Abantu Batho Congress (ABC) President and former eThekwini deputy mayor Philani Mavundla announced on Tuesday that he is joining ActionSA as a friend of the court as the party takes the eThekwini Municipality, run by the African National Congress (ANC), to court for failing to repair and replace sewerage infrastructure. Recent news reports have highlighted the spillage of raw sewage into rivers and estuaries and, ultimately, the ocean.