Former Stangerite co-opted into elite body

Former Stangerite Fawzia Peer, who still has family living in KwaDukuza, has received the nod to be member of the allpowerful National Executive Committee (NEC) of the ANC.

Fawzia was co-opted alongside three other members of the ANC to join the NEC, in an attempt by the ruling party to make the NEC more representative of the country's demographics.

The ANC Constitution allows the NEC to co-opt up to five members into its ranks, after 87 members have been elected by national conference delegates.

Peer is also a former Deputy Mayor of Ethekwini Metro, who also served as Acting Mayor after the then Mayor, Zandile Gumede, was arrested for fraud and corruption.