The sitting was going to see the ANC’s newly-elected Chairperson and CoGTA MEC Mxolisi Dukwana elected as the new premier.“And the Chief Justice has just made a determination because he is allowed in terms of the constitution. We made a proposal and the Chief Justice will made a determination. So, the Chief Justice has made his determination that this process will take place tomorrow, 24 of February at 10 o’clock. So that is where we are.
Ntombela was speaking during the party’s media briefing in Bloemfontein. It was her first public address, following her resignation on Tuesday. The performance of municipalities in the province worsened under her watch, with none of them having received a clean audit in five years.Ntombela has asked the province to support the new premier-elect, Mxolisi Dukwana.
She says her handover report will explain further on the poor performances that transpired under her tenure. “If you’re a politician, you must understand this thing; so, here there’s no kingdom, anytime is tea time. So, if the decision of leaders have just decided that, ‘no, MaNtombela, we’re now re-deploying you to somewhere’, then I must just abide by the rules of the African National Congress. So, there’s no harm, comrades; that’s how we work. We understand these things and we don’t have any, any, any, any harm against it. So I am re-deployed and I’m accepting it 100%.