DA rejects Gauteng environment budget as it falls short amid pollution crisis [SOUND]

# The DA in Gauteng says the province’s 2026/2027 environment budget of 646-million-rand is not enough to deal with worsening pollution and an environmental crisis. The party voted against the budget, citing residents are being affected daily by poor air quality monitoring, sewage pollution in rivers, and weak climate change planning. The DA’s Leanne de Jager says reduced funding has worsened pollution in industrial areas like Ekurhuleni and Tshwane: