The future of the KwaZulu-Natal government of provincial unity hangs in the balance after Jacob Zumas uMkhonto weSizwe party submitted a motion of no confidence in premier Thamsanqa Ntuli which could succeed, given the strained relations between the Inkatha Freedom Party IFP and the ANC.
The traditional political foes have enjoyed more cordial relations after forming a governing pact in the province when the ANC lost support in last years general elections, but the MKs submission against Ntuli, the IFPs provincial chairman, could test that.
Under premier Thamsanqa Ntuli, governance has lost direction and administrative control over provincial departments has been rendered weak, reads the motion submitted to speaker of the provincial legislature Nontembeko Boyce.