Durban - The axe is hanging over the heads of 23 elected EFF councillors in KwaZulu-Natal after the party decided to chop those who come from wards that received fewer than 100 votes in last month’s local government elections.
The affected councillors had been given until last Sunday to explain why they should not be recalled from their positions in the 22 municipalities.
Party insiders said although the move was aimed at rewarding candidate councillors whose wards performed well, it was set to cause divisions within the EFF.
This comes as some disgruntled members are still unhappy with the nomination of certain councillors as well as calls for the suspension of some leaders, including deputy chairman, Floyd Shivambu, over the party’s election programme in KZN, among other issues.
In a clearest indication that the EFF meant business on its promise to boot out councillors from poor-performing wards, correspondence has been sent out to provinces by secretary-general, Gordrich Gardee.
