Issues of instability in governance, finance and service delivery plague KZN municipalities
By Vernon Mchunu
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AT LEAST nine KwaZulu-Natal municipalities, were in distress with issues of governance and financial instability, Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) MEC Sipho Hlomuka has revealed.
This comes in the wake of an independent report that showed the financial state of the province’s local municipalities was on a downward spiral, over a five-year period.
With the added economic harm caused by Covid-19 expected to take its toll on municipal financial stability, the devastating impact of this downward trend on citizens is expected to be felt in about a year’s time, according to the latest Municipal Financial Sustainability Index (MFSI).