Gauteng unveils first municipal economic review to boost planning and budgeting [SOUND]

# Gauteng Finance and Economic Development MEC, Lebogang Maile, has launched the province’s first Municipal Economic Review and Outlook report. This is to help struggling municipalities improve planning and budgeting. The report aims to provide reliable, detailed data on economic conditions at the municipal level. Authorities say the tool will support informed decision-making, drive economic development, and enhance service delivery. Maile told SABC that he hopes it will help build resilience within municipalities: