JOHANNESBURG - National Treasury has sent a letter to the City of Johannesburg, warning the city about unauthorised, irregular, fruitless, and wasteful expenditure to the tune of R22 billion.
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has written to Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero.
He's given him two weeks to address the issue.
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Former Joburg Mayor Mpho Phalatse says the current issues within the city of gold signal a collapse of good governance and a failure of internal controls.
"For the minister to intervene proves that at a departmental level the heads are not doing their job. It means the MEC overseeing those portfolios are not doing their job. Additionally it shows that the cities council is frustrated from asking questions and not getting any response," she says.
She said the city is currently on auto pilot with a lot of rampant looting and that it is time for someone to step in.