La mairesse de Nelson Mandela Bay accuse une faction de l’ANC de comploter sa chute au milieu du scandale de la location de transformateur

La mairesse de Nelson Mandela Bay, Babalwa Lobishe, a accusé des membres de l’ANC de comploter pour saper son leadership, au milieu d’un scandale en pleine escalade concernant une location controversée d’un transformateur de 25 millions de rands et des enquêtes sur ses dépôts bancaires. Cela fait suite à des accusations de l’opposition et à une décision judiciaire autorisant les critiques à poursuivre, les dirigeants provinciaux de l’ANC avertissant que les divisions internes menacent la prestation des services avant les élections locales. Le parti a chargé sa commission d’intégrité d’enquêter.

Dans une lettre datée du 25 février 2026, la mairesse de Nelson Mandela Bay et présidente régionale de l’ANC Babalwa Lobishe a écrit à la secrétaire provinciale Lulama Ngcukaitobi, en copie au président Oscar Mabuyane et au secrétaire général Fikile Mbalula. Elle a affirmé que, alors que des figures de l’opposition comme l’ancien conseiller du parti Good Siyanda Mayana — qui a récemment obtenu l’annulation d’une ordonnance judiciaire d’interdiction lui permettant de poursuivre ses accusations publiques — restaient virulentes, ses propres camarades de l’ANC « tramaient ma perte ». Lobishe a pointé du doigt des factions issues d’une conférence régionale de novembre 2025 qui ont fracturé l’unité du parti.  

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