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Electricity rates to soar as City of Joburg balances service delivery challenges 25 May 2021 - 12:06 By Gill Gifford Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo with finance MMC Jolidee Matonga ahead of the presentation of the city s 2021/22 budget speech. Image: City of Joburg via Twitter New infrastructure projects, a programme to address unreliable electricity supply, more houses and better public transport are the highlights of the City of Johannesburg’s new budget. However, while the city’s member of the mayoral committee on finance, councillor Jolidee Matonga, was pleased with the budget he delivered on Tuesday, there was no getting away from the fact that life for most people in the city is going to become much more expensive. ....
Matongo said the city had spent billions of rand since democracy investing in Soweto and transforming the country’s biggest township, yet the other three areas were left behind. ....
The renaming of William Nicol Drive after struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela will go ahead despite those who disagree against it, says Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo. ....
The City of Johannesburg has started negotiations which will see it taking over the supply of electricity in Soweto, Orange Farm, Ivory Park and Diepsloot, places that receive power directly from Eskom. ....