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The resignation has triggered concern among councillors who said Gumede's departure was a serious loss of skill and institutional memory for the metro, adding that he had been with the municipality for some time.

Opposition party councillors in eThekwini are fuming about the council's decision to acquire a R1.5 billion loan to finance key projects, saying the loan will cost the municipality R1 million per day in interest.

The Metro said it currently owes R10 billion to financial institutions.

Share The ANC provincial chairperson, Siboniso Duma, has called for the revival of inactive ANC members to strengthen the party.

Shivambu defended the high turnover rate of the office, explaining that there have been changes, in one case the change occurred because the individual was also a member of parliament, which is not permissible in the MK.

A report tabled before the council last week shows that Zoloscore has failed to pay the rates, services and costs incurred by the City to secure its damaged building. The revelations have triggered calls from councillors for the City to tighten its by-laws to ensure it has the means to hold developers to account.

The bill is designed to ensure that the local economy benefits locals and that operations within spaza shops are strictly governed to comply with health and hygiene standards.

Sadtu claimed that the department had failed to provide adequate funding to schools, thereby short-changing pupils by underfunding them.

eThekwini City city manager, Musa Mbhele, will not lead the disciplinary process against one of his deputies.

The eThekwini Municipality's Financial Misconduct Board has summoned high-ranking City officials to appear before the board and explain their failure to act against employees who have been found to have committed wrongdoing.