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The eThekwini municipality faces another court challenge over the ongoing sewage crisis which has seriously affected businesses, tourism and the economy.

City of Tshwane council speaker Dr Murunwa Makwarela says the vote to elect former mayor Randall Williams’s successor will be done by secret ballot. The EFF had requested for a secret ballot.

Abantu Batho Congress president and former eThekwini deputy mayor Philani Mavundla has resigned from the city’s council.

A meeting of the Tshwane council was delayed on Tuesday morning after an the objection from councillors questioning Cilliers Brink's membership and presence in council.

The financially-troubled ANC received R32 million in party funding in the third quarter of the 2022/23 financial year, making it the party with the most funds declared this quarter.

EThekwini’s incoming human settlements and infrastructure committee chair says he is going to take the position with his eyes open to all the challenges

President Cyril Ramaphosa released an opposing affidavit in the case being brought by the UDM and 18 others, in it saying government was not in breach of the Constitution.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has stated in his court papers that it is not his duty nor that of his executive to provide electricity, but rather that of local government structures.

ActionSA's High Court case against the eThekwini metro and various government departments over the ongoing sewage crisis, got off to a rocky start, with the case being postponed for an entire month.



Last year, the party filed papers in the Durban High Court against the metro for what it said was the failure by government to take care of the beaches. This lead to Durban’s beaches being closed over the festive season, threatening tourism and the economy.