Opposition parties have slammed underperforming Eastern Cape municipalities after the National Treasury stopped R500m in conditional grants to 15 councils. The Dispatch reported on Thursday that the Treasury said in terms of section 18 of the annual Division of Revenue Act no 2022, it had stopped R514.
Fired Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality mayor Xola Pakati has dropped a bombshell letter claiming his party, the ANC, directed him to hire its preferred candidate as a municipal manager.
Provincial departments owe Eastern Cape municipalities nearly R1bn, according to co-operative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) MEC Zolile Williams.