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Chris Pappas, mayor of uMngeni municipality, during a picket to dissolve the ANC-EFF run eThekwini Municipality. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
BONGIWE SITHOLE MOLOI

DA slams call for probe into uMngeni municipality

Party says the call exposes ANC’s double standards when it comes to oversight and accountability

  • Londiwe Xulu
3 min read
Umngeni mayor Chris Pappas greets a woman and her child at the KwaMevana NPO, where support materials were handed over. Photo supplied
ANC

Pappas calls out ‘desperate’ ANC and its poor polling results

The Umngeni mayor said the ANC’s behaviour wasn’t surprising, given recent polls placed them in a weakened spot ahead of the general elections

  • Clive Ndou
3 min read
The Democratic Alliance will name uMngeni local municipality mayor Christopher Pappas as its premier candidate for KwaZulu-Natal. (Gallo Images/Rapport/Deaan Vivier)
AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

uMngeni’s Pappas to be named DA premier candidate for KZN

The 32-year-old is known for his work ethic and people skills

  • Paddy Harper
3 min read
Supporters of the ruling African National Congress man their party stand outside a polling station in Hangberg, an area of Houtbay, near Cape Town, on November 1, 2021, during South Africa’s local elections. (Photo by RODGER BOSCH / AFP)
ANC

Is the ANC’s corrective action too little too late?

Although the ANC believes it has done okay in these elections, the numbers tell a different tale

  • M&G Data Desk
  • M&G Politics Team
8 min read