The race for KwaZulu-Natal premier is on
The choice will be a fraught one for Ramaphosa’s ANC, with the Youth League behind Sihle Zikalala and others strongly backing Nomusa Dube-Ncube as the province’s first female premier
With the elections over and the governing ANC dropping by 10 percentage points in KwaZulu-Natal, the focus has now turned on who will become the premier. One of the front runners is Sihle Zikalala, the current chair of the ANC in the province. He has served so many times as acting premier for the ill Willies Mchunu that he earned the tag “permanent acting premier”. The other contender is Nomusa Dube-Ncube, the KwaZulu-Natal ANC’s provincial treasurer. Other names being touted are provincial deputy secretary Sipho Hlumuka and the ANC’s provincial spokesperson Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu. The 61-year-old Mchunu has indicated that he is not willing to serve another term, and allegedly is expecting to retire. He recently collapsed while delivering the state of the province speech earlier this year. The ANC structures in the province are said to have taken positions on the succession matter, with the Youth League apparently firmly behind Zikalala’s elevation. But others within t...
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