LOCAL GOVERNANCE: Treasury turns off the tap for 69 SA municipalities over rotten money management

National Treasury has moved to temporarily withhold July 2026 equitable share transfers to 70 municipalities, including some of South Africa’s biggest metros, in an attempt to force councils to clean up unauthorised, irregular, fruitless…
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