uMhlathuze EFF members in court for council violence
The EFF in KZN says it will stand its ground until the councillors it's calling "illegitimate" are removed from the uMhlathuze Council.
Provincial leader Mongezi Twala addressed supporters after he and four others were released on R5,000 bail in the Richards Bay Magistrate Court on Wednesday.
The five EFF members were arrested after they were part of a group that stormed the uMhlathuze municipal offices last Thursday.
They all face charges for illegal gathering, assaulting a security guard and damaging municipal infrastructure.
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They were demanding the replacement of three of its councillors who they say were expelled by the party in 2023.
Twala says any uMhlathuze council decisions taken in the presence of the expelled councillors should be nullified.
"They are stealing what rightfully belongs to the EFF. This is our property. We are not going to be silenced with any arrests, with any courts. uMhlathuze Municipalty must know now, we want our seats."
The matter was adjourned to March 4.
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