BUDGET BUST: Finance minister warns Joburg is in ‘severe financial distress’ in letter to Mayor Morero Enoch Godongwana has ordered Joburg’s mayor to stop the implementation of a budget-busting wage deal and warns it could affect the national economy.
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Enoch Godongwana has ordered Joburg’s mayor to stop the implementation of a budget-busting wage deal and warns it could affect the national economy.
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May 6, 2026, 06:49 PM UTC
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South Africa: Treasury threatens to cut City of Joburg funding South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana told Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero that state funding to the city will be halted unless a R10.3 billion wage agreement is scrapped. Godongwana said in a letter dated April 23 and seen by Bloomberg that the two-year pact with the South African Municipal Workers Union was signed illegally. The… Source
South Africa: Finance Minister Warns Joburg Is in 'Severe Financial Distress' in Letter to Mayor Morero [Daily Maverick] Enoch Godongwana has ordered Joburg's mayor to stop the implementation of a budget-busting wage deal and warns it could affect the national economy.
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