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Today’s news of eThekwini Mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda, being fired is welcomed by every single resident of this municipality who has been forced to suffer under his incompetence and absence.

This is the man who remained in denial about the true state of the city which suffers from debilitating water outages, electricity supply issues, failing infrastructure, non-service delivery, excessive billing, high crime levels which have chased away investors, deadly municipal protests, all while eThekwini drowns in billions of Rands of debt.

The DA has been consistently calling for the removal of Kaunda and welcomes the action that has been taken by his political party to finally remove him.

The DA is prepared to engage with other political parties that are serious about stabilising eThekwini, which includes tabling a credible plan to end water outages and invest in much needed infrastructure.

We will work with the incoming Provincial Government to ensure the municipality gets back on track to deliver quality services to every resident across the metro.

Issued by Cllr Thabani Mthethwa - DA eThekwini Caucus Leader