National Treasury rejects R1.2 billion of conditional grant previously allocated to eThekwini municipality
30 October 2023
ActionSA is deeply concerned, however not entirely surprised, that National Treasury has rejected the roll-over amount of R1.2 billion of the R 1.9 billion which was allocated to the eThekwini Municipality. There is a very real human cost for the Metro’s wanton disregard and abject failure to spend this money on projects that residents of the city desperately need.
This cannot go unanswered. To this end, ActionSA will raise this issue vociferously at tomorrow’s Council sitting.
These funds were meant to be spent on capital projects in the 2022/23 financial year. In August this year, the City Manager, Mr Musa Mbhele, requested to roll-over the R 1.9 billion grant as these funds had gone unspent. In assessing the request, National Treasury rejected the roll-over of R 1.2 billion with the main reasons being the inability to complete and submit the necessary documentation correctly.
This rejection of the roll over by National Treasury, once again, highlights that eThekwini’s leadership is rudderless and wantonly negligent, while the ANC-led coalition preoccupies itself with irrational spend of what little money they do have on SAMA Awards and ANCWL Conferences.