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DA declares 60% majority in KZN municipality

“We said we would keep the chaos out … And that is exactly what we will do,” says uMngeni mayor Christopher Pappas

Party agents at the IEC results centre in Durban on Thursday afternoon where the DA declared a majority in uMngeni Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. Photo: Joseph Bracken
On Thursday, the Democratic Alliance (DA) announced that it has retained uMngeni Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) in Wednesday’s local government elections with more than 60% of the vote.
The announcement was made at the Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) by Dean Macpherson, DA KZN chairperson. He was joined by uMngeni Mayor Christopher Pappas and DA KZN leader Sithembiso Ngema. Pappas has been mayor since the DA took the municipality from the ANC in 2021.
“The DA can confidently proclaim today that we will retain the municipality of uMngeni with a majority of more than…

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