{"id":1285,"date":"2026-10-15T06:34:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2026-10-15T06:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T06:39:47","slug":"eastern-cape-anc-says-psj-mayor-removal-was-not-sanctioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/10\/15\/eastern-cape-anc-says-psj-mayor-removal-was-not-sanctioned\/","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Cape ANC Says PSJ Mayor Removal Was Not Sanctioned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The ANC in the Eastern Cape has distanced itself from the alleged removal of Cllr Cebisa Mazuza as mayor of Port St Johns (PSJ) Local Municipality.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In a statement on Tuesday, 14 October 2026, the party said it had learnt of the removal &#8220;with shock&#8221; and that the action was not sanctioned by any of its structures.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;No consultation of any nature was done with the ANC. No deployment or redeployment processes were embarked upon and this is simply an act of ill discipline which must be condemned in the strongest possible terms,&#8221; the statement read.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Provincial spokesperson Yanga Zicina said the ANC is currently focused on campaigning for the 2026 local government elections and should not be deterred by internal battles over positions.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Our people need service, basic service delivery should be an apex priority amongst all ANC deployees,&#8221; the party said. The ANC said it would closely monitor developments and apply corrective measures.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;Our people need stability, accountability and efficiency,&#8221; it said. The statement was issued by the Eastern Cape ANC Provincial Executive Committee.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ANC in the Eastern Cape has distanced itself from the alleged removal of Cllr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1288,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1285\/revisions\/1288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecmessenger.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}