By Thebe Mabanga
South Africa’s municipalities will be equipped to better respond to disasters, while their governance and financing model is being overhauled, including a review of conditional grants to improve service delivery.
These are some of the measures contained in this year’s Budget tabled by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday in Cape Town.
Municipalities are set to benefit from the latest wave of economic reforms, Operation Vulindlela Phase 2, as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the State of the Nation Address (SONA).
One of the objectives of the second phase of OV is “strengthening local government and improving the delivery of basic services.”
“The decline in municipal services is evident across cities, towns and rural villages highlighting the systemic challenges faced by this varying group of municipalities,” said Godongwana.
Municipalities receive just under 10 % of nationally raised revenue, with their equitable share in this year’s
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