South Africa: KZN premier Thami Ntuli has huge mountain to climb

KwaZulu-Natal premier Thami Ntuli needs to keep his wits about him all the time. He also needs to hope that his minority government stays in power long enough for him and his 10-member provincial executive council to execute their plans to deal with the myriad growing economic, social and political challenges.

The government was cobbled together by Ntuli’s IFP, the ANC, the DA and the National Freedom Party. The coalition will be hoping that Jacob Zuma’s MK Party and the EFF don’t…