The National Treasury has temporarily withheld July 2026 equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities across all nine provinces.
The National Treasury has announced that it is temporarily withholding July 2026 equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities in a move aimed at enforcing fiscal discipline, addressing financial mismanagement and ensuring accountability among municipal officials and office-bearers.
The Treasury said the decision was taken following persistent and serious non-compliance with the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA) and its supporting regulations, despite repeated support, guidance and engagements with affected municipalities.
“National Treasury is in the process of temporarily withholding the July 2026 equitable share transfers to selected municipalities to instil fiscal discipline and ensure that public money is properly managed; that unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure (UIFWE) is addressed; and that municipal officials and office-bearers are held accountable where required by law,” it said in a statement on Tuesday.
The affected municipalities span all nine provinces.
