If Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana goes ahead with the plan to withhold grant payments to 39 municipalities, the Vhembe District Municipality (VDM) is likely to collapse completely. The municipality relies heavily on government grants to cover most of its expenses and the Equitable Share Grant alone accounts for 61.75% of its budgeted income.
Last week, Godongwana announced National Treasury's decision to withhold disbursement of the Equitable Share and certain Municipal Infrastructu...