ActionSA says Joburg’s R97.1-billion budget offers nothing new to residents [SOUND]

# ActionSA says the City of Johannesburg’s 97.1-billion-rand budget for the 2026/2027 financial year fails to address the lived experience of the downtrodden and the middle class. Key revenue drivers of the budget are electricity, water and wastewater, property rates, and refuse removal. ActionSA’s Mpumi Edward says the budget continues to prioritise service delivery and infrastructure investment commitments that have been repeatedly made in previous budgets: