The state of local government both financially and in terms of service delivery presents a depressing picture. 

So much so that the Financial and Fiscal Commission in a presentation this week to parliament’s standing committee on appropriations on its recommendations for the 2025/26 division of revenue said local government was in a “state of decay”. ..

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