Overview

• DA leader John Steenhuisen announced Hoosen’s nomination on Friday at the Havenside community hall in Chatsworth.
• Hoosen vowed immediate action against mismanagement and corruption, promising to recover more than R40bn in unpaid municipal debt for service delivery repairs.
• He pledged to publish an annual lifestyle audit for himself and his family if elected to strengthen transparency and accountability.
• eThekwini is run by an ANC-IFP-EFF coalition, while the DA holds 57 council seats and serves as the official opposition.
• Steenhuisen pointed to a recent DA by-election victory in ward 64 and uMngeni’s top service-delivery ranking as evidence of growing support for the party’s governance model.