Calls for Joburg mayor to resign over R9.5bn loan remarks
Opposition members slam Thapelo Amad for apparently holding private talks to raise funds for cash-strapped city
11 April 2023 - 13:09
Johannesburg mayor Thapelo Amad is in hot water after remarks that he had secured the prospect of a R9.5bn loan facility to address service delivery initiatives in SA’s biggest metro.
The cash-strapped municipality has been battling low revenue collection that has been worsened in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Revenue collection in the city, which has a budget of R77.3bn for the 2022/23 financial year, was R500m lower than targeted by October...
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