WATCH: eThekwini mayor accuses DA MPL of ‘tavern politics’ during heated hearing

By Sihle Mavuso

The much-anticipated Section 132 hearing by the KwaZulu-Natal Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) in eThekwini on Wednesday became heated when ANC mayor Cyril Xaba accused DA committee chairperson Marlaine Nair of using the platform to advance political agendas.

WATCH: A brief heated moment during the hearing by the KZN Legislature portfolio committee on CoGTA in the Durban City Hall a short while ago.

That was after eThekwini mayor, Cyril Xaba from the ANC, accused the chairperson of the committee Marlaine Nair from the DA of… pic.twitter.com/7EAsJSdjEk
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The committee, made up of MPLs from political parties represented in the provincial legislature, was in eThekwini to address governance and service-delivery concerns raised by the Auditor-General.

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Among the issues on the table were the municipality’s hiring of water