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Treasury suspends close to R900m in grants to KZN municipalities

The Mercury

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March 31, 2025

CLOSE to R900 million in conditional grants earmarked for KwaZulu/ Natal has been suspended by the National Treasury due to poor management of the grants.

- THAMI MAGUBANE

Finance MEC Francois Rodgers has announced the National Treasury’s suspension of conditional grants to 25 municipalities in the province. Rodgers stated that the flow of conditional grant funding amounting to R861.4 million from the National Treasury to these municipalities has been suspended due to non-performance.

Earlier this month the Auditor-General raised concern about the financial performance of some KZN municipalities.

On the grant suspension, Rodgers said the department will comply with the directive from Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Assessments involving National and Provincial Treasury officials have found that the affected municipalities performed dismally against the objectives and goals set out in various programmes, including:

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