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Treasury’s Funding Freeze Sparks Debate | Johannesburg News
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The National Treasury withheld funds from 69 municipalities in July to enforce financial discipline, but now only 42 have received their money — leaving others in limbo. Critics, including the AIDC, argue this punitive approach ignores the root problem: a broken funding system that relies too heavily on local property taxes and fees in a country with widespread poverty. They warn that cutting off funds hurts vulnerable households relying on free basic services, and call for a fundamental shift toward publicly funded, universally accessible services — not austerity as a fix.
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