The South African Local Government Association (Salga) Gauteng calls for a fair, transparent and collaborative intergovernmental process to resolve the decision by the National Treasury to withhold equitable share allocations from six municipalities in the province. Treasury announced last week that it would withhold equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities across the country.

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has outlined what National Treasury expects affected municipalities to do in order to have their equitable share transfers reinstated. Earlier…

National Treasury's decision to withhold billions of rand from 69 municipalities over financial noncompliance has intensified concerns about the state of local government.…