The battle for power in the chambers of Durban City Hall is continuing to rage‚ with the DA on Wednesday accusing a senior ANC politician of trying to control the eThekwini municipality’s employment processes from the party’s CBD headquarters. DA eThekwini caucus leader Zwakele Mncwango claimed on Wednesday that municipal manager Sbu Sithole was being removed from his position because he "allegedly blocked ANC cadre deployment into several eThekwini positions". Last week‚ TMG Digital reported that Sithole had been ordered by mayor Zandile Gumede to go on leave until his five-year contract expired at the end of December. The ANC Youth League also called from him to be barred from his office. But Sithole has reportedly defied the order‚ telling Isolezwe newspaper that it was business as usual for him. Sithole could not be reached for comment on Wednesday. "The DA believes that Sithole is the victim of ANC bullying and stopping at nothing to insert its cadres into government jobs‚" he ...
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