AfriForum says withheld municipal grants expose governance failures [SOUND]

# AfriForum says the National Treasury’s decision to withhold 13.5-billion-rand in funding from 69 municipalities highlights widespread governance failures in local government. The organisation’s Morné Mostert says years of financial mismanagement and poor oversight have led to declining service delivery, warning that withholding funding also affects residents. Mostert calls for stronger intervention, disciplinary action against officials responsible for repeated financial failures and reforms to restore effective service delivery: