The National Freedom Party (NFP)
JOHANNESBURG - The National Freedom Party (NFP) has withdrawn from KwaZulu-Natal's Government of Provincial Unity (GPU).
The party has instructed Mbali Shinga to resign as Social Development MEC.
The GPU, which is comprised of the IFP, ANC, DA and NFP, holds a narrow 41-seat majority in the 80-seat chamber.
The MK party has 37 seats and the EFF has two seats.
Thami Ntuli from the IFP was elected premier through a coalition that includes the IFP, ANC, DA and the NFP.
But with the NFP out of the governing government of provincial unity, the latter coalition holds 50% of the seats in the legislature.
If the NFP forms a coalition with the MKP Party and the EFF, they would also hold 50% representation, leaving the provincial legislature without a 50% plus one majority.