Municipal Governance
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality faces suspension of its equitable share grant unless it meets National Treasury compliance demands by 30 April. Acting chief operations officer Lulamile Moolman confirmed the Treasury has started invoking Section 216(2) of the Constitution. Councillors clashed at a recent Municipal Public Accounts Committee meeting over document processing.
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The sudden resignation of Ekurhuleni's finance committee member Jongizizwe Dlabathi has left the municipality's R51-billion budget in limbo, just weeks before it was due to be tabled. The move follows Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza's recent reshuffle that reduced the EFF's positions and prompted their withdrawal from the coalition. This has plunged the metro into deeper political uncertainty.