By Johnathan Paoli
The Gauteng Provincial Government is working urgently with the City of Johannesburg after Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana warned that National Treasury may withhold key grants if the city fails to address its worsening financial mismanagement.
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi confirmed close coordination with the metro and national authorities at media briefing on Sunday.
Lesufi disclosed that Joburg mayor Dada Morero has submitted a preliminary report, with ongoing consultations.
“The Executive Mayor is very clear, together with the bomb squad he established and the presidential team assigned to assist, they have begun addressing all the issues flagged by the Treasury. There has been meaningful progress between the last audit report and the present situation on the ground,” Lesufi said.
The letter, sent to Morero, highlights more than R24 billion in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the 2023/24 financial year.
In it, Godongwana demands that Morero submit
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