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Gayton McKenzie Sets Tuesday Resignation, Threatens PA Exit From GNU Over Joburg Post Dispute

The ultimatum centers on control of Johannesburg’s Roads and Transport post, with a demand to return Kenny Kunene to the mayoral committee.

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Overview

  • McKenzie says he will quit as Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture on Tuesday and pull the Patriotic Alliance from all ANC-led coalitions unless Kenny Kunene is reinstated in Johannesburg.
  • The PA issued a seven-day deadline for the reversal, and no public acceptance of the demand had been reported from the ANC or Mayor Dada Morero.
  • Kunene stepped down after scrutiny over being at a murder suspect’s Sandton home; a PA-commissioned legal probe cleared him, yet he has not been restored to the Roads and Transport portfolio.
  • The ANC’s Gauteng leadership refused to swear in the PA’s alternative nominee, Liam Jacobs, citing inexperience, while McKenzie alleges the portfolio was being promised to other parties.
  • McKenzie links the break to service-delivery failures during a recent water outage in Westbury, Newclare and Coronationville, and analysts note the PA would be the first party to leave the 15-month-old GNU if it follows through.