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Municipalities are owed R218bn. So why are they running out of money? – Moonstone Information Refinery

Summary by Moonstone
When National Treasury stopped July’s equitable share transfer to 69 municipalities, the immediate focus was on what those municipalities owe. The Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC), however, told Parliament last week that looking only at municipal debt misses a much bigger problem. Dr Patience Nombeko Mbava (pictured), the chairperson of the Commission, described local government as “a system that has stopped paying itself”. Municipalities a…

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Moonstone broke the news on Thursday, July 23, 2026.
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