Msunduzi Municipality-owned forest to be leased By Thami Magubane Share Durban: THE Msunduzi Municipality has resolved to lease out its embattled forestry business for the next 30 years. The councillors took the resolution during a full council meeting this week. The municipality has been concerned about the state of their forests and has lost millions of rand in potential revenue due to its mismanagement. The Mercury reported earlier this year that due to mounting problems and threats posed by the municipality’s ownership of the forests, it was considering leasing them out, and had even been advised to sell them outright.