Dear Editor
The DA is not surprised by the middle finger given to Parliaments adhoc committee on the flood disaster by eThekwini Mayor, Mxolisi Kaunda.
The Mayor was scheduled to meet with the committee in Tongaat on Saturday, but instead sent officials to meet with Members of Parliament. We were advised that the Mayor was in Gauteng for some unknown reason.
It has come to light that the mayor is scheduled to appear at a press conference today with various Ministers and the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal. His snub towards the committee can only be viewed as a direct refusal to meet with the MP’s.
It is a well known fact that the largest loss of life and damage experienced in KZN as a result of the floods was in eThekwini. Therefore, the mayors refusal to meet with the committee defies logic.
Mr. Kaunda has become known as the “missing mayor” for a reason. Whenever there is a crisis in the city or an important meeting to be held, he disappears without reason. However there is an exception to this. Whene there are tv cameras or public relation opportunity to be had, the mayor magically appears out of thin air.
His lacklustre leadership is hampering the recovery efforts in his city, and his no-show before the adhoc committee does also not assist the residents of eThekwini and the DA will not accept his feeble excuses.
Regards
Dean Macpherson MP
DA KZN Chairperson
