Municipalities must clean up their act to get debt relief, says Treasury
Councils submit 67 applications for support to the tune of nearly R57bn
03 November 2023 - 05:00
Cash-strapped municipalities have been using money meant for infrastructure and bulk services to pay salaries, leading to administrations bloated with unskilled people and unable to support local economies, a senior Treasury official told MPs in parliament on Thursday.
Treasury head of intergovernmental relations Malijeng Ngqaleni was outlining plans to use write-offs of Eskom debt as a lever to improve municipal financial management...
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