ActionSA has criticised the Democratic Alliance (DA), accusing it of attempting to score cheap political points in eThekwini.
The DA has responded, claiming ActionSA is employing 'MK tactics.'
At the heart of the dispute between the two party leaders in KwaZulu-Natal is a legal battle against the eThekwini Municipality over service deliveryand which party was the first to take the municipality to court.
'Our case against eThekwini began in 2022, when we took them and seven ministries to court. We asked the court to issue an order ensuring that all these government authorities, even at a national level, are compelled to uphold their constitutional obligations to citizens. Our case was delayed as the city requested mediation, played for time, and eventually, our court files were lost when we returned to court last month,' ActionSAs KwaZulu-Natal leader, Zwakele Mncwango, told IOL.
'The judge then instructed that both our case and the DA's subsequent challenge against eThekwini be combined and heard on the same day next month. So, this announcement from the DA that it is the only party taking eThekwini to court over service delivery is completely false. We initiated this in 2022. Their KwaZulu-Natal leader, Dean Macpherson, clearly doesnt understand their own lawyers letter, which was sent to us confirming that our cases would be joined. Thats the problem when you come into government with only a matric certificate, like Dean. Sometimes you fail to read properly,' Mncwango said.
