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colonial tyranny... My humiliation, harassment and the stifling of all my creativity and initiatives by
Mtshali were the final straw that broke the camel's back. I have taken such a decision not only because of my personal humiliation by Mtshali who has caused many people to lose political direction
456:, who succeeded Mtshali as Premier, appointed Ndabandaba to his Executive Council as MEC for Agriculture and Environmental Affairs. He served in the portfolio for just over two years before Ndebele sacked him in a cabinet reshuffle announced on 1 November 2006. He was replaced as MEC by
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