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Musina’s purse gets squeezed by National Treasury

Accountability lacking: Irregular expenditure and unpaid debts plague Musina

By Anton van Zyl, Thembi Siaga • 9 July 2026
Musina’s purse gets squeezed by National Treasury

Musina Municipality's Equitable Share grant was withheld by National Treasury due to financial mismanagement, including unpaid debts and wasteful expenditure.

The R232.2 million Musina Municipality was hoping to get from National Treasury to help pay for its expenses may not arrive soon. Musina was identified as one of the roughly 68 municipalities countrywide where the Equitable Share grant was withheld, to force them to be accountable and stop wasting the taxpayers’ money.

On Tuesday (7 July), National Treasury announced it was withholding the July 2026 local government equitable share transfer from a group of municipalities countrywide. Tr...

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