Durban ratepayers’ champion Asad Gaffar lost a legal battle against the eThekwini municipality late last year. But he and other like-minded activists hope to win the war against an opaque local government.
If the average Durban municipal office had a smidgen of the energy found in the headquarters of the eThekwini Rates Protest Movement, Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda and his council wouldn’t have to give a fig about Westville Ratepayers' Association Chairperson Asad Gaffar.