Blame game begins - Nelson Mandela Bay metro hit by Treasury’s ‘corrective measures’
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The National Treasury has blocked equitable share payments to the Nelson Mandela Bay metro due to persistent financial mismanagement and non-compliance. Local officials are trading blame as the city faces severe service delivery failures, including water and electricity outages.
The Nelson Mandela Bay metro has gone to ground and has promised to comment only ‘at an appropriate time’ after the National Treasury blocked the city’s equitable share for July. On hearing the news, metro politicians have come out swinging, blaming the leadership – or lack thereof – and opening a Pandora’s box of allegations about hidden files and dodgy municipal officials.
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