[5][6] After the election results were announced, opponents of Mtolo's slate staged a walkout from the conference, claiming that there had been electoral irregularities.
In 2011, it was widely reported that the situation had caused a split in the KwaZulu-Natal ANCYL, as Dlungwana and Duma maintained their support for Zuma while Mtolo fostered an alliance with Malema.
[9] In parallel to his ANCYL office, in 2011 Mtolo joined Greater Kokstad Local Municipality as an ANC councillor and was elected its Deputy Mayor, serving under Nosisa Jojozi.
[16] After his removal from his ANCYL position, Mtolo remained in office as Deputy Mayor of Kokstad, and in November 2015 he was additionally elected to the Provincial Executive Committee of the mainstream ANC's KwaZulu-Natal branch.
[17] In May 2016, ahead of the 2016 local elections, there were violent service delivery protests in Kokstad as protestors called for Jojozi and Mtolo to be removed from their municipal offices.
[25][23] On 1 August 2022, Mtolo announced that he would resign as Kokstad Mayor at the end of the month, as the ANC Provincial Secretary position was a full-time post based out of the party's headquarters.