KZN PREMIER TO BE SWORN IN ON FRIDAY

THE legislature sitting during which the KwaZulu-Natal premier and legislature members will be sworn in has been postponed from Tuesday to Friday. ANC spokesperson Ina Cronje said the decision was taken at a meeting involving all political parties held in Pietermaritzburg on Monday following an IFP request. Cronje said all parties agreed that the sitting be postponed until Friday for the sake of peace and stability in the province. IFP spokeperson Blessed Gwala confirmed that the sitting had been postponed to allow negotiations on the coalition government in the province to continue without disruption.