It’s not a cash shortage that’s to blame for municipal collapse; it’s the absence of professionals to administer the funds and do the work, writes Luncedo Mtwentwe.

South Africa’s National Treasury declared it would temporarily withhold funding to 69 municipalities to force them to fix their problems, which include unfunded budgets, irregular…

The National Treasury defended its decision to temporarily withhold equitable shares to 69 councils but the FFC argued that only parliament had the authority to approve such action