R13.2 billion. R13.2 billion. That is the sum total write-off by the City of Joburg, led by the corrupt ANC coalition.
"R13.2 billion in unauthorised, irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure that the City of Johannesburg wrote off or regularised during the 2024/25 financial year."
This is the money meant to fix your potholes, the antiquated water pipes, the unstable electricity supply, the street lights. All gone. Disappeared into thin air or into back pockets. All this while the COJ jacks up rates to exorbitant levels.
The ANC leadership, along with their corrupt and incompetent coalition partners, do not care about the residents. They are more worried about getting the money into their own back pockets.
Property rates rise by 3.6 percent which is the lowest increase with the first 300000 rand of residential property value exempt. Electricity goes up by an average of 8.63 percent for households driven by Eskom bulk costs. Water increases by 12.5 percent driven by Rand Water. Sanitation or sewer rises by 11 percent. Refuse removal increases by 6.2 percent.
These hikes come on top of the City's chronic service failures, massive write-offs, and huge internal losses (water around 44 percent, electricity around 27 percent). Residents get hammered with higher rates while potholes, water pipes, electricity, and street lights continue to collapse. The ANC coalition's idea of financial recovery seems to be squeezing residents harder instead of fixing the rot and stopping the theft.
Vote Greater ANC at your own peril!
#SAElection2026
Source:
polity.org.za/article/parly-โฆ