Morero says political instability to blame for Joburg's financial woes

JOHANNESBURG - Joburg mayor Dada Morero says political instability is partly to blame for the city’s poor financial management. 

The finance minister recently wrote a scathing letter to Morero, threatening to cut off National Treasury funding if the city does not curb its excessive unauthorised, irregular, and wasteful expenditure. 

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Since the 2021 local government elections, Johannesburg has had four different mayors, each with their own administration. 

In an interview with EWN, Morero said things are expected to improve now that the city has a stable coalition government. 

"We have also responded to the minister to say yes, the plans have always been there, except that there have been some weaknesses in implementation. For example, it took us longer to appoint a disciplinary committee, which we have now appointed and this was a result of change and instability of government, where you had changes that were happening constantly. Now that we have got a stable coalition, we are able to establish the disciplinary committee.”