

A POLITICAL showdown is looming again within the National Freedom Party (NFP) leadership following the party's decision to amend its KwaZulu-Natal legislature candidate list a move which might see its sole member Social Development MEC Mbali Shinga getting the axe.

- WILLEM PHUNGULA

The debate on Shinga’s future as MEC in the Government of Provincial Unity comes after the NFP submitted its amended list to the provincial Speaker Nontembeko Boyce's office. On the list, Shinga has been removed and replaced by NFP president Ivan Barnes.

However, Shinga said she had no intention of leaving her seat or the cabinet position she held.

Yesterday, she said that the decision to remove her from the legislature cannot be taken by Barnes and his national executive committee but will be a decision of the party's provincial executive committee (PEC), of which she was the chairperson.