More than half of Johannesburg’s budget of R55.9bn for 2017-18 will be spent on the sustainable services cluster that seeks to enhance the quality of life in the city by "improving services and taking care of the environment". Member of Mayoral Committee for finance Rabelani Dagada delivered the coalition government’s first budget address in the metro’s council chambers on Tuesday. The budget vote will take place on Thursday. The total budget is made up of an operating budget of R47.3bn, and a capital budget of R8.6bn. The three-year capital budget appropriation amounts to R27bn. Dagada said the sustainable services cluster is a primary driver for advancing the city’s pro-poor development. More than 60% of the budget is for "Johannesburg’s poor and forgotten communities". Dagada announced that R40m has been set aside to enhance sanitation in informal settlements, an increase from the R17m allocated in the previous financial year. A total of R162.7m has also been set aside for the pr...
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