The ANC pressurises Cape Town’s DA-run city council

The Western Cape government is taking seriously a request by ANC councillors to have Cape Town placed under provincial government administration. It is also reportedly forcing DA mayor Helen Zille to account for the continuing political strife in the council. The Mail & Guardian reports that Local Government and Housing MEC Richard Dyantyi gave Zille until Wednesday to present her side of the wrangling over Wallace Mgoqi’s contract as city manager, after a petition by the ANC. Zille has accused Mgoqi of undermining her administration, after removing him as manager on the grounds that his contract was illegally extended by the previous mayor, Nomaindia Mfeketu.