The DA in eThekwini has written to the Municipal Speaker, Councillor Thabani Nyawose calling for answers on the non-attendance of ANC and EFF councillors as well as the expenditure incurred to facilitate a Finance Committee meeting last week Thursday .
The committee Chairperson, Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda and others, allegedly prioritized a meeting with former ANC KZN Chairperson, Sihle Zikalala as more important than the finances of the city.
This is also despite the fact that the mayor had postponed the initial meeting for a special council meeting the previous week to discuss the proposed R1.3 million increase for the City Manager and several controversial expenditure items were tabled.
The Finance committee is essentially the platform where the Municipality’s Financial Cluster accounts for income and expenditure, investments and the implications of water & electricity losses and all other financial matters are deliberated. It forms a crucial component of the City’s management of rate payer funds.
The failure of the absent councillors to take responsibility, is an indictment of the way the ANC/EFF coalition is running the Municipality.