Municipalities are struggling to deal with the transport crisis facing SA cites. To meet this challenge, eThekwini has set up South Africa's first Transport Authority (TA).

Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced during his Budget speech on Wednesday that a programme for the phased implementation of the Municipal Finance Management Act, allowing municipalities to issue municipal bonds, will shortly be issued. The Act comes into effect in July this year.

Ekurhuleni's Executive Mayor Duma Nkosi has once again launched the Budget Tips campaign, in which the residents are invited to forward their inputs and suggestions for spending priorities during for the 2004/2005 Financial Year.

President Thabo Mbeki has appointed a new Municipal Demarcation Board, which starts operating today, to administer various municipal functions in the country. Spokesperson for the Department of Provincial and Local Government Xolani Xundu explained the body was an independent structure, deriving its functions from the Constitution, the Municipal Demarcation Act and the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act of 1998.

Tshwane Executive Mayor Smangaliso Mkhatshwa said during his state of the city address in Pretoria that there has been remarkable progress over the past 10 years in developing infrastructure and supplying electricity to residents at reasonable cost

Government says it will ensure that funds made available through the Municipal Infrastructure Grant are used to eradicate the country's water supply backlog by 2008, according to Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Ronnie Kasrils

Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang says her department is working hard to implement the Comprehensive Plan for Management, Care and Treatment of HIV and Aid and that the identification of a service point in all 53 health districts in the country was central to the plan.

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