After losing to premier Oscar Mabuyane at the Eastern Cape Provincial elective conference in May Babalo Madikizela promised to leave politics and go back to business.
[perfectpullquote align=”full” bordertop=”false” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“I am definitely leaving. It’s just a matter of time. I have been engaging the leadership. They know I have been wanting to leave for the past two years,” he said.[/perfectpullquote]
It is reported that he has finally handed in his resignation.
It is said that this was announced by Premier Oscar Mabuyane in the Executive Committee and that the Premier has appointed MEC Nqatha as the acting MEC as of the 1st of August 2022