Service setback for public as local municipalities underspend grants

Already a contentious issue among residents, service delivery in the City of uMhlathuze is set to take a major hit as critical funding is suspended.

This as the local municipality is one of three in the region that collectively underspent more than R52-million of conditional grants.

The city has been hit by National Treasury for returning around R23.5-million in conditional grants meant for the Water Services Infrastructure Grant (WSIG), Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP), and the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP).

This underspending has raised alarm bells with KZN Treasury MEC Francois Rodgers, who expressed displeasure at these municipalities’ non-performance…

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