The City of Tshwane appreciates and welcomes the decision of the Gauteng Provincial Treasury to grant an extension for the tabling of the mid-year adjustment budget and the adjusted Service Delivery and Budget Implementation Plan (SDBIP) to 14 April 2023.
Initially, the City’s application for an extension was granted until Friday, 24 March 2023. However, when it became apparent that the deadline would not be met, the City wrote again to the Provincial Treasury to request another extension.
In granting the extension, the Province set strict timelines for the City to implement revenue measures against defaulters whose accounts are in arrears and prioritise councillors who owe the City more than R2 million, as well as municipal officials who are in arrears.
The City’s debtor’s book has increased to a staggering R20 billion. The City will implement stringent credit control measures to recoup monies it is owed.
The Treasury has instructed the City to table two budgets on 14 April 2023 – the mid-year adjustment budget and SDBIP for the current financial year, together with the 2023/24 financial year budget.
For the City to comply with the deadline set by the Provincial Treasury, it has to ensure that an executive mayor is elected urgently and that the Mayoral Committee is established so that the budget report can be tabled for Council approval.
The implications of not tabling the adjustment budget are that the City cannot move funds to cover the shortfall on key service delivery areas, such as waste collection, watchmen and rudimentary services, and any expenditure incurred will be unauthorised.
Despite the challenges experienced in Council in the recent past, the City has continued to render services to its customers.
The City remains confident that it will comply with the directives of the Provincial Treasury.
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