MKP, EFF reject Treasury’s ‘punitive’ R13.5b municipal funding freeze

Polity Audio Articles · Jul 8, 2026 · 4m

MKP, EFF reject Treasury's 'punitive' R13.5b municipal funding freeze The MKP and the EFF have strongly condemned the National Treasury's decision to temporarily withhold R13.5-billion in local government equitable share transfers from 69 non-compliant municipalities. The freeze impacts major municipalities and local authorities across all nine provinces, including the City of Johannesburg, Mangaung, Buffalo City, Nelson Mandela Bay, Madibeng, and Nkomazi. Both opposition parties argued that withholding vital funds shifts the burden of municipal maladministration onto ordinary citizens while…