The ANC in Ekurhuleni secured a crucial last-minute victory in the city council on Tuesday after councillors approved the metro’s R71 billion budget for the 2026/27 financial year, ending months of political deadlock days before the statutory 30 June deadline.

The special council sitting marked the fifth attempt to pass the budget after four previous efforts failed, with executive mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza warning that the municipality risked provincial intervention, including the possible appointment of an administrator, if no budget was adopted before the end of the financial year.

“This goes a long way really to ensure that there’s continued service delivery to our people, that is not just a service delivery, but it is impactful to our people. So, we want to report that out of the council, 16 political parties that are represented, we consulted widely and 15 political parties actually agreed that this budget is responsive,”

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The City of Ekurhuleni’s 2026/27 budget has failed to secure council approval in a fourth attempt, deepening uncertainty as the ANC-led executive races to break the deadlock before the new financial year begins on 1 July.

During a council sitting in Germiston on Thursday, 95 councillors voted in favour of the budget while 105 voted against it, marking the latest setback for the municipality’s spending plan.

The vote leaves the city under mounting pressure to approve a budget before the end of June, failing which it risks triggering a governance crisis and possible intervention.

Speaking after the vote, Finance and Strategy MMC Jongizizwe Dlabathi said the executive would continue engaging political parties in an effort to secure support for the budget.

“We will continue to engage political parties because it is the role of the executive in the ANC-led municipality to try and reach out to political parties,

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