By Simon Nare
The mayor of Johannesburg, Dada Morero, has sounded the alarm over the metro’s dire state, calling it financially unstable, plagued by crumbling infrastructure and weighed down by mounting challenges, including revenue losses, ageing infrastructure and the inability to access capital markets for necessary investments.
Delivering his maiden State of the City Address (SOCA) at the Connie Bapela council chambers in Braamfontein on Wednesday, Morero called for a reset in financial management and revenue collection to help Johannesburg reclaim its former glory.
He said the city’s revenue collection system will be overhauled to improve liquidity, ensure financial sustainability, and attract investment.
“We are all familiar with the idiom that says drastic times call for drastic measures. This means acknowledging our challenges which have led us to a crisis. Therefore, we need extreme actions to resolve our challenges,” Morero told senior managers, members of the mayoral committee and officials
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