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A township in the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality. The municipality is returning grants to the National Treasury, which are meant for road infrastructure and sanitation upgrades.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Mangaung Metro interventions fail to halt service delivery crisis

Mangaung’s service-delivery crisis persists despite six years of government intervention.

  • Ntsikelelo Qoyo
4 min read
Municipalities forfeited R1.5 billion in unspent municipal infrastructure grants over the past three years due to poor planning and lack of capacity.
AUDITOR GENERAL

Punished twice: no water, no power — and R1.5bn in infrastructure grants unspent

Municipalities forfeited R1.5bn in infrastructure grants over three years as poor planning and capacity failures left communities battling worsening basic services.

  • Rapula Moatshe
5 min read