With the political party that managed to garner more than 40% of the votes in the province in last month’s elections relegated to the opposition benches in the provincial legislature and a government made up of four parties, KwaZulu-Natal faces its toughest challenge yet.
The Umkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) narrowly lost its bid for the prime positions of premier, speaker and deputy speaker. The party was defeated by the block made up of the ANC, the DA, IFP and the