JoburgCAN says White Paper reform timeline is too slow for municipalities in crisis

JoburgCAN says White Paper reform timeline is too slow for municipalities in crisis

Staff Reporter The Johannesburg Community Action Network (CAN) has said that South Africa’s review of the White Paper on Local Government risks becoming another slow reform process unless government urgently opens up municipal decision-making and gives the proposed reform body real powers to enforce change. The warning comes as failing municipal services, unstable coalitions, weak oversight and financial distress have become central political is…