Mayor Kaunda's undemocratic behaviour will no longer be tolerated in eThekwini
29 March 2022
Note to Editor: Please find a soundbite in English from Cllr. Nicole Graham.
The Democratic Alliance in eThekwini has set out demands to Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda following Tuesday's Executive Committee meeting. The meeting collapsed after Kaunda tried to manipulate a majority vote of the Executive Committee that apparently did not suit his political agenda.
On Tuesday, in a report from the Finance, Security and Emergency Services Committee, the municipality attempted to increase the fees for launching an objection to the value of a residential home on the Municipal Valuation Roll by 200%. This would mean that ordinary residents would have to pay R500 to launch an objection in the next financial year. The current fee is R250.
The DA objected strongly to this. The valuation roll has seen many property owners subjected to ridiculous increases in their property values and a huge amount of people attempting to object to their increases. This is not something that the municipality should profit off. It should be a fair, meaningful and reasonable administrative process.