Newsletter No. 31
28 April 2006
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28 April 2006 |
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REDs
A Gauteng electricity summit was held in Ekurhuleni on 24 April to inform stakeholders on the progress made by municipalities to establish the regional electricity distributors (REDs).
GOVERNMENT
Management of municipal finances has deteriorated in the past three years, according to Gauteng legislature's standing committee on public accounts.
SERVICE DELIVERY
A massive municipal infrastructure grant aims to help struggling municipalities in KwaZulu-Natal improve service delivery.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Media coverage portrayed the protests against municipalities last year
as being about lack of service delivery, but the SA Institute of Race
Relations shows the facts are complex.
EKURHULENI
In February, Premier Mbhazima Shilowa announced
a R3-billion project to give a facelift to about 20 townships in
the province of Gauteng in the next three years.
GOVERNMENT
Business Day reported that Local Government Minister Sydney Mufamadi
came out in support of the high salaries that some municipal managers earn.
ECONOMY/FINANCE
The three municipal bonds issued by the City
of Johannesburg have met with such success that the Metro
is now helping other municipalities.
BUFFALO CITY
Buffalo City is well-positioned to contribute to the country's
target of a 6 percent annual growth rate, a South African Cities Network symposium is told.
JOHANNESBURG
Looking to past achievements and future challenges,
Executive Mayor Amos Masondo was confident Johannesburg was
on a successful growth path.
TSHWANE
The Executive Mayor of Tshwane has announced
the new Mayoral Committee who will serve the City of Tshwane
Metropolitan Municipality and the people of Tshwane.
ELECTRICITY
The entire southern African region can expect rolling power outages from next year;
and the immediate solution is to teach its 230-million inhabitants to use electricity sparingly.
JOHANNESBURG
The City has helped more than 120 000 indigent
residents by writing off more than R1,5-billion in arrears
as part of its Municipal Services Subsidy Scheme.
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