President Cyril Ramaphosa has set up a task team to intervene in the service delivery and governance challenges in eThekwini municipality, with a particular focus on resolving challenges at the Port of Durban, which has been hampered by long-standing inefficiencies. 

The task team is led by presidency director-general Phindile Baleni and ANC KwaZulu-Natal heavyweight Mike Mabuyakhulu. It will be required to report to the president every three weeks on “how we are repositioning eThekwini and how we are addressing the challenges at Durban port”, Ramaphosa said. ..

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