Embattled eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede has created a crisis for the ANC by holding on to the mayoral chain despite a provincial executive committee (PEC) decision instructing her to vacate office.

On Wednesday the inauguration of Mxolisi Kaunda as the new mayor of Ethekwini was postponed after Gumede withdrew her resignation letter at the eleventh hour in clear defiance of the governing party decision...

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