Some former eThekwini councillors vow to serve public in other ways
The municipal council will look vastly different during this political administration, with at least nine new parties winning seats in the local government elections.
Thabiso Goba
Imtiaz Syed, former eThekwini PR Councillor for Active Citizens Coalition. Picture: Supplied
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Some former eThekwini councillors who were not re-elected have vowed to find other ways to serve the public.
The municipal council will look vastly different during this political administration, with at least nine new parties winning seats in the local government elections.
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party alone will have 87 new eThekwini councillors.
On the other side of the coin, there will be a lot of councillors who won’t be returning, like Active Citizens Coalition’s Imtiaz Syed.
“We don’t have an issue with not being in council; however, the IP that the council loses and the council loses is the IP, we have learnt over the past five years. We will still push our activism through different channels via the councillors that come and sit there, but we are not disgruntled or anything like that.”
African National Congress (ANC) member Ntando Khuzwayo earned a law degree during his 10 years as eThekwini’s Ward 28 councillor.
After not being elected for a third term, Khuzwayo said he will focus on being admitted as an attorney and, hopefully, start his own law firm.
“I've taken a decision to pursue that as my career, not only for personal advancement, but also as a way to continue with my activism because I believe through law, I’m still going to be able to assist many members of the public because for me, public service is not a career, but a calling.”