Urgent motion to remove the current Durban mayor receives nod
A letter was written by the Active Citizens Coalition, tabling an urgent motion for the removal of Kaunda in the next full sitting of the council.
AN urgent motion to remove Mxolisi Kaunda as both the mayor and member of the executive committee of eThekwini Municipality has been given the green light by the council speaker, Thabani Nyawose.
This follows a letter written by the Active Citizens Coalition tabling an urgent motion for the removal of Kaunda in the next full sitting of the council.
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Nyawose confirmed that he received the letter and mentioned that the motion had been given the nod.
“The motion will be tabled at the next full council meeting on January 31,” said Nyawose.
A letter written by Mohammed Ismail and Imitiaz Syed, who are the councillors of Active Citizens Coalition, to the municipal speaker reads: “Please receive this urgent notice of motion in terms of Section 22(1a) of the rules of Order by the Law of (2014) to remove councillor Mxolisi Kaunda as the member of the Executive Committee of eThekwini Municipality.”
The statement continues: “In line with provision 53(1) of the local government: Municipal Structures Act, they intend to table a motion of no confidence which could see Kaunda removed as the executive mayor in the municipality.”
In motivating for Kaunda’s removal, Ismail and Syed listed a number of Kaunda’s failures as the mayor and chairperson of the executive committee.
“EThekwini Municipality under the leadership of Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda lost approximately 60% in revenue from water purchased from uMngeni Water. This accounts for about R2b in the current financial year.
“In the north of eThekwini, people are daily faced with challenges of water shortages and electricity outages, wherein we find ordinary citizens who have not protested before taking to the streets. In the south of eThekwini, there is the infrastructure that has not, to date, been addressed nor has any plan been communicated to the citizens of eThekwini.”
The letter continued: “Flood victims have had to be moved to temporary accommodation at a major cost to the City without a clear projected plan for their relocation, while noting that citizens of eThekwini, who have had their homes damaged due to a lack of storm infrastructure, have, to date, not had any response from the City.
“The issue of homelessness has been long outstanding, however, the urgency in terms of cable theft and damage to city infrastructure has now become an issue of safety and security of the citizens of which the mayor has, to date, not addressed.”
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