Ex-mayor Zandile Gumede will be within the dock as a co-accused in a fraud and corruption trial that will get below methodology in July. But this weekend, she is decided to head head-to-head in opposition to eThekwini Municipality speaker Thabani Nyawose on the crunch ANC eThekwini regional convention this weekend – fragment of the buildup to the ruling occasion’s nationwide optionally available convention in December, 2022.

The lead-as much as the dear-awaited eThekwini ANC convention has been characterised by threats of court docket scramble, pleasure and accusations of wrongdoing from each opposing factions.

But eThekwini Municipality speaker Thabani Nyawose and his Renew, Revive and Unite (RRU) faction had a itsy-bitsy support over ordinary eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and her Team spirit faction, edging ahead with 54 division nominations to the latter’s 36 division nominations.

eThekwini is the largest establish of residing within the ANC nationally, with better than 111 branches and better than 100,000 contributors. Alternatively, all these branches procure been disqualified from taking part within the upcoming regional convention for failure to attain a quorum and preserve division total conferences.

The Team spirit slate has Gumede standing for the establish of residing of regional chairperson, Themba Ntuli as her deputy, Musa Ncika as regional secretary, Nkosenhle Madlala as deputy secretary and…