Treasury offers lifeline to 49 municipalities amid service delivery concerns

Treasury offers lifeline to 49 municipalities amid service delivery concerns

Forty-nine embattled municipalities have been handed a financial lifeline after the National Treasury agreed to conditionally release their July 2026 equitable share allocations, easing fears of widespread disruptions to basic service delivery. Finance Ministe, Enoch Godongwana, announced on Tuesday that the decision was taken to protect communities from the immediate impact of municipal financial failures, while putting pressure on municipalities to address ongoing governance and financial challenges. "National Treasury must […]

July 28, 2026 30

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Treasury stands firm on funding crackdown as Joburg warns of cash crisis

Political commentator, Goodenough Mashego, says the intervention by National Treasury to withhold funding from 69 financially distressed municipalities, is long overdue, arguing that years of financial mismanagement identified by the Auditor-General have gone largely unpunished. His comments come after Johannesburg Mayor, Dada Morero, revealed on Thursday that the City of Johannesburg has enough cash to operate for only 12 more days after Treasury withheld part of the city's equitable share […]

July 17, 2026 46

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Joburg denies financial crisis as Treasury intervention, refuse backlog and water maintenance test service delivery

The City of Johannesburg has rejected claims that it is financial crisis despite National Treasury invoking constitutional and municipal finance provisions over concerns about the metro's financial management, as residents continue to grapple with refuse collection delays and brace for planned water disruptions later this month. Speaking at a media briefing on Wednesday, Executive Mayor Dada Morero, said National Treasury had confirmed that Johannesburg's 2026/27 budget is fully funded. However, […]

July 8, 2026 57

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’The DA can’t be better than the ANC’: Malatjie

ANC Youth League President, Collen Malatjie, has defended President Cyril Ramaphosa's controversial remarks praising DA-run municipalities, saying his comments were taken out of context. Speaking at a briefing on Friday, on the resolutions of the organisation’s recent National General Council, Malatjie said Ramaphosa’s intention was misinterpreted. Ramaphosa sparked debate earlier this week when he told ANC councillors gathered at FNB Stadium in Soweto that DA-led municipalities often perform better than […]

September 19, 2025 92

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Ramaphosa’s DA praise a major own goal: Analyst

Legal and Governance Analyst, Leo Maphosa, says African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa has effectively scored an own goal, after his candid remark that DA-run municipalities often perform better than ANC-led ones was seized on by opposition parties as evidence of the ANC’s failures. Maphosa says while Ramaphosa likely intended the comment as a call for introspection and improvement within the ANC, the political fallout has been significant. Ramaphosa […]

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