Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. South African municipalities are owed more than R120 billion.Municipalities owe more than R53 billion to creditors of which about R11.3 billion is owed to Eskom and R6.24 billion owed to water boards.Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma revealed these figures in the National Council of…
Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Municipalities across the country are failing to reduce irregular expenditure.In some municipalities, there is a lack of responsiveness to implement and monitor action plans.Interventions by provincial governments have at times worsened the problems in municipalities.South Africa's municipalities are drowning in their financial sorrows and the casualties are…
In the 2018/2019 financial year, fruitless and wasteful expenditure by municipalities again increased.Ongoing governance and financial failures have many ramifications – but at present, municipalities meant to fight Covid-19 on the frontlines cannot curb irregular spend or collect revenue. How will this impact service delivery?In the supplementary budget, additional funds were allocated to municipalities. But…
Finance minister Tito Mboweni delivering his coronavirus emergency budget. (Parliament of SA) The Auditor-General of South Africa presented a grim picture of municipalities' financial management during the 2018-2019 financial year.Finance Minister Tito Mboweni, in his supplementary budget, said an additional R11 billion has been allocated to local government.MPs called for more stringent enforcement of accountability measures…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…