The ACC was one of the smaller parties that supported Mxolisi Kaunda’s ascent to the mayoral position but they have not been happy with his leadership for months now. File photo.eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda is facing an uncertain future after the Active Citizens Coalition filed an urgent motion of no confidence against him on Wednesday.
Syed also referred to the city’s response after the April floods including the slow pace of fixing old and ailing infrastructure, leading to sewage going into people’s homes, and failure to respond to water challenges which has seen community protests all over the city. “We need change. We need to do better, but with the failure to recover tourists, instability in the city which is caused, in no small part, by instability in leadership and infighting in the ANC, it's clear it won’t happen. So we have to start somewhere and unfortunately he is the first citizen of the city.”
In December Mavundla was ousted as the chairperson of the city's human settlements and infrastructure committee and a member of the executive council, which meant he lost his deputy mayoral position.
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