David Makhura paints gloomy picture of Gauteng councils
His state of the province address on Tuesday spelt out how badly revenue collection in municipalities was affected in the first few months of lockdown
23 February 2021 - 13:45
Gauteng premier David Makhura is deeply concerned about the financial state of the economic hub’s municipalities after being hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and losing more than R8bn in revenue.
His state of the province address on Tuesday spelt out how negatively revenue collection in municipalities was affected in the first few months of SA’s, lockdown which was imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and brought the economy to an almost grinding halt. ..
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