THURSDAY, 03 APRIL 2025, 03:43
National Treasury has reported that municipalities underspent their conditional grants in the second quarter of the 2024/25 financial year. As of December 31, municipalities were allocated R44.1bn for direct conditional grants.
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“Municipalities that receive funds are required to report on their usage monthly. For example, if a municipality receives R15m, they must detail how much has been spent.”
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With R1.44bn paid into municipalities’ bank accounts, government will follow the money to ensure it’s used on disaster relief projects, not salaries.
A new National Treasury review of municipalities’ financial performances has shown that eThekwini and 24 other municipalities are service delivery-starved because officials fail to spend conditional grants on time.
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