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Service delivery in most Mpumalanga municipalities has taken a back seat, as close to 60% of their budgets goes straight to salaries and perks for officials and councillors.
Trudie Grovè-Morgan, the DA’s provincial spokesperson on cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta), said that, according to circular 71 of the Municipal Finance Management Act (MFMA), which sets out a range of uniform financial norms and ratios for municipal entities, municipalities should spend between 25% and 40% of their total operating expenditure on employee-related costs and councillor allowances.
