Three candidates – Nomusa Dube-Ncube, Amanda Bani and Mbali Fraser – were presented to the ANC for consideration by the newly elected PEC.
KwaZulu-Natal Prime Minister Sihle Zikalala (left) watches as Nomusa Dube-Ncube (centre) is sworn in as MEC for Finance on 17 November 2020. Photo: @kzngov/Twitter
The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal says it will announce a new candidate for the province’s premier on Monday – following the resignation of Sile Zikalala.
In a statement last week, the provincial party confirmed that Zikalala had tendered his resignation on Thursday when its newly elected Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) met for the first time.
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Zikalala said he was resigning because it was time for new leadership to lead the province.
“We have arrived at a time to hand over to the next leadership to lead the struggle to build a national democratic society, a society where there is no racial or gender discrimination, a society where we eradicate poverty and achieve economic integration,” Zikalala said. .
Three candidates – Nomusa Dube-Ncube, Amanda Bani and Mbali Fraser – were presented for consideration by the ANC at the national level of the newly elected PEC.
For the first time in the province, a woman will become the prime minister.
