Buffalo City ANC caucus in trouble
Council deployees asked to explain municipal manager position bungle
councillors weren’t there and voted with opposition.
“We are going to go there tomorrow [Thursday] and meet the ANC caucus in Buffalo City. Everyone will be given an opportunity to state his or her own side of the story,” said Mabuyane.
The Daily Dispatch can also reveal that the Dr W B Rubusana regional leaders who “misled” the ANC caucus and advised it to field a candidate for Ncunyane’s replacement would also be made to account.
Mabuyane confirmed that a meeting was held between the top five officials of Calata House, led by Phumulo Masualle, as well as the Dr WB Rubusana regional executive committee yesterday afternoon to get a breakdown of events leading to “the embarrassing council meeting on Tuesday”.
The Dispatch understands that a provincial executive committee (PEC) deployee in BCM, Mzuyanda Sokujika, communicated the decision to allow cooperative governance and traditional affairs MEC Fikile Xasa to send an official from his office instead, before the BCM ANC caucus met.
“We want comrades to explain why they defied the PEC decision that [cooperative governance and traditional affairs] MEC Fikile Xasa must deploy someone to act as BCM municipal manager until a suitable candidate is hired.
“The BCM caucus opted to ignore this, and everything has now backfired,” said Mabuyane.
He also issued a stern warning to regional leaders who continue to act outside party guidelines by publicly pronouncing on the ANC’s succession races.
This follows a Dispatch report on Tuesday in which Pakati confirmed that the Dr W B Rubusana region had pronounced on the provincial conference due to take place in June.