NFP Quits KwaZulu-Natal Unity Government as Disciplinary Case Against Sole Legislator Proceeds

Overview

• The National Freedom Party announced an immediate exit from KwaZulu-Natal’s Government of Provincial Unity following a National Executive Committee decision on Monday.
• Suspended provincial chair Mbali Shinga appeared before the party’s disciplinary tribunal on Wednesday over her vote against the MKP’s no-confidence motion in Premier Thami Ntuli.
• The NEC directed Shinga to resign as Social Development MEC and to withdraw from the unity executive, with no resignation date confirmed.
• Shinga is the NFP’s sole member of the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature and faces possible expulsion if found guilty of defying a formal party instruction.
• The IFP-led unity government previously counted the NFP among parties holding 41 of 80 seats, while the MKP held 37 and the EFF 2.