EThekwini’s revenue falling by R1bn a year

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with anyone who was willing to put the best interests of the city first.

“When Fawzia Peer was deployed as the acting mayor, I told her the things I believed we needed to get right (and these) were prioritising service delivery and the efficiency of basic line departments to do their jobs, because that’s what most people in the city are frustrated with,” Graham said.

“They need to also look after the financial well-being of the city, because our debt grows all the time, and our revenue drops by R1 billion a year.”

Mdu Nkosi, the IFP’s caucus leader, said he expected the ANC to come up with a strategy to deal with Gumede’s supporters who plan to head to court to have her reinstated.

“They mentioned the issue of consequence management, irregular expenditure and also the waste removal tender.

“Our city manager (Sipho Nzuza) is part of those things; you can’t deal with the politicians only, and leave the administration.

“If we’ve got irregular expenditure, tenders that were issued irregularly and there is consequence management, those are the issues of the administration, so I want to see the ANC removing the city manager and the chief financial officer,” Nkosi said.

Vusi Khoza, EFF provincial chairperson and member of the provincial legislature, said that it was not enough that the ANC had acted on Gumede and the executive, and that the party needed to go all the way and deal with the 62 councillors implicated in the R208 million Durban solid waste tender.

“We know for a fact that the arrest of the other 62 councillors is imminent,” Khoza pointed out.